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.

• Imperva Inc IMPV Feb 42.5 Puts Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $4.099: 1000 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 2/8 After Close $41.27 Ref
• MBIA Inc. MBI Feb 10.5 Puts Sweep: 692 @ ASK $0.22: 1478 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 3/1 After Close (est) $11.08 Ref
• Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ARIA Feb 24th 16.0 Puts: 15000 @ ASK $0.05: 15k traded vs 10k OI: Earnings 2/23 Before Open (est) $23.67 Ref
• NutriSystem Inc. NTRI Jun 33.0 Puts: 600 @ ASK $3.50: 600 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 2/23 After Close (est) $33.32 Ref
• Twitter Inc TWTR Jun $17 Put; 4000 @$1.86; Ref=$16.82
• Ally Financial Inc ALLY Mar 16.0 Puts Sweep: 525 @ ASK $0.10: 2600 traded vs 13k OI: Earnings 1/31 Before Open $19.81 Ref
• Packaging Corp Of America PKG Feb 92.5 Puts Sweep: 518 @ ASK $2.10: 519 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 1/30 After Close $93.89 Ref
• Gap Inc GPS Jan 27th 24.0 Puts Sweep: 584 @ ASK $0.18: 2024 traded vs 309 OI: Earnings 2/23 After Close $24.23 Ref
• Yum! Brands, Inc. YUM Jan18 60.0 Puts Sweep: 646 @ ASK $3.50: 653 traded vs 3110 OI: Earnings 2/8 After Close $65.51 Ref
• Sears Holdings Corp SHLD Feb 8.0 Puts Sweep: 2717 @ ASK $0.85: 3162 traded vs 699 OI: Earnings 2/23 Before Open (est) $7.91 Ref