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.

• ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc. ZIOP Aug16 8.0 Calls Sweep: 536 @ ASK $0.35: 737 traded vs 8695 OI: Earnings 8/8 $5.66 Ref
• Eldorado Gold Corp (USA) EGO Aug16 4.5 Calls Sweep: 540 @ ASK $0.75: 13k traded vs 5306 OI: Earnings 7/28 After Close $5.00 Ref
• Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR) CTRP Fri 7/22 42.5 Calls (Wkly) Sweep: 952 @ ASK $0.65: 952 traded vs 22 OI: Earnings 8/1 $41.76 Ref
• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) TEVA Jul16 55.0 Calls: 2250 @ Above Ask! $1.20: 2536 traded vs 4648 OI: Earnings 8/4 $55.46 Ref
• Lifelock Inc LOCK Nov16 20.0 Calls Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.60: 1000 traded vs 118 OI: Earnings 8/3 $16.39 Ref
• HollyFrontier Corp HFC Aug16 23.0 Calls Sweep: 711 @ ASK $1.85: 711 traded vs 94 OI: Earnings 8/3 Before Open $23.69 Ref
• Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW Jul16 81.0 Calls Sweep: 736 @ ASK $0.97: 792 traded vs 99 OI: Earnings 8/17 Before Open $81.71 Ref