Watch These 7 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.

• Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (USA) LGF Fri $20 Puts at the bid: Volume of 3,000 @ $0.70 vs 997 Open Interest
• Comcast Corporation CMCSA Apr 21 $57.5 Puts at the bid: Volume of 1,500 @ $1.621 vs 23 Open Interest
• Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO Fri $33 Puts at the bid: Volume of 2,000 @ $2.331 vs 42 Open Interest
• Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp CTSH Fri $45 Puts Sweep at the bid: Volume of 3,400 @ $0.375 vs 46 Open Interest
• Tesla Motors Inc TSLA Mar 17 $205 Puts at the bid: Volume of 500 @ 26.101 vs 44 Open Interest
• Under Armour Inc UA Jan 18 $40 Puts at the bid: Volume of 1,000 @ 8.401 vs 7 Open Interest
• Alibaba Group Holding Ltd BABA Fri $110 Puts Sweep at the bid: Volume of 500 @ 5.031 vs 32 Open Interest