Watch These 8 Huge Call 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.

• Fred's, Inc. FRED Apr 25.0 Calls: 755 @ ASK $0.65: 22k traded vs 607 OI: Earnings 3/22 Before Open (est) $18.80 Ref
• Pandora Media Inc P Mar 14.0 Calls Sweep: 4454 @ ASK $0.13: 6051 traded vs 13k OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close (est) $12.22 Ref
• Kroger Co KR Mar 31.0 Calls: 2000 @ ASK $1.75: 3940 traded vs 70 OI: Earnings tmrrw Before Open $32.10 Ref
• Nike Inc NKE Jun 57.5 Calls: 1200 @ ASK $2.80: 1344 traded vs 9843 OI: Earnings 3/21 After Close $57.73 Ref
• Swift Transportation Co SWFT Apr 23.0 Calls: 2831 @ ASK $1.00: 3000 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 4/20 After Close (est) $22.17 Ref
• Marvell Technology Group Ltd. MRVL Mar 18.0 Calls Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.09: 1015 traded vs 210 OI: Earnings Today After Close $15.94 Ref
• Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) HIMX Mar 7.0 Calls Sweep: 2801 @ ASK $0.30: 2836 traded vs 7449 OI: Earnings 5/11 Before Open (est) $6.94 Ref
• VOC Energy Trust VOC Oct17 5.0 Calls: 950 @ ASK $0.05: 4500 traded vs 510 OI: $3.63 Ref