WALL STREET INTRADAY, FRIDAY

Calls:

• OLN Nov 21 calls are seeing interest with 1520 contracts trading vs. open int of 1590, pushing implied vol up around 1 points to ~42% — co is confirmed to report earnings October 31 after the close.

Puts:

• GE Oct 29 puts are seeing interest with 5120 contracts trading vs. open int of 128.6K, pushing implied vol up around 2 points to ~23% — co's target was lowered to $34 at UBS ahead of earnings next week, Friday, October 21 before the open.

Mid Cap Gainers

• AMD (6.97 +7.4%): Advanced Micro announces collaboration with Alibaba (BABA), through the collaboration Alibaba Cloud plans to use AMD technology to help expand its cloud computing offerings and accelerate adoption of its cloud-based services.
• TEX (25.36 +6.15%): BofA/Merrill upgrades to Buy from Underperform. 

Mid Cap Losers

• BLUE (61.39 -5.9%): Cantor Fitzgerald downgrades to Sell from Hold as they feel the lack of upcoming catalysts should lead to selling pressure in the stock.
• SAM (154.89 -5.08%): Berenberg downgrades to Sell from Hold.

Upgrades

• Circor (CIR +3.2%) upgraded to Hold from Reduce at SunTrust.
• Terex (TEX +5.3%) upgraded to Buy from Underperform at BofA/Merrill.
• Watsco (WSO +2.4%) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Longbow. 

Downgrades

• Fastenal (FAST +0.4%) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Argus.
• RBC Bearings (ROLL -2.1%), Fluor (FLR -0.9%) downgraded to Neutral at Seaport Global Securities.
• Continental AG (CTTAY -1.1%) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Barclays

Confirmed companies reporting earnings next week include:

• Monday (October 17)
  • Pre-Market: BAC, JBHT, HAS, LII
  • After-Hours: IBM, UAL, NFLX, CE, IEX, WTFC, ELS, TACO, GIG
• Tuesday (October 18)
  • Pre-Market: UNH, JNJ, GS, PM, OMC, BLK, GWW, RF, HOG, CMA, WWW, KSU, DPZ, SCL, SNV, MTG, TTS
  • After-Hours: INTC, UFPI, HA, ISRG, NAVI, LLTC, CREE, IBKR, HBHC, FULT, ADTN, MANH, FMBI, PNFP, HOPE, RNST, BMI, LTXB, UBNK, OKSB
• Wednesday (October 19)
  • Pre-Market: MS, USB, ABT, GPC, SVU, HAL, RAI, BBT, STX, ASML, DOV, CP, APH, STJ, MTB, NTRS, TUP, UNF, BABY, PPBI
  • After-Hours: AXP, CCK, EBAY, STLK, MAT, TSCO, URI, PKG, FTI, CTXS, SCSS, SLG, KALU, GGG, LHO, EWBC, BJRI, SLM, FNB, RLI, BXS, CVTI, HLX, CLB, BDN, CATY, WDFC, CNS, CVBF, EXPO, EGBN, EGP,
• Thursday (October 20)
  • Pre-Market: VZ, WBA, AAL, TRV, UNP, NUE, DHR, BK, ITW, TXT, GPI, RCL, LAD, PHM, DGX, ADS, FAF, DAN, SON, SNA, WBC, POOL, PLD, STC, GNTX, ICLR, DST, GATX, JAKK, SBNY, SXC, NWE, KCG, BKU, MNI, DNKN, PVTB, BANC, WNS, HOMB, IIIN, UTL, IMAX, STBA, UTEK, SASR
  • Intra-Day: WABC
  • After-Hours: MSFT, SLB, PYPL, CLS, AMD, TEX, CCI, KLAC, SWN, BHE, MXIM, WERN, ETFC, BRO, CLW, SIVB, PBCT, SAM, ATHN, KNL, ASB, FWRD, MBFI, TCBI, MRTN, PFPT, FFBC, INDB, FCB, NBHC, BMTC, COBZ, SHBI
• Friday (October 21)
  • Pre-Market: WIT, ERIC, GE, HON, MCD, PH, SYF, STI, IPG, CFG, MCO, LECO, EEFT, TCB, WBS, PDS, PCH, AIMC, MWW, OFG, BNCL