Watch These 5 Huge Call Purchases In Thursday Trade

Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Wednesday's regular session.

• Viacom, Inc. VIAB Oct16 37.5 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $3.70: 503 traded vs 16 OI: $40.35 Ref
• JAKKS Pacific, Inc. JAKK Oct16 10.0 Calls Sweep: 702 @ ASK $0.35: 702 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 10/24 $9.35 Ref
• Yum! Brands, Inc. YUM Oct16 110 Calls: 2036 @ ASK $0.07: 2724 traded vs 56 OI: Earnings 10/5 After Close $90.24 Ref
• Gold Fields Limited (ADR) GFI Oct16 6.0 Calls: 4412 @ ASK $0.30: 6077 traded vs 62k OI: $5.59 Ref
• Express, Inc. EXPR Jan17 12.5 Calls Sweep: 533 @ ASK $1.05: 1534 traded vs 790 OI: $12.02 Ref