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.

• Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW Jun 76.0 Puts Sweep: 3406 @ Above Ask! $0.237: 3406 traded vs 149 OI: Earnings 8/23 Before Open $77.84 Ref
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc VRX Jun 9th 13.0 Puts: 4500 @ ASK $0.09: 7505 traded vs 9423 OI: Earnings 8/8 Before Open (est) $13.40 Ref
• YPF SA (ADR) YPF Jun 23rd 24.0 Puts Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.55: 900 traded vs 0 OI: Earnings 8/3 After Close (est) $24.37 Ref
• Hertz Global Holdings, Inc HTZ Jun 10.0 Puts Sweep: 634 @ ASK $1.05: 634 traded vs 4617 OI: Earnings 8/7 After Close (est) $9.16 Ref
• Wayfair Inc W Jun 71.0 Puts Sweep: 504 @ Above Ask! $1.559: 515 traded vs 10 OI: Earnings 8/9 Before Open (est) $72.01 Ref