Watch These 8 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.

• Newfield Exploration Co. NFX Jul 30.0 Calls Sweep: 892 @ ASK $0.60: 16k traded vs 2103 OI: Earnings 8/1 After Close $28.55 Ref
• Sears Holdings Corp SHLD Jul 8.0 Calls: 832 @ ASK $0.49: 4380 traded vs 10k OI: Earnings 8/24 Before Open (est) $8.15 Ref
• Amarin Corporation plc (ADR) AMRN Dec 4.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $1.15: 1555 traded vs 15k OI: Earnings 8/3 Before Open (est) $4.04 Ref
• Hi-Crush Partners LP HCLP Jul 12.5 Calls: 500 @ ASK $0.30: 1024 traded vs 11k OI: Earnings 8/2 After Close (est) $10.85 Ref
• GoPro Inc GPRO Jul 8.0 Calls Sweep: 612 @ ASK $0.51: 848 traded vs 7383 OI: Earnings 7/20 After Close (est) $8.28 Ref
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc VRX Oct $15 Call; 5002 @Bid @$4.30; Ref=$18.11
• Marriott International Inc MAR Jul 100 Calls Sweep: 508 @ ASK $2.05: 628 traded vs 17k OI: Earnings 7/26 After Close (est) $99.64 Ref
• Fitbit Inc FIT Jul 5.5 Calls Sweep: 584 @ ASK $0.24: 1551 traded vs 3112 OI: Earnings 8/1 After Close (est) $5.39 Ref