Watch These 8 Huge Call Purchases In Monday 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 Friday's regular session.

• McDonald's Corporation MCD Feb 3rd 128 Calls Sweep: 1005 @ ASK $0.30: 1017 traded vs 80 OI: Earnings 1/23 Before Open $122.14 Ref
• Exelixis, Inc. EXEL Feb 20.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.90: 500 traded vs 2179 OI: Earnings 2/28 After Close (est) $17.79 Ref
• Viacom, Inc. VIAB Mar 42.5 Calls Sweep: 711 @ ASK $1.05: 736 traded vs 5975 OI: Earnings 2/9 Before Open $40.09 Ref
• Hydrogenics Corporation (USA) HYGS Aug17 5.0 Calls Sweep: 669 @ ASK $1.30: 669 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 3/7 Before Open (est) $4.90 Ref
• Best Buy Co Inc BBY Jan 27th 44.0 Calls Sweep: 501 @ ASK $0.474: 506 traded vs 20 OI: Earnings 3/1 Before Open $43.10 Ref
• Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. LYV Feb 28.0 Calls Sweep: 800 @ ASK $0.45: 850 traded vs 17 OI: Earnings 2/23 After Close (est) $27.41 Ref
• Zoetis Inc ZTS Jan 27th 53.5 Calls Sweep: 1425 @ ASK $1.20: 1425 traded vs 68 OI: Earnings 2/16 Before Open $53.89 Ref
• Mondelez International Inc MDLZ Mar 3rd 45.5 Calls Sweep: 2210 @ ASK $1.83: 2211 traded vs 575 OI: Earnings 2/7 After Close $45.21 Ref