Wednesday’s Winners, 4 Fresh Options Plays

Winning Trend Continues on Wednesday:

After a decent start to the first trading week of the new year on Tuesday, we kept things rolling pretty well yesterday for the second straight day. Our premarket report contained four potential plays on the options front, and each of those targets recorded some pretty good intraday upswings. We were hoping for a nice beginning to 2024 and thus far that goal is going according to plan!

Yesterday’s runners were the SPY 01/03 $472-471 Puts, the COIN Weekly $148-146 Puts, the MARA Weekly $22-21 Puts, and the UNF 01/19 $180 Puts. Here is the breakdown of their intraday performances for Wednesday:

SPY 01/03 $472-471 Puts
$472:
 1.12-3.70 (+230%)
$471: .51-2.76 (+441%)
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COIN Weekly $148-146 Puts
$148:
 3.37-5.25 (+56%)
$147: 2.88-4.60 (+60%)
$146: 2.55-4.12 (+62%)
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MARA Weekly $22-21 Puts
$22:
 .70-1.00 (+43%)
$21.50: .53-.79 (+49%)
$21: .41-.62 (+51%)
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UNF 01/19 $180 Puts
$180: 10.00-14.90 (+49%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
CALM 01/19 $55-52.50 Puts
WMT Weekly $160 Calls
RPM 01/19 $100 Puts
MBLY 01/19 $30-25 Puts 

*Only experienced traders should attempt to trade options contracts on their day of expiration


Extended Watchlist:
MINM, OMGA, KTRA, RPID, JFBR, SMFL, HNRC, ZFRY, ABIT, RNGE, AHNR, TIPS

Off to a Good Start in 2024

Solid Start to the New Year:

We fared reasonably well in our first trading session of 2024 yesterday, despite having no earnings reports to inspire our options candidates of the day. We expect things on that front to be similarly dry moving forward, with few big-name reporters slated to drop figures in the first couple weeks of this new year. As always, we’ll still do everything we can to find other opportunities in the meantime.

As for yesterday’s ideas, here were the daily performance numbers on the four potential plays in our premarket report, the MARA Weekly $26-27 Calls, the COIN Weekly $175-177.50 Calls, the AMD Weekly $145-144 Puts, and the VYGR 11/19 $10-12.50 Calls:

MARA Weekly $26-27 Calls
$26:
 .93-1.41 (+52%)
$26.50: .84-1.23 (+46%)
$27: .71-1.10 (+55%)
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COIN Weekly $175-177.50 Calls
$175: 3.19-5.93 (+86%)
$177.50: 2.79-5.04 (+81%)
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AMD Weekly $145-144 Puts
$145: 2.64-7.55 (+223%)
$144: 2.16-6.73 (+212%)
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VYGR 11/19 $10-12.50 Calls
$10:
 .70-1.90 (+171%)
$12.50: .25-.70 (+180%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 01/03 $472-471 Puts*
COIN Weekly $148-146 Puts
MARA Weekly $22-21 Puts
UNF 01/19 $180 Puts

*Only experienced traders should attempt to trade options contracts on their day of expiration



Enzolytics, Inc. (OTCMKTS:ENZC) – Recap: 

We also wanted to give a quick update on an OTC stock that we had in yesterday morning’s extended watchlist. ENZC made a pretty nice intraday move from a low of .0169 up to a high .0215, which represents a rise of 27%


Extended Watchlist:
CSTF, ABIT, CRCW, PHIL, XSNX, VRSSF, NEXI, SASI, DYN, FWBI, TPHC, ABVC

Ending the Trading Week on a High Note

Bearish Plays Yield Gains:

We have been shrewdly hitting on big options plays this week, and we carried that trend through yesterday’s session. Things looked grim for stocks in the premarket, so we signaled a couple of bearish ideas to take advantage of the day’s sentiment. It worked like a charm, with both of our designated sets of puts providing ample opportunity for intraday gains.

We were targeting the PATH 04/14 $25-22.50 Puts, and the WBA Weekly $47.50-46.50 Puts, and got some very nice movement from those plays, with ranges and percentage gains as follows:

PATH 04/14 $25-22.50 Puts
$25:
 2.20-4.71 (+114%)
$22.50: .95-2.65 (+179%)
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WBA Weekly $47.50-46.50 Puts

$47.50: 2.27-3.27 (+44%)
$47: 1.52-2.77 (+82%)
$46.50: 1.30-2.20 (+69%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 04/01 $452-453 Calls*
BABA Weekly $112-116 Calls*
YETI 05/20 $70-75 Calls
AEHR 04/14 $10-12.50 Calls 

*Please do not attempt to trade options contracts on their day of expiration unless you are an experienced trader with access to disposable funds.


Extended Watchlist: 
LGVN, BLBX, HUSN, IQ, BILI, ABIT, MJWL, CYDY, MSTO, NICH,