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.

• Platform Specialty Products Corp PAH May 12.5 Calls Sweep: 530 @ ASK $1.00: 3488 traded vs 15k OI: Earnings 8/8 Before Open (est) $13.44 Ref
• Colgate-Palmolive Company CL May 80.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.14: 1077 traded vs 19k OI: Earnings 7/21 Before Open $74.46 Ref
• Mattel, Inc. MAT Jun 2nd 22.5 Calls Sweep: 4005 @ ASK $0.397: 4006 traded vs 54 OI: Earnings 7/20 After Close (est) $22.21 Ref
• Globalstar, Inc. GSAT Jun 2.5 Calls Sweep: 1688 @ ASK $0.25: 2196 traded vs 18k OI: Earnings 8/3 Before Open (est) $2.27 Ref
• Oclaro, Inc. OCLR May 9.0 Calls Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.10: 2121 traded vs 14k OI: Earnings 8/1 After Close (est) $8.67 Ref
• Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc SBGI Jun 33.0 Calls: 709 @ ASK $1.25: 1265 traded vs 27 OI: Earnings 8/2 Before Open $32.75 Ref
• Immersion Corporation IMMR Nov17 10.0 Calls Sweep: 709 @ ASK $0.75: 709 traded vs 40 OI: Earnings 8/3 After Close (est) $8.17 Ref
• Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd NAK May 2.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.052: 552 traded vs 19k OI: Earnings 8/10 Unspecified (est) $1.89 Ref