Mega Moves in the SPY, 3 Fresh Plays

Monday’s Massive Move:

We were in good shape for the start of the fresh trading week yesterday, with our premarket report including four possible plays, all of which yielded gain chances. We were just mentioning how Friday’s picks in the SPY posted one of the years best single-session moves for us, and lo and behold, yesterday’s SPY Calls registered as our best pick of 2026 thus far, with a move up of over 11,000%

In all, our targets were the SPY 05/18 $740 Calls, the BIDU Weekly $140-142 Calls, the RYAAY 06/18 $65 Calls, and the BRC 06/18 $75 Calls, and these are the big moves we saw in those:

SPY 05/18 $740 Calls
$740:
.01-1.19 (+11800%)
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BIDU Weekly $140-142 Calls
$140: 1.95-3.30 (+69%)
$141: 1.81-2.80 (+55%)
$142: 1.27-2.55 (+101%)
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RYAAY 06/18 $65 Calls
$65: .35-.55 (+57%)
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BRC 06/18 $75 Calls
$75: 1.97-7.04 (+257%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
SPY 05/19 $736-735 Puts*
BEKE Weekly $17.50 Calls
HD Weekly $297.50 Puts

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


Extended Watchlist:
AMST, INM, RUBI, WNW, MTVA, VRAX, GIPR, MGN, AGYS, IINN, ENHA

Monday’s Runners, 3 Fresh Possibilities

Excellent Start of the Trading Week:

We came out of the gate strong on Monday morning, setting a great tone for the week with the options ideas we offered in our premarket report.for the day. We just keep racking up the wins, while trying not to take them for granted, and just doing the best we can in hashing out some solid plays each and every day.

Yesterday’s potential targets were the SPY 02/10 $603-604 Calls, the SMCI Weekly $37.50-38.50 Calls, the MNDY 02/21 $320-330 Calls, and the .MCD Weekly $297.50-302.50 Calls; We witnessed the following upswings in each of those designated ranges:

SPY 02/10 $603-604 Calls
$603: 
1.07-2.55 (+138%)
$604: .56-1.63 (+191%)
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SMCI Weekly $37.50-38.50 Calls
$37.50: 3.83-7.60 (+98%)
$38: 3.56-7.32 (+106%)
$38.50: 3.15-7.00 (+122%)
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MNDY 02/21 $320-330 Calls
$320: 14.80-28.00 (+89%)
$330: 13.79-20.00 (+45%)
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MCD Weekly $297.50-302.50 Calls
$297.50: 5.58-12.73 (+128%)
$300: 3.30-11.00 (+233%)
$302.50: 2.69-8.55 (+218%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
KO Weekly $66-67 Calls
SPGI Weekly $540 Calls
ECL 02/21 $260 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
CYN, OCEA, BHAT, INAB, CLEU, VSTE, LIPO, AIFF, IINN

Midweek Movers, 5-Pack of New Ideas

Five for Five on Wednesday:

We got things right back on track in yesterday morning’s premarket report, with a mostly bearish slate of options trading ideas. We went to the short side on four out of our five potential plays for the day, and the markets played along, experiencing a rather red day that helped facilitate some nice gain chances among our picks. All five posted solid intraday runs for us on the day.

Our daily targets were the ANET Weekly $260-255 Puts, the WM Weekly $192.50-197.50 Calls, the DDOG Weekly $131-128 Puts, the LSCC weekly $65 Puts and the CDNS Weekly $285-280 Puts. Here were the very respectable moves they made during the session:

ANET Weekly $260-255 Puts
$260
: 1.50-3.14 (+109%)
$257.50: 1.05-2.23 (+112%)
$255: .70-1.35 (+93%)
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WM Weekly $192.50-197.50 Calls
$192.50: 2.60-6.80 (+161%)
$195: 1.55-4.50 (+190%)
$197.50: .69-2.60 (+277%)
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DDOG Weekly $131-128 Puts
$131: 1.20-4.33 (+261%)
$130: .90-3.78 (+320%)
$129: .75-3.26 (+335%)
$128: .59-2.71 (+359%)
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LSCC weekly $65 Puts
$65: .05-.30 (+500%)
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CDNS Weekly $285-280 Puts
$285
: .84-1.50 (+79%)
$280: .35-.94 (+169%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
KHC Weekly $35.50-34.50 Puts
AKAM Weekly $120 Puts
SONY Weekly $96-98 Calls
SPY 02/14 $495-496 Calls
ABNB Weekly $146-145 Puts


