Flawless Friday Recap, 4 New Plays

Friday’s Forceful Finish:  

We really did a great job of closing out a nearly perfect trading week with another straight sweep of all of our fresh trading ideas for Friday’s premarket report. We put out a slate of four possible plays, all bearish, and came back with some darn good intraday results even in the face of a fairly bullish day for the markets as a whole. Everything worked, producing positive intraday runs across the board.

Our tracked targets were the SPY 08/18 $435-434 Puts, the TSLA Weekly $217.50-215 Puts, the EL Weekly $155-150 Puts, and the KEYS Weekly $135-130 Puts, and here were the figures they posted for us on the session:

SPY 08/18 $435-434 Puts
$435: .33-.98 (+197%)
$434: .17-.57 (+235%)

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TSLA Weekly $217.50-215 Puts
$217.50: 
1.78-5.20 (+192%)
$215: .82-3.10 (+278%)
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EL Weekly $155-150 Puts
$155: .05-.35 (+600%)
$150: .01-.10(+900%)
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KEYS Weekly $135-130 Puts
$135: 
1.80-8.20 (+356%)
$130: .40-3.35 (+737%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
PANW Weekly $230-237.50 Calls
SPY 08/21 $436-437 Calls*
NVDA Weekly $440-445 Calls
TSLA Weekly $217.50-222.50 Calls

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


Extended Watchlist:
ELTP, PHIL, GEGI, SXTC, TIRX, ELIQ, CPHI, GRR, GNS, GFGD

Another Great Week Ends, 4 New Earnings Ideas

Exciting Trading Week Comes to a Close:  

Once again we’re heading into the end of another excellent trading week in our favorite way, by reporting a successful sweep of the selections from our premarket report on Thursday. Not to mention offering a fresh slate of earnings plays that we hope we’ll be proud of come Monday morning. We’ve kept up an amazing streak of winning picks this whole earnings season, and we’ll try hard to keep that going, as always.

Yesterday’s suggested targets were the BILI Weekly $15.50-16 Calls, the CSCO Weekly $54-55 Calls, the AVT Weekly $46-48 Calls, and the BABA Weekly $89-92 Calls, and we saw some solid intraday numbers posted by each and every one:

BILI Weekly $15.50-16 Calls
$15.50: 
.38-.68 (+79%)
$16: .20-.43 (+115%)
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CSCO Weekly $54-55 Calls
$54: .66-1.85 (+180%)
$55: .20-.97 (+385%)
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AVT Weekly $46-48 Calls
$46: 2.20-3.56 (+62%)
$47: 1.75-2.20 (+26%)
$48: .50-2.45 (+390%)
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BABA Weekly $89-92 Calls
$89: 2.05-2.62 (+28%)
$90: 1.34-1.84 (+37%)
$91: .82-1.19 (+45%)
$92: .46-.73 (+59%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 08/18 $435-434 Puts
TSLA Weekly $217.50-215 Puts
EL Weekly $155-150 Puts
KEYS Weekly $135-130 Puts


Extended Watchlist:
CRKN, AVTX, HE, NEPT, EBET, YANG, FNMA, FMCC, BDPT


Options Reviews, Fresh Ideas

Reviewing Yesterday’s Puts 

We warned of the bearish session that we had incoming, in our premarket report yesterday, and featured some puts in the chains of plays with upcoming earnings. We had signaled the INTU Weekly $290-287.50 Puts as well as the PANW Weekly $240-235 Puts.

Here were the modest, yet respectable, single session gain opportunities provided by those two targets, which were available to ourselves and our readers:

INTU Weekly $290-287.50 Puts
$290:
 8.61-10.91 (+27%)
$287.50: 7.30-8.90 (+22%)

PANW Weekly $240-235 Puts

$240: 10.11-12.70 (+26%)
$237.50: 8.85-10.75 (+21%)
$235: 7.75-10.08 (+30%)

Important: We want to update these ideas today, flipping over to the bullish side of the fence on the INTU $287.50-292.50 Calls, and modifying our strike area on PANW with the $210-200 Puts
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Fresh Ideas:
HD Weekly $245-250 Calls
KEYS Weekly $95-100 Calls 


OTC Updates

Given the turbulent forecast for the markets at large yesterday, our extended watchlist was comprised solely of stocks listed on the OTC Markets. When the big boards are suffering, it’s often a good idea to track OTC activity, which is typically heightened during these periods. We got nice daily moves out of both IQST and HDII.

iQSTEL, Inc. IQST
Range: .1483-.33 | Gain: 123%

Hypertension Diagnostic, Inc. HDII
Range: .0205-.0349 | Gain: 70%