Blue Horseshoe Stocks: APTI Recap & More

Apptio, Inc. APTI – Review

Despite a lousy day for the markets as a whole, yesterday brought a very interesting development in APTI, in the form of an enormous gap-up. We signaled APTI as a bottom-play in our premarket report on the first of this month, after the stock had begun to rebound following a dip to new annual lows a couple of days earlier. At the time the stock traded for as little as 24.48 a share.

We included it in yesterdays report as well, and the new high after that incredible gap-up came in at 37.80. That marks an upswing of 54% in just under two weeks, made even more impressive by the fact that the markets tanked on the day. The rapid hike was due to Sunday’s revelation that the company would be sold in an all cash deal equal to $38/share.


Fresh Options Ideas

We scan the earnings calendar each morning to ID earnings plays with the biggest potential, and today we have a pair of big name releases for which we will formulate some quick strike ideas:

HD Weekly $180 Calls
AAP Weekly $170 & $175 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
AIMT, HUSA, RGSE, ARDX, PAYX, NMM, DXR, HDSN

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Bottom-Plays & More

DISH Network Corp DISH

There’s a possible bottom-bounce opportunity brewing with DISH, with the stock posting its first bullish session after a string of five consecutive days of getting beaten to a pulp.

We want to signal a range of September calls that would stand to make considerable moves if the stock can mount an extended recovery. We like the volatility that DISH provides, and will be looking for it to test the 200DMA (61.38) while  tracking the DISH 09/08 $60-62.50 Calls over the days and weeks ahead.  .


Snap, Inc. SNAP

This is another stock that’s gotten beaten up recently, but instead of a handful of sessions, SNAP has been under consolidation for more than two months. In fact, the vast majority of the time since its IPO has been spent on the backslide.   It only recently began to record higher lows off of its newly established all-time low, and indicators on the chart suggest that a more convincing rebound could be in the cards.

We’ll want to pay close attention to the company’s post-market earnings call this afternoon, which could be a turning point in the early history of this relatively new stock.


Post-Earnings Gappers

We’re seeing premarket gap-ups for all three of the following stocks. We’re going to issue some options ideas for each chain to watch for day trades and or swing trades into tomorrow, depending on the activity we observe.  

Macy’s, Inc. M – Weekly $22-24 Calls
Perrigo Co. plc PRGO – Weekly $73-75 Calls
Canada Goose Holdings, Inc. GOOS – Weekly $19-20.50 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
DPW, XXII, HDSN, RADA, IDXG

PTRC, CLNT & Extended Watchlist

Petro River Oil Corp. PTRC 

Following its appearance in yesterday’s newsletter, PTRC went on to have quite a session. After gapping up slightly to begin the day’s trading at .38, the stock ran as high as .525, signaling an intraday gain of 38%

The stock also closed strong at .50, on nearly ten times its 3mo. average volume. We are going to want to keep an eye on this play for a continuation of the momentum we saw building yesterday.

Yesterday’s high marks a move of 96% from the stock’s low .28 following our initial alert last Thursday.


Cleantech Solutions International, Inc. CLNT

CLNT was last featured in our reports on May 22nd. On that day, the stock made a huge run from the 4.40’s all the way up to the 9.70’s, providing us with an opportunity to gain well over 100%

We wanted to bring CLNT back into view this morning in the wake of this morning’s PR, which alludes to a positive outlook for the remainder of 2013, and the current chart is now looking like it could be setting up for another move.

Below, we’ve pointed out a few key aspects of the chart:

WUXI, China, July 2, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Cleantech Solutions International, Inc. (“Cleantech Solutions” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: CLNT), a manufacturer of metal components and assemblies, primarily used in the wind power, solar and other clean technology industries and dyeing and finishing equipment to the textile industry, today provided guidance for the full year 2013.

Based on current and anticipated orders, for the full year ending December 31, 2013 the Company anticipates revenue in the range of $60 – $62 million and net income in the range of $8.0 – $8.5 million.

The Company’s website is www.cleantechsolutionsinternational.com

 


Extended Watchlist:

 ZNGA, INO, PLUG,

COCO (Chart bears similarity to that of CLNT)

HDSN (Trading @ new 52-week lows)