Watch These 7 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.

• Sandstorm Gold Ltd SAND Nov16 4.0 Calls Sweep: 1611 @ ASK $0.85: 2000 traded vs 20 OI: Earnings 11/10 $4.71 Ref
• Best Buy Co Inc BBY Nov16 39.0 Calls: 1000 @ Above Ask! $2.51: 4771 traded vs 1150 OI: Earnings 11/17 $39.89 Ref
• Ctrip.Com International Ltd (ADR) CTRP Dec16 47.0 Calls Sweep: 1587 @ ASK $2.25: 1587 traded vs 940 OI: Earnings 11/16 $45.79 Ref
• McDermott International MDR May17 7.0 Calls Sweep: 529 @ ASK $0.45: 5698 traded vs 224 OI: Earnings 11/14 $5.25 Ref
• Lam Research Corporation LRCX Mar17 105 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $4.10: 600 traded vs 61 OI: Earnings 10/19 After Close $97.77 Ref
• IAMGOLD Corp (USA) IAG Mar17 4.0 Calls: 10000 @ Above Ask! $0.45: 20k traded vs 303 OI: Earnings 11/1 $3.40 Ref
• eBay Inc EBAY Oct16 34.5 Calls Sweep: 1094 @ ASK $0.27: 1474 traded vs 606 OI: Earnings 10/19 After Close $31.39 Ref