Watch These 5 Huge Put 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.

• Energy Transfer Partners LP ETP Jul16 39.0 Puts Sweep: 4447 @ ASK $1.40: 4482 traded vs 976 OI: Earnings 8/3 $38.69 Ref
• Fastenal Company FAST Jul16 45.0 Puts Sweep: 2194 @ ASK $1.65: 2194 traded vs 374 OI: Earnings 7/12 Before Open $44.10 Ref
• Las Vegas Sands Corp. LVS Fri 7/1 43.0 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 2690 @ ASK $0.39: 3603 traded vs 531 OI: Earnings 7/27 $43.24 Ref
• General Motors Company GM Fri 7/1 28.0 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 5076 @ ASK $0.21: 5078 traded vs 563 OI: Earnings 7/21 Before Open $28.19 Ref
• AutoNation, Inc. AN Jul16 47.0 Puts Sweep: 872 @ ASK $1.35: 872 traded vs 466 OI: Earnings 7/27 $46.73 Ref