Major Movers from Friday, Fresh Ideas

Friday’s Options Runners: 

We are ready to kick off another great week of trading, and as always, our first order of business is going to be to rehash our ideas from Friday and see what kind of noise they made for us. We were right down the middle with two bullish and two bearish ideas. The markets posted mainly a positive session, but that didn’t stop our shorts from recording solid gains as well.

Our fresh targets for the day were the TSLA Weekly $161-163 Calls, the AXP Weekly $162.50-165 Calls, the CL 02/17 72.50-70 Puts and the INTC Weekly $28-27 Puts. It appears we may have erred in the strikes on our TSLA Calls, with the $162.50’s being the only contract set in the range we listed, so we’ll just list the gains made there, which were quite considerable. The rest of our ideas also posted some excellent runs for the session:

TSLA Weekly $161-163 Calls
$162.50:
 1.55-18.05 (+1064%)
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AXP Weekly $162.50-165 Calls
$162.50: 3.55-12.60 (+255%)
$165: 2.01-10.65 (+430%)
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CL 02/17 72.50-70 Puts
$72.50:
 .92-2.06 (+124%)
$70: .35-.90 (+157%)
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INTC Weekly $28-27 Puts
$28: .14-.52 (+271%)
$27: .01-.05 (+400%)


Fresh Options Ideas
ARLP 02/17 $22.50-25 Calls
GEHC Weekly $70-68.50 Puts 


Extended Watchlist:
BBAU, GMVD, GNS, PBTS, BSFC, FRGT, ATER, APE, GTII, CORZQ, FRFR

Big Play Wednesday, 6-Pack of New Ideas

Big Play Wednesday: 

Perhaps some of our newer readers thought we were exaggerating in yesterday morning’s report, when we mentioned how common it is for us sweep the board perfectly with our daily options plays. They wouldn’t have been under the wrong impression for very long, and yet again, all four of the selections we made in the premarket went on to make big moves.

We were on the bearish side of the fence with all of them, which were the SPY 01/25 $398-396 Puts, the BA Weekly $210-205 Puts, the MSFT Weekly $240-235 Puts, and the NEE 02/17 $80-77.50 Puts.  With the markets gapping down and sliding in the first hour, we were able to see the following ranges and total possible profits from these ideas:

SPY 01/25 $398-396 Puts
$398:
 2.17-4.50 (+107%)
$397: 1.58-3.60 (+127%)
$396: 1.12-2.76 (+146%)
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BA Weekly $210-205 Puts
$210:
 2.58-7.40 (+187%)
$207.50: 1.65-5.60 (+239%)
$205: 1.05-3.95 (+276%)
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MSFT Weekly $240-235 Puts
$240:
 1.25-2.49 (+99%)
$237.50: .66-1.39 (+111%)
$235: .37-.75 (+170%)
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NEE 02/17 $80-77.50 Puts 
$80: 2.00-4.80 (+311%)
$77.50: 1.15-3.11 (+170%)


Fresh Options Ideas::
NEE 02/17 $75 Puts
SPY 01/26 $401-402 Calls
TSLA Weekly $150-155 Calls
LVS Weekly $55-57 Calls
SHW 02/17 $230-220 Puts
IBM 01/27 $139-137 Puts 


Extended Watchlist:
BZFD, MLGO, UTRS, HLBZ, TYDE, XM, CORZQ, PQEFF, VENG, FRFR, LRGR, TLIF

A Five-Pack of Fresh Trading Ideas

Solid Start to the Trading Week: 

We got this short week off to a good start yesterday morning as we alerted on four potential options plays, and considering our recent track record, it came as very little surprise to see some very nice intraday gain opportunities in all of them. We had earnings in the financial sector and some good premarket movement on TSLA, and the ideas we generated off of that led to some sizable runs in our designated targets.

Those interests were the GS Weekly $370-365 Puts, the SBNY Weekly $120 Calls, the TSLA Weekly $123-125 Calls, and the MARA Weekly $8.00-8.50 Calls. As we’re seeing TSLA gapping up again this morning in the premarket, we’re likely to see the gains on those contracts extended, and we’ll also go ahead and roll up to include some higher strikes with our fresh ideas for today. First, here’s the breakdown from yesterday’s activity:

GS Weekly $370-365 Puts
$370:
 6.00-25.75 (+329%)
$367.50: 4.55-23.00 (+405%)
$365: 3.30-26.65 (+707%)
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SBNY Weekly $120 Calls
$120: 7.60-9.40 (+24%)
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TSLA Weekly $123-125 Calls
$123: 5.00-9.50 (+90%)
$123.33: 4.35-9.29 (+114%)
$124: 4.40-8.70 (+98%)
$125: 3.90-7.92 (+103%)
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MARA Weekly $8.00-8.50 Calls

$8.00: .62-.91 (+47%)
$8.50: .44-.67 (+52%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
TSLA Weekly $134-136 Calls
UAL Weekly $52.50-54 Calls
PNC Weekly $155-152.50 Puts
IBKR Weekly $75-80 Calls
SCHW Weekly $83-84 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
PDPG, CORZQ, OZSC, STAL, FERN, XCPL, OTRK, FFIE, TCBP, SYTA, ATXI