Monday’s Performance, 3 New Possibilities

A Good Start to the Week:

All in all, it was a good start to the fresh trading week on Monday. Our premarket report contained two quick-strike options ideas, and a couple of longer-term suggestions. Out of those four possible plays, three of them produced immediate results for us, putting up some nice intraday upswings.

Those targets were the SPY 03/18 $512-513 Calls, the TSLA Weekly $167.50-170 Calls and the ERJ 04/19 $25 Calls. Below are the intraday increases they recorded:

SPY 03/18 $512-513 Calls
$512
: 2.32-3.63 (+56%)
$513: .19-.44 (+132%)
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TSLA Weekly $167.50-170 Calls
$167
: 3.60-8.95 (+149%)
$170: 2.63-7.15 (+172%)
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ERJ 04/19 $25 Calls
$25: .25-.65 (+160%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
STNE Weekly $16.50-15.50 Puts
DLO 04/19 $16-15 Puts
TMP 05/17 $45-50 Calls


Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (NYSE:LICY) – Recap: 

We’ve been tracking LICY since the morning of the 13th, and in that time, the stock has made quite a nice move in a positive direction. From its low of .6537 on the morning of our initial report, the stock has gone on to hit 1.50 in premarket trading this morning. That represents an observed run of 129% for us in just the past five trading days.


Extended Watchlist:
IHRT, HIVE, IGPK, MJNA, OTRK, ZCAR, ENVB, FUSN, HOTH, CERS

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: RGSE Review & More

Real Goods Solar, Inc. RGSE

We put RGSE on watch in yesterday morning’s premarket watchlist, and it turned out to be the number one gainer of the day for us.

The stock traded in a range from 1.78 up to 3.25, for an intraday gain of 83% on immense volume of more than 410X the monthly average. It marked the second time this week that we caught a huge PR which rocketed a previously stagnant stock into the stratosphere, after seeing the same thing with ECYT on Monday.

The company entered into an exclusive license agreement with The Dow Chemical Company for the POWERHOUSE™ solar shingles system, an innovative and aesthetically pleasing solar shingle system developed by Dow. (>>View PR)

We’ll continue to keep an eye on this play and watch for the establishment of higher highs and higher lows in coming sessions.


Constellation Brands, Inc. STZ – Options Idea

We’ve been waiting for a solid earnings beat gapper, which is typically the type of play we look for with regard to quick strike options ideas. STZ fits the mold today, after posting enhanced profits and outlook this morning.

The stock has been in a general uptrend for the whole of 2017, trading in an upward channel and is presently gapping up to new all-time highs. The range of calls we’ll be tracking after what could very well be a classic dip-and-rip formation are going to be the STZ 10/20 $210-220 Calls. That gives us a couple weeks to potentially see one or more significant swing trade opportunities.


Extended Watchlist:
ATOS, APVO, CDNA, COLL, INO, CLSN, ONVI, CERS

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: RUSS Recap, Gap-Up List & More

Direxion Daily Russia Bear 3X ETF (RUSS)

A few weeks back, on February 23rd, we radared the RUSS, which is a fund that trades with an inverse relationship with the Russian economy.

The past week has been particularly troubling for Russia, as its central bank slashed the primary interest rate by a full percent while revealing that its growth forecast predicted a shrinking of the economy by as much as 4% this year.

These and other economic curve-balls, including the continued lag in oil prices, have fueled a healthy rebound in the RUSS from the recent low we observed at 11.22. Friday’s high of 15.77 marked a 40% swing in a matter of eight trading sessions.

With some holding the belief that an even more severe and protracted economic meltdown could be in the cards for Russia, we’ll want to monitor RUSS on an ongoing basis.


Morning Gapper Watchlist

These are a few stocks that are cropping up on our scanner this morning as they gap up in the premarket. We’ll be on the lookout for the possibilities of continued momentum and/or dip-and-rip scenarios:

Microvision, Inc. MVIS  has been in blue-sky breakout mode for the past several sessions, and is gapping up today on the heel of the following PR:

Midstates Petroleum Co. Inc. MPO  is trading up in early activity this morning on a Q4 earnings and revenue beat:
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. OMEX  is also up considerably, following Friday’s news of its entry into a financing agreement to facilitate offshore mineral and resource exploration.The company also has an earnings conference call slated for 10AM today, to discuss the contents of this morning’s filings:

Extended Watchlist:
IBIO, CERS, ACRX, ITEK, CTIC