Watch These 8 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.

• MGM Resorts International MGM May 32.0 Calls: 9000 @ ASK $0.14: 9000 traded vs 41 OI: Earnings 5/4 Before Open [est] $28.25 Ref
• Staples, Inc. SPLS May 5th 11.0 Calls Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.20: 5995 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 5/17 Before Open [est] $10.03 Ref
• Etsy Inc ETSY May 12.5 Calls Sweep: 750 @ ASK $0.25: 1500 traded vs 273 OI: Earnings 5/2 After Close [est] $10.57 Ref
• Seagate Technology PLC STX May 52.5 Calls: 2000 @ ASK $0.64: 2000 traded vs 327 OI: Earnings 4/28 After Close [est] $46.01 Ref
• MBIA Inc. MBI Apr 9.5 Calls Sweep: 1253 @ ASK $0.07: 1353 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 5/9 After Close [est] $8.75 Ref
• Whole Foods Market, Inc. WFM May 34.0 Calls Sweep: 681 @ ASK $0.31: 5052 traded vs 1988 OI: Earnings 5/10 After Close $30.73 Ref
• AK Steel Holding Corporation AKS Apr 7th 7.0 Calls Sweep: 590 @ ASK $0.126: 3474 traded vs 1366 OI: Earnings 4/25 Before Open $7.01 Ref
• Coach Inc COH Apr 39.0 Calls Sweep: 2500 @ ASK $1.35: 2500 traded vs 586 OI: Earnings 5/2 Before Open $39.86 Ref