Watch These 5 Huge Put Purchases In Wednesday 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 Tuesday’s regular session.

• Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) Apr 77.5 Puts: 1000 @ ASK $1.08: 19k traded vs 1301 OI: Earnings 4/26 After Close (est) $79.33 Ref
• Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE:ATW) Apr 8.0 Puts Sweep: 1787 @ ASK $0.299: 3056 traded vs 26 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close (est) $9.80 Ref
• Tenet Healthcare Corp (NYSE:THC) May 20.0 Puts Sweep: 2000 @ ASK $2.20: 2017 traded vs 160 OI: Earnings 5/1 After Close (est) $19.30 Ref
• Sothebys (NYSE:BID) Apr 45.0 Puts Sweep: 820 @ ASK $0.90: 820 traded vs 2821 OI: Earnings 5/8 Before Open (est) $48.28 Ref
• Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) May 28.0 Puts Sweep: 1129 @ ASK $0.89: 2790 traded vs 1448 OI: Earnings 5/3 After Close (est) $29.40 Ref