Watch These 7 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.

• Yum! Brands, Inc. YUM Fri 11/11 97.5 Calls (Wkly) Sweep: 612 @ ASK $0.848: 1364 traded vs 446 OI: Earnings today After Close $88.51 Ref
• Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW Fri 10/7 72.5 Calls (Wkly) Sweep: 1504 @ ASK $0.375: 1545 traded vs 277 OI: Earnings 11/16 Before Open $72.33 Ref
• Manhattan Associates, Inc. MANH Nov16 55.0 Calls: 1278 @ ASK $4.10: 1500 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 10/18 $56.95 Ref
• Pretium Resources Inc PVG Oct16 9.0 Calls: 2000 @ ASK $0.25: 2025 traded vs 42 OI: Earnings 11/3 $8.36 Ref
• Kellogg Company K Dec16 80.0 Calls: 4263 @ ASK $1.25: 5000 traded vs 1248 OI: Earnings 11/1 Before Open $75.72 Ref
• Coty Inc COTY Oct16 25.0 Calls: 30000 @ ASK $0.45: 32k traded vs 9627 OI: Earnings 11/3 $24.34 Ref
• ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. ACAD Jan17 35.0 Calls: 675 @ ASK $3.40: 982 traded vs 7938 OI: Earnings 11/3 $29.11 Ref