Watch These 7 Huge Call Purchases In Friday 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 Thursday's regular session.

• Bank of America Corp BAC Sep16 16.0 Calls: 33000 @ Above Ask! $14.00: 34k traded vs 68k OI: Earnings 10/17 Before Open $15.47 Ref
• Zayo Group Holdings Inc ZAYO Sep16 30.0 Calls Sweep: 603 @ ASK $0.80: 2582 traded vs 11k OI: $29.16 Ref
• Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. VNDA Sep16 12.0 Calls Sweep: 525 @ ASK $1.95: 1482 traded vs 151 OI: $13.21 Ref
• General Mills, Inc. GIS Sep16 72.5 Calls Sweep: 581 @ ASK $0.82: 6267 traded vs 1908 OI: Earnings 9/21 Before Open $71.52 Ref
• Viacom, Inc. VIAB Dec16 50.0 Calls Sweep: 578 @ ASK $0.70: 679 traded vs 6144 OI: $41.45 Ref
• Symantec Corporation SYMC Jan17 26.0 Calls: 630 @ ASK $0.73: 733 traded vs 31k OI
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (USA) CM Mar17 85.0 Calls: 500 @ ASK $1.25: 500 traded vs 0 OI: $79.40 Ref