Watch These 10 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.

• CarMax, Inc KMX Sep16 45.0 Puts Sweep: 850 @ ASK $0.25: 1000 traded vs 0 OI: $57.51 Ref
• General Electric Company GE Aug16 30.5 Puts Sweep: 7500 @ ASK $0.24: 7503 traded vs 697 OI: $31.15 Ref
• Best Buy Co Inc BBY 7/29 34.0 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 961 @ ASK $0.69: 961 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 8/23 $33.39 Ref
• Baidu Inc (ADR) BIDU Aug16 147 Puts Sweep: 771 @ ASK $1.05: 771 traded vs 40 OI: $166.15 Ref
• The Kroger Co KR Sep16 32.5 Puts Sweep: 1889 @ ASK $0.65: 2141 traded vs 248 OI: Earnings 9/9 Before Open $34.53 Ref
• Tenet Healthcare Corp THC Aug16 30.0 Puts Sweep: 918 @ ASK $1.10: 1010 traded vs 158 OI: Earnings 8/1 After Close $30.78 Ref
• Las Vegas Sands Corp. LVS 7/29 50.5 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 1251 @ ASK $0.34: 4791 traded vs 110 OI: $50.75 Ref
• Express Scripts Holding Company ESRX Fri 8/26 77.5 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 594 @ ASK $1.64: 594 traded vs 63 OI: $77.27 Ref
• United Parcel Service, Inc. UPS Fri 8/12 108 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 2158 @ ASK $1.45: 2158 traded vs 40 OI: Earnings Today Before Open $108.79 Ref
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT 7/29 72.5 Puts (Wkly) Sweep: 855 @ ASK $0.21: 3500 traded vs 1006 OI: Earnings 8/18 Before Open $72.87 Ref