Watch These 8 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.

• Air Lease Corp AL Feb 16 $35 Puts at the Ask: 3040 @ $0.451 vs 195 OI; Ref=$43.555
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc VRX Nov 17 $16 Puts Sweep (30) at the Ask: 2407 @ $2.241 vs 368 OI; Ref=$14.49
• Republic Services, Inc. RSG Nov 17 $60 Puts at the Ask: 2000 @ $0.651 vs 0 OI; Ref=$62.74
• Ryder System, Inc. R Nov 17 $82.5 Puts Sweep (28) at the Ask: 1041 @ $2.5 vs 7 OI; Ref=$83.59
• MBIA Inc. MBI Oct 27 $7.5 Puts Sweep (16) at the Ask: 996 @ $0.401 vs 0 OI; Ref=$7.7
• Rite Aid Corporation RAD Oct 27 $2.5 Puts at the Ask: 800 @ $0.42 vs 141 OI; Ref=$2.09
• Meritor Inc MTOR Nov 17 $25 Puts Sweep (24) at the Ask: 564 @ $0.9 vs 17 OI; Ref=$26.575
• Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. FOLD Nov 17 $14 Puts Sweep (20) at the Bid: 529 @ $0.651 vs 86 OI; Ref=$16.18