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

Looking For a Big Start to the Trading Week

Strong Finish on Friday:

We really ended a strong trading week in a blaze of glory on Friday. In our premarket report we included ideas for four separate options chains which all gave us instant opportunities at big returns. the markets as a whole posted quite the bullish session from the open right on through to the close, and it helped with our slate of four bullish ideas immensely.

We had zeroed our attention in on the INTC Weekly $27.50-28.50 Calls, the TMUS Weekly $143-146 Calls, the GILD Weekly $71-74 Calls, and the CVX Weekly $177.50-182.50 Calls for the session, and were not at all disappointed in the results. We even saw a massive eleven-bagger from the CVX $180’s, in addition to respectable multibag gains in most of the other targets as well. Here’s the breakdown of those moves and the total possible profits that were there for the taking:

INTC Weekly $27.50-28.50 Calls
$27.50:
 .59-1.73 (+193%)
$28: .31-1.22 (+293%)
$28.50: .15-.78 (+420%)
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TMUS Weekly $143-146 Calls
$143: 5.30-8.40 (+58%)
$144: 3.85-7.25 (+88%)
$145: 3.00-7.02 (+134%)
$146: 2.27-5.32 (+134%)
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GILD Weekly $71-74 Calls
$71: 3.10-8.54 (+175%)
$72: 2.12-7.50 (+254%)
$73: 1.26-6.60 (+424%)
$74: .59-5.62 (+852%)
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CVX Weekly $177.50-182.50 Calls
$177.50: .61-2.51 (+223%)
$180: .05-.62 (+1140%)
$182.50: .26-1.40 (+438%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
XPO 11/18 $50-52.50 Calls
HWM 11/18 $35-33 Puts
EMR Weekly $87-90 Calls
GOOG 11/11 $96-97 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
WLAN, GDVM, WDLP, GRLT, ONPH, MNGG, ONEI, LLAP, FWBI, BOIL, ENSC, EFSH, SLNA

Sweeping the Board with Options Runners

Clean Options Sweep:

Amid a huge day for the markets yesterday, our daily options ideas also bore fruit. We’ve missed on exactly one of the many targets we’ve formulated all week, demonstrating a fairly routine level of accuracy for us. Our regular readers are surely accustomed to our high hit rate, and as for all of you newcomers, you will begin to see that we run a pretty tight ship around here. Each day consists of a review of the previous sessions interests, a grouping of fresh options ideas wherever possible, and an extended watchlist of both small and large cap stocks to watch based on their premarket activity.

Yesterday’s premarket report brought three ideas for the day, and those targets were the MRNA Weekly $162.50-167.50 Calls, the SBUX Weekly $84-86 Calls, and the PYPL Weekly $98-101 Calls, with MRNA and SBUX both showing out as the big winners. Here are the intraday moves recorded by our designated plays:

MRNA Weekly $162.50-167.50 Calls
$162.50: 5.75-26.46 (+360%)
$165: 6.15-24.20 (+293%)
$167.50: 3.65-21.70 (+494%)
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SBUX Weekly $84-86 Calls
$84: 1.22-4.00 (+228%)
$85: .72-3.15 (+332%)
$86: .37-2.28 (+516%)
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PYPL Weekly $98-101 Calls
$98:
 3.43-4.60 (+39%)
$99: 2.85-3.95 (+39%)
$100: 2.28-3.28 (+44%)
$101: 1.83-2.67 (+46%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
CI Weekly $277.50-282.50 Calls
COP Weekly $92-93 Calls
BABA Weekly $98-101 Calls
FTNT 08/19 $56-55 Puts


Extended Watchlist: 
TOMDF, INND, CYDY, IGEX, INKW, PSWW, GWHP, ILIM, TWOH, HZEN, MF, ALNA, EMBK, GRNA, SOPA, NNVC, XCUR, CCXI, EFSH