Extended Watchlist:
ELWS, IINN, DTSS, BREA, TAOP, LYFT, CCTG, TDRK, CRCW, VBHI

SPY Calls Break Out, Fresh Plays

Options Recaps: 

On the options trading front, we are making our way through the earnings drought as best we can recently, and doing a fairly good job of it if we say so ourselves. We’re in for another week-plus of this, with the days of having plenty of earnings reporters on the calendar set to return on Monday the 18th.

For now, we’ll keep plugging away and taking whatever we can get, and for yesterday’s report that came in the form of the SPY 07/06 $380-382 Calls which absolutely ripped, and the RFP 07/15 $17.50-20 Calls. Additionally, we’ve got some new highs to report in the GIS 07/15 $70-72.50 Calls which we alerted on last Wednesday.

SPY 07/06 $380-382 Calls
$380:
 1.45-5.92 (+308%)
$381: 1.05-4.85 (+362%)
$382: .67-3.85 (+477%)
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RFP 07/15 $17.50-20 Calls 

$17.50: 2.80-3.05 (+9%)
$20: .45-.70 (+56%)
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GIS 07/15 $70-72.50 Calls
$70: 
2.50-6.63 (+165%)
$72.50: 1.05-4.10 (+290%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
HELE 07/15 $160-150 Puts
SLP Weekly $55-50 Puts 


OTC Updates: 

We have a couple of OTC stocks that have been mentioned in recent extended watchlists to update readers on this morning as well. We always try to flag potential plays on the lower exchanges in our watchlists, and very often, it bears significant fruit.

We mentioned HMBL on Tuesday morning and the stock has posted an intraweek run from .048-.0992 which marks an upswing of 107%, and this past Thursday we signaled EMGE which has made a rip-roaring move of 273% from .0082-.0306 in just a week’s time.


Extended Watchlist: 
USEA, ALNA, TYDE, IINN, ANVS, ACRX, OZSC, PLPL, HWKE, BMIX

Multiple Options Updates, Fresh Ideas

Options Trading Updates: 

A lot of the potential options targets we’ve been signaling for observation lately have had a July 15th expiration date, which is a slight departure from our typical targeting of weekly contracts. It has made sense in the current choppy climate being cause by a seemingly constant ebb and flow of recession concerns.

So this morning in addition to providing the moves made by the lone idea in yesterday’s report, the KRTX 07/15 $125-130 Calls, we’ll provide updates on a number of other still-active plays we’ve been tracking that are getting along quite nicely. Those are the KBH 07/15 $27-28 Calls, the WGO 07/15 $45-50 Calls, and the NFLX 07/22 $185-190 Calls. We called those on June 23rdJune 22nd and July 1st, respectively. Here are the total gains that have been possible with those plays over that time frames:

KRTX 07/15 $125-130 Calls 

$125: 15.00-19.00 (+27%)
$130: 11.67-17.24 (+48%)
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KBH 07/15 $27-28 Calls
$27: 
1.75-3.65 (+109%)
$28: 1.25-2.10 (+68%)
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WGO 07/15 $45-50 Calls
$45: 
3.00-7.00 (+233%)
$50: .95-3.40 (+258%)
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NFLX 07/22 $185-190 Calls
$185: 9.18-15.38 (+68%)
$187.50: 13.25-14.25 (+8%)
$190: 7.80-13.18 (+69%)


Fresh Options Ideas
SPY 07/06 $380-382 Calls
RFP 07/15 $17.50-20 Calls 


Extended Watchlist: 
CHNC, SRNW, RMRK, SEII, KRFG, CIVX, VXIT, MSVI, ENJY, HEXO, IINN, WORX,

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