Blue Horseshoe Stocks

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: SBUX Success & More

Starbucks Corp. SBUX – Recap

We formulated some options ideas for Friday morning’s premarket report, and among them were the SBUX Weekly $66-67.50 Calls. Continuing a trend that we carried throughout the week, we once again struck upon multi-bag gains off of an earnings related play. This type of trade has become one of our go-to moves for this very good reason. We urge any skeptics to rifle through our blog and check our record on this. We believe our success rate is unparalleled.

$66 Calls – Range:.65-1.65 – Max Gain: 154%
$66.50 Calls – Range: .40-1.35 – Max Gain: 238%
$67 Calls – Range: .22-.80 – Max Gain: 264%
$67.50 Calls – Range: .10-.49 – Max Gain: 390%
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We also had the WDC Weekly $43.50-45 Calls in Friday’s report, and despite the fact that only the $43.50’s ended up being in play, the potential gains they afforded traders were exceptional. They traded up from a low of .03 all the way up to .26- a move of 767% on the day.

Caterpillar, Inc. CAT

We’ll once again look to a premarket earnings release to provide us with the impetus for a fresh idea this morning. Caterpillar missed on profits and issued unimpressive guidance, as the company reported disappointingly low demand, specifically in the Chinese market.

We are going to take a bearish view on this for the near-term, and put the CAT Weekly $132-128 Puts on watch to kick off the fresh trading week.

Extended Watchlist:
AVCO, TEUM, SUPN, OGEN, RBZ, BLPH, BW, IAG

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: SBUX Options & More

OPTIONS RECAP

Yesterday was a day for options, with a whole calendar full of earnings reports, and we formulated a couple of fresh ideas in LUV and MKC, going bullish and bearish, respectively. Both sets of contracts produced really good opportunities for intraday gains.

Southwest Airlines Co.
LUV Weekly $52-54 Calls

$52 Calls – Range: 1.25-2.63 – Max Gain: 110%
$52.50 Calls – Range: .99-1.90 – Max Gain: 92%
$53 Calls – Range: .56-1.85 – Max Gain: 230%
$53.50 Calls – Range: .40-1.25 – Max Gain: 213%
$54 Calls – Range: .20-1.00 – Max Gain: 400%

McCormick & Co. Inc.
MKC 02/15 $125 & $120 Puts
$125 Puts – Range: 3.11-5.51 – Max Gain: 77%
$120 Puts – Range: 1.51-1.91 – Max Gain: 26%
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FRESH IDEAS:
SBUX Weekly $66-67.50 Calls*
WDC Weekly $43.50-45 Calls*

*Please do not attempt to trade weekly options on a Friday unless you an advanced level trader with disposable funds.

Briggs & Stratton Corp. BGG

We want to close things out this week by commenting on Briggs & Stratton’s gap down to its lowest PPS since the the early 1990’s. While it may see more short term losses first, we still want to radar this as a bottom-watch play.

Extended Watchlist:
DBVT, AYTU, MRIN, TTNP, PIR, CAPR, ACHV

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Options Winners & More

OPTIONS WINNERS

We introduced three earnings related options ideas in yesterday morning’s premarket report, each with a range of contracts in their respective chains that we found enticing.

We got fantastic results from the vast majority of the contracts we were tracking. Two of the three ideas yielded several opportunities for multi-bag intraday gains.

International Business Machines Corp. IBM
Weekly $130-134 Calls

$130 Calls – Range: 1.74-5.30 – Max Gain: 205%
$131 Calls – Range: 1.50-4.30 – Max Gain: 187%
$132 Calls – Range: .43-3.75 – Max Gain: 772%
$133 Calls – Range: .58-3.10 – Max Gain: 434%
$134 Calls – Range: .38-2.45 – Max Gain: 545%
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The Procter & Gamble Co. PG
Weekly $93-95.50 Calls

$93 Calls – Range: 1.35-3.33 – Max Gain: 261%
$93.50 Calls – Range: 1.22-2.8 – Max Gain: 530%
$94 Calls – Range: .90-2.62 – Max Gain: 382%
$95 Calls – Range: .48-1.77 – Max Gain: 506%

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Logitech International, Inc. LOGI

We also published a longer term options idea in our report on Tuesday morning, signaling the LOGI 02/15 $34 & $35 Calls for observation, and we’ve got an update on those plays as well, which have also turned into multi-bag runners this midweek.

The $34 Calls have thus far traded up from a low of .85 to a high of 2.40 for a gain of 182%, while the $35’s have gone from .55 to 1.65- an increase of 200% With three weeks remaining until expiration we can continue to keep an eye on these for the possibility of higher highs.
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Fresh Ideas:
Southwest Airlines Co.
LUV Weekly $52-54 Calls

McCormick & Co. Inc.
MKC 02/15 $125 & $120 Puts

Extended Watchlist:
ADIL, TXT, UCTT, ROX, INO

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Options Roundup & More

OPTIONS ROUNDUP

One of our top activities each day is poring over the previous day’s post-market quarterly earnings reports, as well as the premarket releases from that morning, in order to find those stock most likely to produce the type of volatility we look for to make quick-strike trades.

The earnings calendar is rather busy at present, with three names jumping to the forefront on our scanner today. We’ll give a brief overview of their quarterly highlights, as well as ranges of contracts to place on watch for the remainder of the week.

International Business Machines Corp. IBM
-Beat on profit, strong outlook
Radar: Weekly $130-134 Calls

United Technologies Corp. UTX
-Earnings and revs beat, more than 70% increase in Q4 profit
Radar: Weekly $113-118 Calls

The Procter & Gamble Co. PG
-Strong sales, earnings beat, boosted guidance
Radar: Weekly $93-95.50 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
CODX, SYF, EARS, QSR, BPTH, PUMP, IDEX

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Options Recap, Fresh Idea & More

SPDR S&P500 ETF (SPY)

On Friday we were just mentioning how SPY options has been a go-to trade for us. We talked about the most recent occurrence, when we signaled some SPY Calls earlier this month that produce multi-bag gain opportunities.

We said we would be tracking the SPY Weekly $263.50-265 Calls on Friday and it should come as no shock that we once again struck it big with our favorite ETF. Each of the four contracts contained within our specified range logged huge gains on the day.

Here are the intraday moves made, and the total possible gains that were available to anyone who was following our idea:

$263.50 Calls – Range: 1.09-3.94 – Max Gain: 261%
$264 Calls – Range: .47-2.96 – Max Gain: 530%
$264.50 Calls – Range: .51-2.46 – Max Gain: 382%
$265 Calls – Range: .33-2.00 – Max Gain: 506%

Logitech International, Inc. LOGI

We’ve also taken notice of LOGI on the heels of its Q3 earnings report, wherein the company has reported record sales for the quarter, not to mention raising guidance for the full year. As a result it presently appears to be the most attractive stock on the earnings calendar.

We are going to signal a range of calls in the LOGI chain to observe in the days and weeks ahead– the LOGI 02/15 $34-35 Calls.

Extended Watchlist:
TVON, TTNP, AVGR, EDU, KNDI, ATIS,