Wednesday Recap, Fresh Plays to End the Short Week

Solid Moves on Wednesday:

We hope everyone had an enjoyable day off yesterday for the holiday. There won’t be much going on this morning for this Black Friday half day, but we’ve got the figures from yesterday’s options ideas, all four of which produced intraday upswings. We haven’t got a load of earnings reporters to work with this morning, but we’ll manage to scrape together a few ideas to close out this short trading week, which ends with today’s half-day.

Wednesday’s winners were the SPY 11/22 $453-454 Calls, the DE Weekly $365-360 Puts, the URBN Weekly $36-34 Puts, and the GES 12/15 $22-20 Puts. The following are the daily moves and total possible gains that were on the table for those plays:

SPY 11/22 $453-454 Calls
$453:
 1.09-2.38 (+118%)
$454: .42-1.51 (+259%)
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DE Weekly $365-360 Puts
$365:
 4.89-9.76 (+99%)
$362.50: 4.34-7.13 (+64%)
$360: 2.54-6.00 (+136%)
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URBN Weekly $36-34 Puts
$36:
 2.39-4.14 (+73%)
$35: 1.60-3.50 (+119%)
$34: .75-2.70 (+260%)
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GES 12/15 $22-20 Puts
$22: 1.00-1.42 (+42%)
$21: .55-1.11 (+102%)
$20: .25-.63 (+152%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
HTHT Weekly $35 Calls*
BABA Weekly $78-79 Calls*
SPY 11/24 $454 Calls*

*This week’s ‘weekly’ contracts expire early today, at 1PM Eastern. USE EXTREME CAUTION!


Star Alliance International Corp. (OTCMKTS:STAL) – Recap:

We began tagging STAL in our extended watchlists on November 3rd,  at which time the stock was trading for as low as .001, and on Wednesday, we witnessed yet another new high of .0125. That brings the overall increase we’ve observed here in just a few weeks up to an incredible 1150%


Extended Watchlist:
KGKG, BEGI, ARTH,  EARI, LQMT, FORZ, USDP, TBIO, VS, MTC, BGLC

Recapping Options Runners, Fresh Plays

Markets Rip on Monday:

We were a little light on options activity with one of the two ideas we signaled in yesterday’s report, but fortunately for us, the day was marked by a sizable surge in the markets. That not only sent our SPY 12/12 $393-394 Calls for the day on a major run, but we saw new highs in several of the December 16th Calls we’ve been tracking in other chains in recent weeks.

We signaled the SMAR 12/16 $35-40 Calls for observation on December 2nd, and both the GTLB 12/16 $45 Calls and the FERG 12/16 $115-120 Calls we targeted on the 6th. Here are the full breakdowns of yesterday’s SPY’s, and the performance of the other plays over the aforementioned date ranges:

SPY 12/12 $393-394 Calls
$393:
1.50-5.82 (+288%)
$394: .97-4.86 (+401%)
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SMAR 12/16 $35-40 Calls

$35: 1.55-5.70 (+268%)
$40: .34-1.80 (+429%)
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GTLB 12/16 $45 Calls
$45: .90-4.81 (+434%)
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FERG 12/16 $115-120 Calls
$115:
3.30-9.70 (+194%)
$120: 1.70-8.20 (+382%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 12/13 $407-410 Calls*
ORCL Weekly $82.50-85 Calls
CNM Weekly $22.50 Calls
FLNC Weekly $17.50 Calls

*Please don’t trade options on their day of expiration unless you are an experienced trader! 


Extended Watchlist:
CYBL, ADHC, YCRM, PHIL, LCLP, FORZ, SOXL, JZXN, MGTA, NCPL, STRY, MRNA, OPGN, FFIE

Ideas to Take Through the Holiday Break

Happy Thanksgiving!

We’re ready to wrap up for the longer portion of this holiday-split week, but first we want to go over the excellent gains that came from the slate of options plays we included in yesterday morning’s premarket report. Thanks to a brilliant session for the markets in general, we saw some really good numbers across the board with all four of our selected targets of the day.

Those sets of ideas were the SPY 11/22 $395-396 Calls, the BURL Weekly $165-170 Calls, the BBY Weekly $75-77 Calls, and the ZM Weekly $76-74 Puts. Here is the breakdown of the type of moves that were recorded, and the total possible gains that traders had a chance to make:

SPY 11/22 $395-396 Calls
$395:
 1.30-5.12 (+294%)
$396: .83-4.08 (+391%)
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BURL Weekly $165-170 Calls
$165:
 14.00-25.70 (+84%)
$167.50: 12.10-21.64 (+79%)
$170: 10.57-22.75 (+115%)
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BBY Weekly $75-77 Calls
$75: 2.03-5.00 (+146%)
$76: 1.50-3.97 (+165%)
$77: 1.00-3.16 (+216%)
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ZM Weekly $76-74 Puts 
$76: 2.12-4.45 (+110%)
$75: 1.61-4.00 (+148%)
$74: 1.39-3.05 (+119%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
ADSK Weekly $197.50-192.50 Puts
JWN Weekly $22-21 Puts
DE Weekly $420-430 Calls 


Cosmos Holdings Inc. COSM – OTC Recap:

We also have a brief update on COSM, a stock which has been appearing in our extended watchlists since October 26th. At that time we observed a low of .0675, and COSM has gone on to hit a high of .50 this week. That’s a big time move of 640%


Extended Watchlist:
FSRDQ, LTCN, AMIH, WSRC, MKGP, BCHG, GSTC, FORZ, COMS, GSUN, KAL, NRBO, BOIL