Watch These 5 Huge Put 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.

• Express Scripts Holding Company ESRX Fri 9/2 72.0 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 729 @ ASK $0.52: 1399 traded vs 105 OI: Earnings 10/25 $71.96 Ref
• Starz STRZA Jan 20 $30 Puts Sweep at the bid: 3000 @ 1.551 vs. Open Interest 43
• Lululemon Athletica inc. LULU Fri 9/2 76.0 Puts (Wkly): 745 @ Above Ask! $2.54: 845 traded vs 1668 OI: Ref
• Marathon Petroleum Corp MPC Sep16 40.0 Puts Sweep: 1500 @ ASK $0.60: 5572 traded vs 1629 OI: $41.68 Ref
• Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. FGP Oct16 17.5 Puts: 500 @ ASK $0.30: 1500 traded vs 1 OI: Earnings 10/4 $20.29 Ref