Courtesy of Benzinga.
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.
- Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) Fri $53 Puts Sweep (24) at the Ask: 1551 @ $0.74 vs 158 OI; Ref=$52.62
- NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) Aug 18 $20 Puts Sweep (24) at the Ask: 1459 @ $0.651 vs 24 OI; Ref=$22.4875
- Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ: FRGI) Aug 18 $15 Puts Sweep (7) at the Bid: 900 @ $0.351 vs 0 OI; Ref=$18.65
- Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) Aug 18 $60 Puts Sweep (34) at the Bid: 808 @ $3.0 vs 589 OI; Ref=$79.1085
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