Monday’s Runners, Pair of Longer-Term Plays

Good Start to the Week:  

We got the fresh trading week off to a pretty good start yesterday morning. Despite having no big name earnings reporters to work with, we floated a few ideas that flew in the face of the overall trend of the day, yet still managed to log some serious intraday upswings. Unfortunately, we’re just entering another dry spell for earnings, and as usual, we’ll get along however we sit fit on the day-to-day.

As for yesterday’s targets, we were looking at the TSLA Weekly $277.50-272.50 Puts, the NVDA Weekly $435-430 Puts, and the SPY 09/18 $444-443 Puts, and here are the kinds of intraday runs they established on the session:

TSLA Weekly $277.50-272.50 Puts
$277.50:
 9.80-14.80 (+51%)
$275: 7.80-12.90 (+65%)
$272.50: 6.40-11.05 (+73%)
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NVDA Weekly $435-430 Puts
$435: 4.60-6.62 (+44%)
$432.50: 3.80-5.58 (+47%)
$430: 3.10-4.72 (+52%)
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SPY 09/18 $444-443 Puts
$444: .14-.88 (+528%)
$443: .47-.99 (+111%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
APOG 10/20 $50-55 Calls
DAVA 10/20 $45 Puts


Extended Watchlist:
CNXA, ELUT, AVGR, NAVB, CFFE, SEZL, EFAB, ENZC, NWBO, AABB, CLNV

Solid Finish to a Great Week, 4 New Earnings Plays

Closing Out the Week on a Great Note:

We always find it most pleasing when we can close out a trading week reporting a clean sweep of Thursday options ideas. We will enjoy that distinction yet again today, with everything we had our eyes on from yesterday’s report producing significant intraday upswings.

Those plays were the PYPL Weekly $69-67 Puts, the QCOM Weekly $119-118 Puts, the SHOP Weekly $62-61 Puts, and the BUD Weekly $57-58 Calls. Here is a breakdown of the intraday performances of these ideas yesterday, whose gains ranged from reasonably impressive to excellent:

PYPL Weekly $69-67 Puts
$69: 
2.77-4.90 (+77%)
$68: 2.08-3.85 (+85%)
$67: 1.43-2.95 (+106%)
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QCOM Weekly $119-118 Puts
$119: 2.40-4.20 (+100%)
$118: 1.59-3.49 (+119%)
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SHOP Weekly $62-61 Puts
$62: .81-3.72 (+359%)
$61: .54-2.85 (+428%)
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BUD Weekly $57-58 Calls
$57: .50-.75 (+50%)
$58: .05-.15 (+200%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
AAPL Weekly $190-185 Puts*
AMZN Weekly $138-141 Calls*
AMGN Weekly $230-232.50 Calls*
ABNB Weekly $139-137 Puts*

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


Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ:NKLA) – Recap:

We’ve got an update on NKLA, which we have been mentioning all summer, after initially tagging it on the morning of June 14th. From its low of .99, we’ve now seen this stock surge to a new high of 3.71 yesterday. That represents a steady 275% increase over roughly the last six weeks.

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Tupperware Brands Corp. (NYSE:TUP) – Recap:

As we were just mentioning the other day, we have been on TUP since July 12th, after which time the stock was trading for as little as .61. Even after registering impressive the new highs that we reported this week, the stock continued to surge, printing a trade at 7.25 yesterday post-market. That works out to a total increase of 1088% in the few weeks we’ve been tailing it!


Extended Watchlist:
MF, AHI, FUBO, POL, TIVC, YELL, AAOI, TOPS, ENZC, APYP


Monday’s Runners, Fresh Ideas

Options Review:

We did fairly well to start off the week yesterday morning, with two out of the three daily interests in our premarket report going on to present some good intraday opportunities. In addition to recapping those plays, we’ve also got an update on a longer-term idea we had formulated for our report on Thursday morning which has posted a significant run over the past few sessions.

Yesterday’s movers were the TSN 05/19 $57.50-52.50 Puts, and the BNTX 05/19 $105-115 Calls, and the play we signaled on Thursday was the EQNR 05/19 $27-29 Calls.  Here are the kinds of potential gains we’ve seen from these targets thus far:

TSN 05/19 $57.50-52.50 Puts
$57.50: 5.30-7.70 (+45%)
$55: 4.70-6.50 (+38%)
$52.50: 2.60-4.70 (+81%)
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BNTX 05/19 $105-115 Calls
$105: 5.00-7.80 (+56%)
$110: 2.00-3.80 (+90%)
$115: .55-1.40 (+154%)
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EQNR 05/19 $27-29 Calls
$27: .95-2.40 (+153%)
$28: .33-2.25 (+581%)
$29: .17-1.17 (+588%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
PYPL Weekly $73-70 Puts
SWKS Weekly $95-92 Puts
IFF 05/19 $95-90 Puts


Extended Watchlist:
NVOS, FRCB, ENZC, LGIQ, SKFG, LADX, CLRO, MOBQ, ERYP, MTEK, ENSC