Watch These 10 Huge Put Purchases In Friday Trade

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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 Thursday’s regular session.

  • CarMax, Inc KMX Sep16 45.0 Puts Sweep: 850 @ ASK $0.25: 1000 traded vs 0 OI: $57.51 Ref
  • General Electric Company GE Aug16 30.5 Puts Sweep: 7500 @ ASK $0.24: 7503 traded vs 697 OI: $31.15 Ref
  • Best Buy Co Inc BBY 7/29 34.0 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 961 @ ASK $0.69: 961 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 8/23 $33.39 Ref
  • Baidu Inc (ADR) BIDU Aug16 147 Puts Sweep: 771 @ ASK $1.05: 771 traded vs 40 OI: $166.15 Ref
  • The Kroger Co KR Sep16 32.5 Puts Sweep: 1889 @ ASK $0.65: 2141 traded vs 248 OI: Earnings 9/9 Before Open $34.53 Ref
  • Tenet Healthcare Corp THC Aug16 30.0 Puts Sweep: 918 @ ASK $1.10: 1010 traded vs 158 OI: Earnings 8/1 After Close $30.78 Ref
  • Las Vegas Sands Corp. LVS 7/29 50.5 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 1251 @ ASK $0.34: 4791 traded vs 110 OI: $50.75 Ref
  • Express Scripts Holding Company ESRX Fri 8/26 77.5 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 594 @ ASK $1.64: 594 traded vs 63 OI: $77.27 Ref
  • United Parcel Service, Inc. UPS Fri 8/12 108 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 2158 @ ASK $1.45: 2158 traded vs 40 OI: Earnings Today Before Open $108.79 Ref
  • Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT 7/29 72.5 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 855 @ ASK $0.21: 3500 traded vs 1006 OI: Earnings 8/18 Before Open $72.87 Ref
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