April 14 Tuesday Notes

ES: -2pts, or 0.1% at 2084.
CL up .37 (.7%) at 52.27.
VX down 0.75 (-0.5%) at 14.25
TNX at 1.882, down from 1.938 close

GAINERS:
ALU: +7.8%, 7.5m - Talk of NOK/ALU merger
Z: +2%, 13.5k - shares halted on mid-quarter FY15 outlook call

LOSERS:
NSC: -5.9%, 193k - Large earnings warning, UNP and KSC trading down in sympathy
NOK: -2.5%, 15.6m - ALU deal talk
WYNN: -2%, 7.8k - Casino stocks down in pre mkt, MGM MPEL LVS
WFC: -1%, 420k - Earnings disappointed

JNJ, JPM and WFC are out with earnings this AM.

Yesterday recap:

QCOM got faded hard giving up all its gains and closing in the red on the day.


WUBA saw ITM opex 55 puts trade 500 for 1.90. Shortly after, the stock dropped from 54.40 to below 53, then hit a low of 49.80 on the day.

BRCM had t/o chatter w/INTC as the acquirer. IV absolutely ripped in the name, the 46/47 opex call spread could have been sold for .20 and btc for .10 by day's end.

BMY had t/o chatter with PFE as the acquirer. The stock did more of the same, popped then dropped. Hit 65.50 only to fade to close at 64.