VXX & SPY Options Recap
We ended last week on an extremely strong note with respect to our premarket options-trading ideas. As we’ve done so many times this year, we offered up some target ranges in which we felt we’d see big activity, and every single contract highlighted therein would go on to make huge intraday swings.
We outlined our interest in the VXX $20 and 19.50 Puts SPY $206-207 Calls, specifying that we’d flip to VXX Calls and SPY Puts in the event that the VXX breached its premarket high of 19.70. That never occurred, we therefore stuck with the original idea, and the possible gains afforded to whoever was paying attention were quite large:
VXX
$20 Puts – Trading Range: .59-1.79 – Max Gain: 341%
$19.50 Puts – Trading Range: .29-1.28 – Max Gain: 203%
SPY
$206 Calls – Trading Range: .75-3.91 – Max Gain: 421%
$206.50 Calls – Trading Range: .48-3.42 – Max Gain: 612%
$207 Calls – Trading Range: .31-2.05 – Max Gain: 561%
These plays were also topics of discussion in our daily live trader’s chats last week, and we’ve been receiving a lot of inquiries from our readers who want to get involved. We welcome anyone who enjoys our daily reports to join in, and all you need to do is log onto Skype and send a contact request to username stocksumo.
VitaCig, Inc. VTCQ
We put VTCQ on watch in this past Wednesday’s morning report, and the stock made one heck of a two-session swing from the following morning to Friday afternoon’s closing bell.
Friday’s move alone was quite impressive- the stock ran from .008-.145 which comes out to an intraday pop of 81% Our observed low of .0042 came promptly at the open on Thursday, and measured from that point, Friday’s closing price represents a total move of 245%
Granted the fact that we did see VTCQ close at its high of day on roughly three times its monthly average volume, we will want to leave this play on our radars. As usual we’ll look for it to record higher highs and higher lows, and to retain our attention, it will need to maintain support at or above .01. The next key area of resistance appears to be sitting at .0181.
Extended Watchlist:
AMBS, ARYC, AGTK, FCEL, SNGX, IGEX(Bottom-Watch)