Watch These 5 Huge Put 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.

• Mondelez International Inc MDLZ Apr 42.0 Puts: 888 @ Above Ask! $0.24: 2042 traded vs 7290 OI: Earnings 4/26 Before Open (est) $43.82 Ref
• Mattel, Inc. MAT Apr 25.0 Puts Sweep: 1752 @ ASK $0.989: 1752 traded vs 5982 OI: Earnings 4/20 After Close $25.19 Ref
• Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation NYMX Apr 3.0 Puts: 500 @ ASK $0.15: 503 traded vs 1051 OI: Earnings tmrrw After Close (est) $3.72 Ref
• Citizens Financial Group Inc CFG Oct17 25.0 Puts Sweep: 2275 @ ASK $0.55: 2275 traded vs 3730 OI: Earnings 4/20 Before Open $33.89 Ref
• RSP Permian Inc RSPP Apr 40 Put; 3000 @Bid @$0.70; Ref=$41.08