Blue Horseshoe Stocks: FAST Recap & More

Fastenal, Inc. FAST

Our fresh options ideas for yesterday morning was regarding Fastenal,which had just posted a solid Q1 earnings beat. The potential targets that we highlighted were the FAST 04/18 $62.50-67.50 Calls, and we’re happy to report that the stock’s activity has allowed us to see some decent moves out of those so far, with five sessions remaining until their expiration.

The moves was observed yesterday were as follows:

$50 Calls – Range: 5.40-6.50 – Max Gain: 20%
$52.50 Calls – Range: 2.40-4.30  – Max Gain: 79%
$55 Calls – Range: 1.10-2.08 – Max Gain: 89%

With the markets heating up here in the premarket, we’ll want to continue to keep an eye on FAST for the possibility of further useful activity that could propel these contracts to more gains before their expiration next Thursday.
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FRESH OPTIONS IDEAS:
The Walt Disney Co. DIS Weekly $122-125 Calls
SPDR S&P500 ETF (SPY) Weekly $289-290 Calls

*Don’t trade weekly options on a Friday unless you’re an advanced level trader with disposable funds!


Extended Watchlist:
BPTH, WPX, JCP, BSMX, CBAY, WPX, ENDP

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Stock Updates

Catalyst Pharma Inc. CPRX

We saw a very impressive new high for a stock that we’ve been tracking off of a bottom since February 8th. CPRX traded for as little as 2.36 that day, and has never looked back, spending most of the 7 weeks since then in a general uptrend that really kicked into high gear yesterday.

The stock ultimately reached 5.25 before closing just a penny below that point. That works out to an upswing of 122% in well under two months’ time.


Axsome Therapuetics, Inc. AXSM 

Speaking of stock runners, we called out AXSM for observation just last Thursday, and wanted to drop back in on it to comment regarding its performance thus far. From a low of 11.75 on Thursday morning, the stock has now reached as high as 16.38. That’s a relatively modest but still very respectable gain of 39% in a span of just three sessions.


Extended Watchlist:
SRNE, BPTH, BE, VLRX, ZUO, ATOS, BOXL, VTL, RWLK, ZDGE

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: REV Form-4 Alert

General Mills, Inc. GIS

Tracking back to an idea we formulated on Wednesday morning, the GIS 04/18 $47.50-50 Calls, we saw some really nice activity in those contracts thanks to a bullish session for the markets on the whole.

Both of our designated targets managed to post multi-bag gains. The $47.50 Calls made a nice swing from 1.40-2.85, representing a gain of 104% The $50’s fared even better, trading in a range from .27-.94, an increase of 248%


Darden Restaurants, Inc. DRI

For a fresh idea yesterday, we went with the DRI 04/18 $115 Calls and saw a solid performance there as well. This set of contracts turned up with an even double-bagger as they ran from a low of 1.15, and reached a 3.30 high.

As is the case with many of the plays we selected this week, there’s still plenty of time remaining until expiration, so the possibility of seeing further useful activity down the line is not out of the question.


Revlon, Inc. REV – Form-4 Alert

Speaking of plenty of time, we are going to go farther out with this next fresh idea than we are typically accustomed to going. This idea could theoretically be in play for the next 5 months. We’ll track the REV 08/16 $22.50-25 Calls.

This is after noticing the stock recovering from a recent severe beating, in unison with Form-4 filings indicating the purchase of over $7M in stock by a REV insider on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, as the stock was flagging heavily.


Extended Watchlist:
SEEL, HIBB, BPTH, TRCH, BPI, UPL