Blue Horseshoe Stocks

APRN Blows its Lid & More

Blue Apron Holdings Inc. APRN

We provided readers with a set of stocks that we felt were uniquely built to weather the coronavirus storm in yesterday morning’s premarket report. APRN had already begun to rise a little bit prior to that, but yesterday’s huge session really sent it for a ride.

The stock registered as the number three top gainer on the NASDAQ for its performance, which saw it trade up from a low 8.70 and hit 19.49, which represents an intraday rise of 124%. As of this morning’s premarket trading, APRN has now hit 24.50, extending our total observed range in 24 hours to 182%

With people being urged to stay home as much as possible, and perhaps with a mandatory nationwide quarantine on the way, we would expect Blue Apron’s order volume to stay at what we can only imagine are all time highs. As far as how high the stock could run, that’s anyone’s guess, but we’ll be tracking it closely to find out.

Decision Diagnostics Corp. DECN

Certain stocks on the OTC have also been enjoying solid performances in relation to the coronavirus. The company believes that its GenViro! COVID-19 “Rapid” Kit will be in high demand after the release of new FDA guidance allowing for near immediate distribution of kits with minimal red tape.

We had placed the stock in our extended watchlist in yesterday morning’s report, and were met with a very respectable intraday move from .118-.198, which works out to a gain of 68%

Fresh Options Ideas

GILD Weekly $79-81 Calls
WBA Weekly $52.50-54 Calls
HAL 04/03 $4-5.00 Calls

Coronavirus Watchlist & More

Todos Medical, Ltd. TOMDF

The see-saw of market volatility persists with no end in sight. Traditional investing has become a fool’s errand in many, if not most, cases. The kind of opportunistic short term trading that we do is relatively intact, with the right targets and scenarios.

In this case, we caught TOMDF’s coronavirus news in the premarket yesterday, stating that the company had secured distribution agreements for testing kits in both the US and Isreal. After including it in our extended watchlist, the stock managed a very nice intraday gain. It traded up from a low of 0413, and reached a high of .08, which works out to an intraday upswing of 94%

Coronavirus Watchlist

While we do focus primarily on quick strike opportunities, it’s also worth it to mention a few plays that represent products and services that are high demand at the present time due to the fallout from COVID-19. If the report from the UK’s highly respected Imperial College is accurate, this global health crisis is only in its beginning stages, and will get much, much worse in the months ahead.

While neither these, nor any other plays are “corona-proof”, the effects may weigh less heavily on these stocks and those like them:

CPB, APRN, CLX, GIS, PG

Extended Watchlist:
MATN, ZOOM, DECN, PCTL, NBDR, IPIX, GNPX, GNBT

TGT Update, Fresh Options Idea

Target Corp. TGT

Just as we mentioned yesterday morning to start off the week, it was on Thursday morning that we signaled our interest in tracking some TGT Puts. They hadn’t quite heated up yet by the end of last week, but we urged readers yesterday to pay close attention, as the gains seemed imminent.

We were correct in that assumption, as the markets once again set a new record for worst daily losses in history. That helped propel the massive range of contracts we signaled, the TGT 04/03 $98-90 Puts, to double-bag gain status and beyond, exactly as we predicted.

Here are the trading ranges on those contracts since we’ve had them on our radar:

TGT 04/03 $98-90 Puts
$98: 3.37-6.92 (+105%)
$97: 2.90-6.60 (+128%)
$96: 2.73-6.00 (+120%)
$95: 2.21-5.95 (+169%)
$94: 2.54-5.50 (+117%)
$93: 1.99-5.05 (+154%)
$92: 2.44-4.50 (+84%)
$91: 2.00-4.25 (+113%)
$90: 1.47-3.80 (+156%)

Transdigm Group, Inc TDG

We would like to put together a set of call contracts to watch in the TDG chain. It’s no surprise that the stock is at a bottom at present, but what is remarkable is the amount of insider buying that has taken place in the last week, to the tune of roughly $180M.

That typically signals an insider’s confidence that the stock will not fall much further. We are going to put the TDG 05/15 $350-370 Calls on watch to track in the weeks ahead.

Extended Watchlist:
CODX, AYTU, IBIO, MBRX, APT, SPCE, TOMDF

Friday’s 40,000% Gainer

Incredible Options Gains

Even as markets around the globe struggle with the unprecedented effects of the novel coronavirus, chances for ridiculously large profits have been available to short-term traders. On Friday, we submitted some options ideas in our premarket report, and among them came the top gaining idea we have ever produced in our entire recorded history. All in one session.

We signaled interest in the AVGO Weekly $220-230 Calls and the ADBE Weekly $295-305 Calls, and saw some eye popping gains, including an unbelievable 40,000% runner!

AVGO Weekly $220-230 Calls
$220: .03-12.40 (+41233%)
$225: .01-4.30 (+42900%)
$230: .02-2.00 (+9900%)
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ADBE Weekly $295-305 Calls
$281: 22.00-40.09 (+82%)
$280: 4.00-21.00 (+425%)
$279: 1.64-15.00 (+876%)

Target Corp. TGT – Update

On Thursday morning we signaled a range of extended-term TGT ideas, the TGT 04/03 $98-90 Puts. In addition to current market conditions, the stock was exhibiting a gap to the low-side, and undergoing insider sales. It has created a perfect storm for shorts, and with the way things are going, the rewards should be there for the reaping this week.

We just wanted to remind everyone to watch these plays closely in the next few sessions, as we still expect to see significant gains from these ideas.

Extended Watchlist:
AYTU, KAVL, ZAAG, MRNA, NVNT, OCUL, INO

Scoring Multi-Bag Gains with the SPY

More SPY Success

Our perfect handling of a situation that has had traders running scared shows exactly why we consider ourselves to be the best free trading newsletter on Earth. Even during the worst backsliding days the markets have ever seen, we have stayed the course, and delivered impressive multibag gains.

We invite any skeptics to go to our newsletter archive BlueHorseshoeStocks.com, check our work, and see for themselves. Nearly 9 YEARS of our daily newsletters are right there, searchable to anyone. You’ll never catch us shying away from an opportunity, even in the face of a global pandemic.

Yesterday our report focused on the SPY Puts that we signaled earlier in the week (SPY Weekly $282-279 Puts), and an updated strike range as well (SPY Weekly $262-259 Puts). We said that new highs should be expected in the ones we were already tracking and that’s exactly what happened. We also cautioned of another 15-minute trading halt, and that came to pass as well. So it’s no surprise that our new ideas also flourished.

Here are the total possible gains on all those ideas that our readers could have grabbed a piece of this week:

SPY Weekly $282-279 Puts
$282: 6.65-32.48 (+388%)
$281: 6.20-34.68 (+459%)
$280: 5.71-33.51 (+487%)
$279: 5.33-32.28 (+505%)

SPY Weekly $262-259 Puts
$262: 4.75-16.85 (+255%)
$261: 4.20-16.09 (+283%)
$260: 4.00-15.36 (+284%)
$259: 3.75-14.56 (+288%)

Fresh Ideas

The markets have been on a seesaw, and perhaps with futures indicating a little relief on the way to close out the week, we may have some room for some earnings-related ideas as well. These are the plays we’ll be tracking to close out what has been one wild week of trading!

ADBE Weekly $295-305 Calls
AVGO Weekly $220-230 Calls
DG Weekly $149-155 Calls