Happy New Year, Traders!

Happy New Year 2020!

Yet another great year of quick-strike stock and options trading ideas is on the books! We thank you for being with us, and hope you’ll stick around for what we expect to be more of the same winning tradition in the New Year! All our best to you and yours, have a fun and safe holiday, and we’ll see you bright and early Thursday morning!


Winning Stock Picks 

Before we close up shop for New Year’s Day, we wanted to go over some really solid stock ideas we’ve recently mentioned, including two picks from yesterday morning’s premarket report, as well as one we brought up last week.

Sevara Inc. SVRA – This stock, which we had in yesterday’s extended watchlist, ended up as the NASDAQ’s number one gainer of the day on the basis of where it had gapped up from the previous session. It traded from a low of 3.21 up to 5.20, an intraday push of 62%
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NIO Ltd. NIO – Also tagged in yesterday’s watchlist, we got a nice move out of NIO that registered as the #3 big board performance of the day. This one ran from a low of 2.88 and hit 4.87, marking a respectable gain of 69%
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OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp. OWCP – We slated this OTC stock for observation when we returned from the Christmas break on Thursday, and in the few sessions since, we’ve seen an incredible performance. From its low of .028 on Thursday, it has reached a new high of .0699, which represents a three day swing of 150%


Fresh Options Idea:
Plantronics, Inc. PLT 02/01 $25-30 Calls 


Extended Watchlist:
SLGL, BE, MKD, MEIP, IDEX, ZN, ROYT, VIVE, FCEL, WEI, CTST

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Prime Bottom Play

CarMax, Inc. KMX – Recap 

To open things up this week, we’re going to go over the performance of a fresh options ideas from Friday morning’s premarket report. We were tracking the  KMX Weekly $85-87.50 Calls and we met with some very good fortune in the form of multi-bag, single session gain opportunities.

All four of the contract sets we watching provided enormous intraday chances, which wasn’t surprising, given the huge help we had last week from a surge in the markets. A strong earnings report from KMX did the rest, and we finished out the week with these superb gains: 

$85 Calls – Range: .48-2.55 – Max Gain: 431%
$86 Calls – Range: .27-1.73 – Max Gain: 541%
$87 Calls – Range: .15-1.09 – Max Gain: 627%
$87.50 Calls – Range: .10-.76 – Max Gain: 660%

Fresh Ideas: 


Seres Therapeutics, Inc. MCRB 

We’re currently very interested in MCRB for multiple reasons. The stock recently touched down on a new annual low, and at the same time, a company director purchased a huge block of shares which amounted to a significant percentage of the overall market cap.

Since then the stock has been trending off of that bottom, with just the sort of volatility potential we’re always after. In addition to the stock itself being a solid candidate for a recovery play, we will also place the MCRB 07/19 $2.50 Calls on watch.


Extended Watchlist:
ACST, MEIP, VIVE, GSV, OBLN, BPMX, NBRV, CJJD

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Options Explosion

Big Time Options Success
We included a trio of options ideas in yesterday morning’s premarket report, and with the type of consistent success we have had in the options trading area recently, it should come as no surprise to any of our readers that we scored the hat track.

We’re in the thick of Q2 earnings season, with big name companies reporting left and right. We will continue to milk this cow for as long as possible. Take a look at the single-session gains that were available in yesterday’s watchlist, and read on to get some fresh ideas to close out the week.

AMD Weekly $16.50 & 17 Calls
$16.50 Calls – Range: .49-1.93 – Max Gain: 293%
$17 Calls – Range: .25-1.40 – Max Gain: 460%
Updated Idea: $18-19 Calls

QCOM Weekly $62.50-64 Calls
$45.50 Calls – Range: .20-1.21 – Max Gain: 505%
$46 Calls – Range: .13-.82 – Max Gain: 531%
$45.50 Calls – Range: .10-.50 – Max Gain: 400%
$46 Calls – Range: .06-.27 – Max Gain: 350%

UAA Weekly $21.50-23 Calls
$45.50 Calls – Range: .43-.97 – Max Gain: 126%
$46 Calls – Range: .06-1.00 – Max Gain: 1566%
$45.50 Calls – Range: .14-.71 – Max Gain: 407%
$46 Calls – Range: .05-.57 – Max Gain: 1040%
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Fresh Ideas:
Whirlpool Corp WHR 08/03 $129-131 Calls
Chipotle, Inc CMG Weekly $467.50-475 Calls
Yum China Holdings, Inc. YUMC 08/17 $37.50-42.50 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
EXPE, CRMD, ISR, SBS, CHK, MEIP, GST