4 Fresh Ideas for a New Trading Week

Friday Options Recap:

It was a little bit of a subdued finish to what was an otherwise fairly exciting week of trading on Friday. We had a limited slate of earnings reporters on the day, but still formed a few ideas that managed to make some early moves. The percentage gains weren’t quite on a level that would get us overexcited, but all contracts involved did make reasonable moves, with one lone exception.

Those ideas that we were tracking were the SPB 05/19 $65-70 Calls, the TSLA Weekly $175-177.50 Calls, and the SPY 05/12 $412.50-413 Calls. Here’s how their early positive movement played out in terms of total possible gains for quick traders:

SPB 05/19 $65-70 Calls 
$70: .83-1.69 (+104%)
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TSLA Weekly $175-177.50 Calls
$175:
 .36-.60 (+67%)
$177.50: .38-.62 (+63%)
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SPY 05/12 $412.50-413 Calls
$412.50: .20-.36 (+80%)
$413: .13-.24 (+85%)
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We’ve also been tracking the IFF 05/19 $95-90 Puts since our report from this past Tuesday the 9th, and IFF continued to decline all week, leading to some really nice new highs in those targets:
 
IFF 05/19 $95-90 Puts
$95: 2.90-12.10 (+317%)
$90: 1.79-7.20 (+302%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 05/15 $411-412 Calls*
MNDY Weekly $145-155 Calls
SHAK Weekly $66-67 Calls
NRG 06/16 $33-34 Calls 

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


Extended Watchlist:
SIRI, WISZ, MGOL, ALGS, OMH, LMFA, SRPT, AABB, GMPW, SEII, HDUP

Friday’s HUGE Runners, 4 Fresh Ideas

Friday’s Fantastic Four: 

Before we broke for the long weekend on Friday, we had highlighted our interest in tracking a selection of four sets of potential options plays. While three of those four were bearish ideas, they bucked the trend quite nicely for us. The markets gapped down in the morning and ripped for most of the day, going green around 1PM.  There were opportunities at various times during the session for all four of our targets.

The ideas in question were the JPM Weekly $139-136 Puts, the BAC Weekly $34.50-33.50 Puts, the C Weekly $48-49 Calls, and the TSLA Weekly $118-115 Puts. Most of the intraday runs we saw were considerable (including a couple of thousand percent+ gainers!) which you can see from the breakdown below:

JPM Weekly $139-136 Puts
$139: 
1.12-2.10 (+87%)
$138: .64-1.30 (+103%)
$137: .30-.80 (+167%)
$136: .15-.41 (+173%)
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BAC Weekly $34.50-33.50 Puts
$34.50: 
.23-1.35 (+487%)
$34: .10-.96 (+860%)
$33.50: .03-.55 (+1733%)
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C Weekly $48-49 Calls
$48: 
.40-2.08 (+420%)
$48.50: .26-1.60 (+515%)
$49: .08-1.14 (+1325%)
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TSLA Weekly $118-115 Puts
$118: .21-.82 (+290%)
$117: .13-.48 (+269%)
$116: .07-.28 (+300%)
$115: .05-.16 (+220%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
GS Weekly $370-365 Puts
SBNY Weekly $120 Calls
TSLA Weekly $123-125 Calls
MARA Weekly $8.00-8.50 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
AITX, VPLM, AAPJ, TGGI, CBTC, DCFC, MGOL, CLXT, CYAD, APRN,