Monday’s Runners, 4 Fresh Earnings Plays

Good Start to the Trading Week:  

We got things off on a decent foot for the week yesterday morning. There weren’t a heck of a lot of earnings reporters off of which to base our daily options targets, but we managed to zero in on a pair of potential plays in our premarket report. It was a special day for us, as we celebrated the 12 year anniversary of our online archives at BlueHorseshoeStocks.com. If you missed our message to our readers, take a second to go check it out!

As for our fresh ideas to kick off the week, we were looking at the BNTX 08/18 $100-95 Puts, and the TSN Weekly $53-52 Puts, and here are the biggest upswings they registered for the session:


BNTX 08/18 $100-95 Puts
$100: 
2.50-5.30 (+112%)
$95: .50-2.15 (+330%)
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TSN Weekly $53-52 Puts 

$53: .60-.77 (+28%)
$52.50: .39-.50 (+28%)
$52: .92-1.37 (+49%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
DDOG Weekly $88-85 Puts
UPS Weekly $175-172.50 Calls
LLY Weekly $490-500 Calls
IFF 08/18 $65-60 Puts


Extended Watchlist:
VVOS, BURU, INFI, DRUG, NVAX, MNPR, NFTG, GRRR, NVO


Thursday’s Perfect Picks, 4 Fresh Ideas for Friday

Closing Out the Week on a High Note:

We’re pleased to be wrapping up this week’s options recaps with a review of another flawless slate from yesterday morning’s premarket report. We’re finally heading into another big name earnings season, so things are going to be getting busy and exciting around here once again.

Yesterday’s most interesting earnings droppers were Pepsi and Delta, and with the help of a bullish session for the markets in general, our targets, the DAL Weekly $49-50 Calls and the PEP Weekly $185-187.50 Calls, saw the following huge intraday runs:

DAL Weekly $49-50 Calls
$49: 
.08-.28 (+250%)
$49.50: .04-.16 (+300%)
$50: .03-.10 (+233%)
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PEP Weekly $185-187.50 Calls
$185: .46-3.05 (+563%)
$187.50: .12-.90 (+650%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
MSFT Weekly $342.50-347.50 Calls*
UNH Weekly $460-465 Calls*
WFC Weekly $44.50-45.50 Calls*
C Weekly $48-49 Calls*

*Trading options contracts on their day of expiration should only be attempted by experienced traders


Extended Watchlist:
NKLA, ARBB, PRFX, AIMD, FREQ, EDTX, LUNR, EFSH, DRUG, ETHC, BGLC,  DMGGF, MRES

Shorts Yield Dividends, Fresh Ideas to Close out the Week

Bearish Signals Pay Off:

We got things back on track in a big way for yesterday morning’s premarket report, with regard to our daily options ideas. It is an extremely rare occurrence that we would signal a full slate with nothing but bearish targets, but that’s exactly how things shook out yesterday, and it worked to our advantage.

The collection of puts that we were tracking for the day were the MDB Weekly $280-275 Puts, the OKTA Weekly $78-75 Puts, the CIEN 09/16 $55-45 Puts, and the SPY 09/02 $395-393 Puts, and thanks partly to the early downturn in the markets right from the opening bell, these were the caliber of gain opportunities that awaited us with these ideas:

MDB Weekly $280-275 Puts
$280: 
11.90- 40.58 (+241%)
$277.50: 14.60-39.00 (+228%)
$275: 9.40-35.00 (+272%)
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OKTA Weekly $78-75 Puts
$78:
 9.00-19.60 (+118%)
$77: 7.50-18.57 (+148%)
$76: 7.45-17.25 (+131%)
$75: 5.95-16.65 (+180%)
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CIEN 09/16 $55-45 Puts
$55: 6.90-9.50 (+38%)
$50: 2.18-5.20 (+138%)
$45: .57-1.44 (+153%)
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SPY 09/02 $395-393 Puts
$395: 3.83-5.82 (+52%)
$394: 3.27-5.14 (+57%)
$393: 2.76-4.48 (+63%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
AVGO Weekly $495-510 Calls
LULU Weekly $315-322.50 Calls
HCP 09/16 $35-40 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
ALST, DVLP, PSRU, SBES, PQEFF, GDVM, NBEV, BIAF, HOLI, DRUG, PXMD, FRZA, HCP