Blue Horseshoe Stocks: ADAT, Options Recaps & More

Authentidate Holding Corp. ADAT

Despite turbulent overall conditions, to this point we’ve succeeded in weeding out at least one big winner each day this week, and yesterday’s was most assuredly ADAT. We tagged this stock after noticing some unusual premarket activity, and it proceeded to break out immediately following the opening bell.

We witnessed a big-time surge from a low of .15 all the way up to .55 in the first 35 minutes of the session. That’s an eyebrow-raising 267% rip! Big cheers go out to any of our readers who were able to ride that massive wave of momentum to quick intraday profits.


Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. BONT

We called BONT as a bottom-watch play in Friday’s premarket report, noticing it testing new annual lows, and described it as being generally undervalued.

Our instincts proved to be quite accurate; the stock found its ultimate low of 2.89 during the next session on Monday, and followed that up with a tremendous rebound yesterday. The stock ran back to touch a high of 4.15, representing a session-over-session swing of 44%

Moving forward, we’ll look for BONT to continue to build higher levels of support. The stock will need to maintain above yesterday’s low  to retain our immediate interest, but remember, we like to begin to monitor retail stocks like this one more heavily as schools go back in session and the holiday season rapidly approaches.


Options Ideas – Updates

We’ve got to update our subscribers on the performance of the options ideas we’ve been tracking this week for the second straight day. We zeroed in on the performance of Weekly UVXY $49 Calls and Weekly SPY $190 Puts, which we had already seen make considerable moves on Monday, and the opportunities just kept coming. Just look at the kind of gains that were offered up:

UVXY $49 Calls  – Daily Range: 5.00-19.30 – Max Gain: 286%

SPY $190 Puts – Daily Range: 1.10-4.77 – Max Gain: 334%

The markets are gapping up this morning, so we’ll be on the lookout for a possible selloff from profit-taking followed by a subsequent rebound, for the chance at added opportunities in these plays as we progress through midweek.


Extended Watchlist:
ABGB(Gapping Up, Gaps to Fill on Chart), GSAT and GASL(52-Week Lows)

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: New Options Ideas & More

Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. BONT

The markets as a whole have been beaten back this week, but in some cases, that can provide opportunities for stock bargains. One potential candidate that we’re going radar today is BONT, for numerous reasons.

First of which, the stock has just recorded a new 52-week low on the heels of some marginally disappointing Q2 figures, and all of our regular readers are quite aware of our affinity for a good recovery play. BONT also has a relatively low market cap for a company with its assets and revenues, thus it currently has the appearance of being undervalued in our opinion
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Lastly we are heading into retail season, a time when department stores such as Bon-Ton generally experience increased sales, with school shopping in full swing and the holidays rapidly approaching. This and other retail stocks have traditionally been a boon to us as fall approaches, often offering a reprieve from the dog days of summer.


Direxion Daily Jr Gld Mnrs Bull (JNUG)

When the markets undergo the kind of distress we’ve been experiencing recently, many investors seek shelter in precious metals. We’ve turned to JNUG in the past in situations like these, so we’re going to be monitoring this fund for as long as stocks continue to struggle.

We’ve formulated the following options ideas for the JNUG chain:

To take advantage of the possibility of a protracted rebound, we’re going track the JNUG Weekly $12-13 Calls for chances at intraday flip opportunities, and in the event of a continued uptrend, we’ll flag the 08/28 $12-13 Calls for a longer-term idea.


Deere & Co. DE

On decreased Q4 guidance and a 40% drop in  quarterly profits, DE is taking a pounding in premarket trading today. The stock is trending below the 200DMA of 89.54, having gone as low as 85.72. If the stock doesn’t manage to rebound above to that 200DMA, we’ll look for it to continue its tumble. As a related options idea, we’re going to tag DE 09/04 $87-84 Puts for observation.


Extended Watchlist:
BTU(Momentum), COSI(Bottom-Watch)