Watch These 7 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. Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) HIMX Jun 9th 7.5 Calls Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.40: 2019 traded vs 161 OI: Earnings 8/10 Before Open (est) $7.71 Ref Teck Resources Ltd (USA) TECK Jan18 26.0 Calls Sweep: 537 @ ASK $0.77: 2351 traded vs 6740 OI: Earnings 7/27 Before Open (est) $17.38 Ref Adamas Pharmaceuticals Inc ADMS Jun 5.0 Calls Sweep: 626 @ ASK $0.60: 1678 traded vs 4859 OI: Earnings 8/15 After Close (est) $4.34 Ref Las Vegas Sands Corp. LVS Jul 7th 60.0 Calls Sweep: 795 @ ASK $3.10: 1520 traded vs 45 OI: Earnings 7/26 After Close (est) $62.65 Ref Nektar Therapeutics NKTR Jun 23.0 Calls Sweep: 600 @ ASK $0.35: 768 traded vs 43 OI: Earnings 8/2 After Close (est) $20.04 Ref Barclays PLC (ADR) BCS Jun 11.0 Calls Sweep: 1500 @ ASK $0.20: 1500 traded vs 2973 OI: Earnings 7/27 Before Open (est) $10.80 Ref Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp CTSH Oct 62.5 Calls Sweep: 844 @ ASK $6.40: 844 traded vs 220 OI: Earnings 8/3 Before Open (est) $66.98 Ref