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.

• eBay Inc EBAY Fri 10/28 33.5 Calls (Wkly) Sweep: 941 @ ASK $0.94: 2628 traded vs 178 OI: $32.53 Ref
• Lululemon Athletica inc. LULU Nov16 57.5 Calls: 700 @ Above Ask! $2.93: 1327 traded vs 2966 OI: Earnings 12/1 Before Market (unconfirmed) $58.66 Ref
• Tractor Supply Company TSCO Oct16 70.0 Calls Sweep: 639 @ ASK $0.65: 1479 traded vs 3949 OI: (confirmed) $67.16 Ref
• United States Steel Corporation X Apr17 24.0 Calls: 9487 @ Above Ask! $1.20: 10k traded vs 137 OI: Earnings 11/1 After Market (confirmed) $18.20 Ref
• Rite Aid Corporation RAD Apr17 7.0 Calls: 14789 @ ASK $1.12: 17k traded vs 31k OI: Earnings 12/15 Before Market (unconfirmed) $6.64 Ref
• Nike Inc NKE Oct16 51.5 Calls Sweep: 2398 @ ASK $0.45: 3028 traded vs 549 OI: Earnings 12/22 After Market (unconfirmed) $51.68 Ref
• Advance Auto Parts, Inc. AAP Dec16 140 Calls: 1000 @ Above Ask! $7.20: 2000 traded vs 2 OI: Earnings 11/10 Before Market (unconfirmed) $139.63 Ref