Watch These 8 Huge Put 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.

• Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) Feb 5.0 Puts: 5000 @ ASK $0.13: 24k traded vs 96k OI: Earnings 4/13 Before Open (est) $5.30 Ref
• Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) Feb 3rd 26.0 Puts: 500 @ ASK $0.30: 5536 traded vs 1020 OI: Earnings today After Close $27.25 Ref
• Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) Feb 18.5 Puts Sweep: 700 @ ASK $0.65: 1641 traded vs 160 OI: Earnings 2/9 Before Open $18.97 Ref
• Skechers USA Inc (NYSE:SKX) Feb 24.5 Puts Sweep: 762 @ ASK $1.30: 1142 traded vs 43 OI: Earnings 2/8 After Close (est) $24.60 Ref
• InvenSense Inc (NYSE:INVN) Mar 12.0 Puts Sweep: 591 @ ASK $0.25: 2582 traded vs 141 OI: Earnings tmrrw After Close (est) $12.52 Ref
• Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Oct $110 Put Sweep; 2000 @Bid @ $3.15
• Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN) May 13.0 Puts Sweep: 582 @ ASK $0.55: 582 traded vs 175 OI: Earnings 2/7 After Close $16.14 Ref
• GGP Inc (NYSE:GGP) Mar 21.0 Puts Sweep: 651 @ ASK $0.15: 651 traded vs 0 OI: $25.11 Ref