Off to a Good Start in 2024

Solid Start to the New Year:

We fared reasonably well in our first trading session of 2024 yesterday, despite having no earnings reports to inspire our options candidates of the day. We expect things on that front to be similarly dry moving forward, with few big-name reporters slated to drop figures in the first couple weeks of this new year. As always, we’ll still do everything we can to find other opportunities in the meantime.

As for yesterday’s ideas, here were the daily performance numbers on the four potential plays in our premarket report, the MARA Weekly $26-27 Calls, the COIN Weekly $175-177.50 Calls, the AMD Weekly $145-144 Puts, and the VYGR 11/19 $10-12.50 Calls:

MARA Weekly $26-27 Calls
$26:
 .93-1.41 (+52%)
$26.50: .84-1.23 (+46%)
$27: .71-1.10 (+55%)
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COIN Weekly $175-177.50 Calls
$175: 3.19-5.93 (+86%)
$177.50: 2.79-5.04 (+81%)
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AMD Weekly $145-144 Puts
$145: 2.64-7.55 (+223%)
$144: 2.16-6.73 (+212%)
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VYGR 11/19 $10-12.50 Calls
$10:
 .70-1.90 (+171%)
$12.50: .25-.70 (+180%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 01/03 $472-471 Puts*
COIN Weekly $148-146 Puts
MARA Weekly $22-21 Puts
UNF 01/19 $180 Puts

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



Enzolytics, Inc. (OTCMKTS:ENZC) – Recap: 

We also wanted to give a quick update on an OTC stock that we had in yesterday morning’s extended watchlist. ENZC made a pretty nice intraday move from a low of .0169 up to a high .0215, which represents a rise of 27%


Extended Watchlist:
CSTF, ABIT, CRCW, PHIL, XSNX, VRSSF, NEXI, SASI, DYN, FWBI, TPHC, ABVC

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: GLYC Breaks Out & More

GlycoMimetics, Inc. GLYC

The star of the show from yesterday’s premarket report was definitely GLYC, which we tagged in the extended watchlist after noticing the increasing accumulation and uptrend forming in recent sessions.

That trend was kicked into high gear with more than fifty-six times the three-month average volume pouring into the stock as GLYC traded up from a low of 7.21 and reached 11.58 for an intraday move of  61% The overall range we’ve seen here has been extended this morning in the premarket as well with the stock hitting a high of 12.05; that boosts our observed range to 67%

With GLYC shooting up so rapidly, we’ll want to be on the lookout for a potential dip-and-rip scenario, which we see quite a bit in these sort of situations.


Petroleo Brasiliero S.A. (Petrobras) PBR

It’s been awhile since we formulated an options idea for one of our old favorite targets in PBR, most recently being back in April. We often come back to the PBR well because it provides a lot of opportunities, and we’ve spotted what could be the next opportunity today.

Brazilian markets got crushed yesterday amid yet another government corruption scandal, causing a massive loss in share value for PBR in the blink of an eye. Today, it’s already snapping back and starting to recover in the premarket, so we want to formulate some options ideas to turn to in the event that the trend persists.

For quick-hit daytrading possibilities, we’ll have the PBR Weekly $8.50 and $9 Calls*, and for a longer-term idea we’ll have the PBR 06/30 $9.50 and $10 Calls on watch.
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Another Fresh Idea: Deere & Co. DE Weekly $118-121 Calls*
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*Never attempt to trade weekly options on a Friday unless you are a highly experienced trader- it’s an exceedingly risky proposition.


Extended Watchlist:
ARNA, BRAV, DYN, ROSG, VNCE,