Options Review, 6-Pack of Fresh Targets

Thursday’s Options Recap:

First thing’s first this morning, we need to apologize for lack of a report for yesterday’s session. We were experiencing a power outage due to the massive winter storm that swept across the eastern half of the country over the weekend. But we’re back in the saddle today, hopefully to hit the ground running on another solid trading week. We had four possible plays that we highlighted for Friday’s session, and we’ll go over those before we jump into some new ideas today.

Friday’s premarket report contained the INTC Weekly $48.50-47.50 Puts, the ISRG Weekly $540-542.50 Puts, the CSX Weekly $35.50 Calls, and the AA Weekly $62 Puts. The best moves those targets exhibited on the day were as follows:

INTC Weekly $48.50-47.50 Puts
$48.50:
 1.12-4.05 (+262%)
$48: 1.00-3.50 (+250%)
$47.50: .72-3.00 (+317%)
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ISRG Weekly $540-542.50 Puts
$540:
 16.30-19.81 (+22%)
$542.50: 8.28-18.62 (+125%)
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CSX Weekly $35.50 Calls
$35.50:
 1.15-1.95 (+70%)
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AA Weekly $62 Puts
$62:
 1.63-2.30 (+41%)



Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 01/27 $693-694 Calls*
BRO Weekly $75 Puts
UNH Weekly $300-295 Puts
RTX Weekly $200 Calls
BA Weekly $245 Puts
UPS Weekly $108 Calls

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


Extended Watchlist:
XTKG, NUWE, HIND, PHGE, IVF, BAZI, CYN, GNTA, NAMM

Thursday’s Movers, 4 Ideas for Friday

Thursday’s Options Recap:

Thursday’s slate of possible plays fared quite well following our premarket report for the day yesterday. We offered up potential targets in four chains, and all of them turned up with double-bag intraday upswings or better.

We had the SPY 01/22 $687-689 Calls, the GE Weekly $312.50-310 Puts, the PG Weekly $145 Puts, and the ABT Weekly $115-113 Puts. These were the biggest moves each of those contracts recorded on Thursday:

SPY 01/22 $687-689 Calls
$687:
 1.58-4.20 (+166%)
$688: 1.09-3.25 (+198%)
$689: .72-2.31 (+221%)
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GE Weekly $312.50-310 Puts
$312.50: 8.00-16.10 (+101%)
$310: 4.00-15.00 (+275%)
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PG Weekly $145 Puts
$145: .08-.18 (+125%)
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ABT Weekly $115-113 Puts
$115: 2.99-6.39 (+114%)
$114: 1.90-5.67 (+198%)
$113: 1.19-4.66 (+292%)

 



Fresh Options Ideas:
INTC Weekly $48.50-47.50 Puts*
ISRG Weekly $540-542.50 Puts*
CSX Weekly $35.50 Calls*
AA Weekly $62 Puts*


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


Extended Watchlist:
MOVE, DRCT, DGNX, KUST, RVYL, BGL, REVB, BNAI, LIF, AIIO, YYAI

Options Recap, 3 Fresh Targets

Friday’s Big Runners:

Last week was pretty great in terms of the day to day successes of the ideas we formulated for our daily newsletter, and the gems we unearthed for Friday’s premarket report were the cherry on top. We saw some really impressive intraday runs from each of those targets, with a couple of them making huge 500% swings.

Our focus was on the ALLY Weekly $40 Calls, the TFC Weekly $41.50-42 Calls, and the CSX Weekly $37-37.50 Calls, and here was the activity they recorded for the day:

ALLY Weekly $40 Calls
$40:
 .05-.30 (+500%)
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TFC Weekly $41.50-42 Calls
$41.50:
 .60-1.30 (+117%)
$42: .43-.90 (+109%)
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CSX Weekly $37-37.50 Calls
$37: .10-.30 (+200%)
$37.50: .01-.06 (+500%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 10/20 $666-667 Calls*
CLF Weekly $14.50-15 Calls
SMMT Weekly $19.50-19 Puts

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


Extended Watchlist:
RANI, VIVK, GNLN, DVLT, ABAT, GPUS, DGNX, NUAI, UAMY, BYND, REPL, AZTR

Thursday’s Chances, Trio of Ideas for Friday

Options Recap for Thursday:

We were in good shape again on Thursday, with all of the potential plays we highlighted in our premarket report for the day producing some very solid intraday upswings. It has been an excellent week of opportunities, with not one of the possible ideas we’ve put forth failing to make a significant move up.

Yesterday’s designated interests were the TSM Weekly $307.50-312.50 Calls, the JBHT Weekly $155-160 Calls, and the SCHW Weekly $96-97.50 Calls. These were the best intraday upticks on each of those targets:

TSM Weekly $307.50-312.50 Calls
$307.50:
 1.63-3.22 (+198%)
$310: 1.09-2.20 (+102%)
$312.50: .76-1.49 (+96%)
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JBHT Weekly $155-160 Calls
$155: 5.18-14.62 (+182%)
$160: 3.20-9.25 (+189%)
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SCHW Weekly $96-97.50 Calls 
$96: .56-1.49 (+166%)
$97: .37-.95 (+157%)
$97.50: .31-.54 (+74%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
ALLY Weekly $40 Calls*
TFC Weekly $41.50-42 Calls*
CSX Weekly $37-37.50 Calls*

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


Extended Watchlist:
RANI, ARTV, XRTX, VHC, KZR, TDIC, ACHV, AKAN, CREV, ELBM, SGBX

Friday Recaps, 3 Fresh Targets

Friday’s Runners:

While it wasn’t the flawless finish to the week that we were hoping for on Friday, things still turned out pretty well for three of the four ideas we placed on watch in our premarket report for the day. Our ideas for the REGN chain didn’t pan out, but the AMZN ideas definitely made up for that, posting some massive moves.

Overall, our positive results included the AAPL Weekly $210-212.50 Calls, the AMZN Weekly $217.50-215 Puts, and the SYK 08/15 $380-370 Puts, and these were their best runs from Friday:

AAPL Weekly $210-212.50 Calls
$210
: .22-.44 (+100%)
$212.50: .05-.14 (+180%)
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AMZN Weekly $217.50-215 Puts
$217.50: .58-4.67 (+705%)
$215: .19-2.33 (+1126%)
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SYK 08/15 $380-370 Puts
$380: 5.19-8.00 (+54%)
$370: 2.00-4.50 (+125%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
IDXX 08/15 $620-630 Calls
BNTX 08/15 $110 Calls
TSN 08/15 $55 Calls



Extended Watchlist:
OPEN, PETS, VERB, PBM, COMM, CSX, ATCH, BLDE, GYRO, ORIS

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