Closing Out an Interesting Trading Week

Bearish Retail Targets Fall Despite General Uptrend:

With the state of the markets this week, we had remained primarily focused on bearish signals through to yesterday morning’s report. Even as stocks put forward an impressive rebound on Thursday, the majority of our tracked plays still produced.

Two of our three designated potential targets bucked the trend of the day, both giants in the retail space. The KSS Weekly $58-56.50 Puts and the RL Weekly $130-125 Puts logged very respectable intraday upswings, with four out of those six contract sets recording double-bag gains or better.

Here were those trend-bucking moves, and total potential daily gains for traders:

KSS Weekly $58-56.50 Puts
$58: 3.00-5.54 (+85%)
$57.50: 2.40-4.00 (+66%)
$57: 1.70-4.22 (+148%)
$56.50: 1.30-3.65 (+181%)
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RL Weekly $130-125 Puts
$130: 4.10-10.85 (+165%)
$125: 1.45-6.50 (+348%)

Fresh Options Ideas:

We’re going to flip back over to the other side of the fence this morning and designate some bullish options ideas for today. The scenario with the above mentioned short plays was the exception, not the rule. The typical key to our particular brand of quick-strike trading is to constantly keep your finger on the pulse of the markets and heed the prevailing winds.

BKE Weekly $40-42.50 Calls
DE Weekly $357.50-362.50 Calls
SPY 05/21 $415-417 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
ENKS, MLFB, IFUS, MINE, SUIC, COWI, TGRR, CZNI

More Bearish Options Plays

Options Review:

The markets slid once again to start yesterday’s session as we suspected they may, and despite recovering into the close, we had plenty of time and opportunity to profit off of the bearish slate of options ideas we put forth in our premarket report.

Our target plays that produced in the session were the SPY 05/19 $409-407 Puts and the LOW Weekly $192.50-187.50 Puts. We saw some good afternoon activity with the following intraday runs:

SPY 05/19 $409-407 Puts
$409: .33-1.70 (+415%)
$408: .13-1.05 (+707%)
$407: .07-.60 (+757%)
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LOW Weekly $192.50-187.50 Puts
$192.50: 3.30-6.65 (+102%)
$190: 2.08-4.62 (+122%)
$187.50: 1.22-3.06 (+151%)
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Fresh Options Ideas:
KSS Weekly $58-56.50 Puts
RL Weekly $130-125 Puts
CSCO Weekly $50.50-49 Puts

International Consolidated Companies, Inc. INCC – Recap

We also want to talk about INCC for a moment, following its big run to new highs. We’ve been tracking this play since the morning of April 6th, and it has made some impressive swings.

Following our flag last month the stock ran 100% from .0018-.0036, and subsequently consolidated back down to .0017 before hitting its new high of .0061 yesterday, which represents an upswing of 259% We’ll be looking for it to hold .0037, above the previous swing high on any pullbacks.

Extended Watchlist:
DSCR, SEEK, UATG, BYRG, FWDG, AERS, MNGG, QBAN, XTRM, RSHN

Tough Sledding for the Market, Related Ideas

The Home Depot, Inc. HD – Recap:

From our list of options ideas we were tracking yesterday, Home Depot was the primary trend-bucker of the day, as the markets in general had a tumultuous session, and appear to be headed for more of the same.

We were targeting the HD Weekly $322.50-327.50 Calls and they produced significant intraday gain opportunities shortly following the opening bell. Those trading ranges and potential profits were as follows:

HD Weekly $322.50-327.50 Calls
$322.50: 2.03-5.00 (+146%)
$325: 1.33-3.70 (+178%)
$327.50: .67-2.08 (+210%)
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Fresh Options Ideas:
LOW Weekly $192.50-187.50 Puts
SPY 05/19 $409-407 Puts*
TGT Weekly $215-210 Puts

*Please remember that trading options on their day of expiration should only be attempted by advanced level traders with access to disposable funds!

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Extended Watchlist:
GGII, INC, VPER, RETC, RSHN, NSAV, BEHL

Big Name Earnings Plays & More

PureCycle Technologies Inc. PCT – Update:

We entered a longer-term recovery idea for the PCT options chain in yesterday morning’s premarket report on a purely technical basis, and it provided instant results.

It was exhibiting most of the classic signals we look for in a potential rebound play. Coming off of recently established lows, a MACD converging toward a bullish cross, a heavily oversold yet rapidly strengthening RSI, and a massive gap on the chart to the upside. You can see all of these indicators on the chart snapshot below.

We’ll continue to look for signs that PCT may continue the current trend off of last week’s lows which represented the lowest PPS for the stock in roughly 7 months. Here are the intraday gains made by our targeted options contract sets yesterday:

PCT 08/20 $15-17.50 Calls
$15: 1.88-2.80 (+49%)
$17.50: 1.25-2.10 (+68%)
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Fresh Options Ideas:
BIDU Weekly $192.50-197.50 Calls
WMT Weekly $142-145 Calls
HD Weekly $322.50-327.50 Calls

Nutranomics, Inc. NNRX – Recap:

We flagged NNRX in yesterday morning’s extended watchlist, which most often contains the majority of the OTC stocks we’re tracking on any given day, and the stock did end up putting forth a solid intraday performance.

It ran from a low of .0014 and went as high as .0033, which marks a daily push of 136%, and it occurred on volume of over three times the 30-day moving average.

Extended Watchlist:
APYP, MNGG, RGBP, BYRG, RETC, VMCS, ZONX, WRFX, EEGI

Runners, Runners, Everywhere!

Options Review:

We played the SPY from both sides of the fence last week as the markets chopped up and down over the course of some rather volatile sessions. On Friday morning, we flipped from bears to bulls and cast our lot in with the SPY 05/14 $411-412.50 Calls.

Additionally, a couple of our other targets, the DASH Weekly $122-125 Calls and the PBR Weekly $9-9.50 Calls, produced some impressive intraday rallies that gave traders the chance at the following gains:

SPY 05/14 $411-412.50 Calls
$411: 2.56-6.48 (+153%)
$412: 1.91-5.58 (+192%)
$412.50: 1.59-5.00 (+214%)
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DASH Weekly $122-125 Calls
$122: 3.82-22.50 (+490%)
$123: 2.94-22.47 (+664%)
$124: 2.59-21.50 (+7300%)
$125: 1.80-20.00 (+1011%)
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PBR Weekly $9-9.50 Calls
$9: .37-.71 (+110%)
$9.50: .09-.22 (+144%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
PCT 08/20 $15-17.50 Calls
PRPL Weekly $30-35 Calls

OTC Runners:

Friday was a big day for many of the OTC stocks we’ve been actively tracking of late. These four examples which have appeared in our reports over the last few weeks all set new highs for us on Friday.

Eline Entertainment Group, Inc. EEGI
First Alert: 04/26
Subsequent Range: .0005-.0055
Total Possible Gain:+1000%
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Spooz, Inc. SPZI
First Alert: 05/07
Subsequent Range: .0012-.0038
Total Possible Gain: +217%
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Genesis Electronics Group, Inc. GEGI
First Alert: 05/14
Subsequent Range: .0036-.0072
Total Possible Gain:+100%
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Buyer Group International, Inc. BYRG
First Alert: 05/14
Subsequent Range: .0044-.0074
Total Possible Gain:+68%

Extended Watchlist:
VDRM, VYGVF, EGOC, NWGC, CCTL, MDCN, BCAP, NNRX