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Pretty slow day today, all things considered.  Really felt more like a day of rumors and month end trade than anything fundamental.

Here's your rumor recap:
NUE for CHAP low 80s
AT gets 71$ bid
ORB private equity to bid low 30$s
CAKE LBO chatter
BEN for GROW (no options to trade)
JEF, AQNT, APPB nothing new today
Those were all rumors, so don't get all excited and start quoting this on the message boards.  I don't own anything in any of those names.

MRVL trading like crazy on no news AGAIN.  I own calls in there.

Trades on small open interest:
PG buyer of JUN 70c trade 3,500
SOHU MAY 30c buyer 4200x
JDSU JUN 17c buyer 4600x
LEH JUN 70p buyer 6000

Record 48 posts. yay.

Have a good one!

CVS

Another 6200 JUN 32.5p trade .25

CVS

JUN 32.5p trade 7,000 times .25 multiple exchanges customer buys - CVS in takeover agreement

NYX

JUN 75p sold at .85 2500x on phlx

GLW

Big put buyer in JUN - looks like 8,000 go up at .45 customer buys.  That is almost all of today's volume in that line - open interest of 600 only

SE

JUN 25p sold on the PHLX 4,000 @ .40

HD

MAY 37.5 p seller .55 on the ISE 5000x

MRVL

Well, this thing is getting wierd.   Call interest has gone way up since the 24th, when they announced a formal options probe.  Today 6,000 MAY 15c trade, 20,000 MAY 17.5c trade, 18,000 JUN 17.5c trade, and 10,000 may and jun puts.  This is crazy volume - something is coming, mark my words....

NRMX

Someone bangs out a sstrangle in MAY. 12/17 sold 7500x for 2.30

YHOO

Seller hits all the bids in the MAY 30s .15 - maybe 6,000 - 8,000 times