Tuesday’s 5 Winners, 5 Fresh Plays for Today

A Clean Options Sweep:

With the help of a hugely bullish session for the markets yesterday, we were able to see some really nice gains on the options plays we included in our premarket report. All five of our fresh earnings-related targets produced significant upward movement on the day, and we fully expect more of the same today, with an even more impressive slate of earnings reporters on the calendar this morning.

Yesterday’s runners were the MMM Weekly $105-107 Calls, the SHW Weekly $280 Calls, the VZ Weekly $33.50-35 Calls, the FFIV 08/18 $155-165 Calls, and the LOGI 08/18 $65-67.50 Calls. Here are the breakdowns of the intraday runs and total possible gains they recorded on the day:

MMM Weekly $105-107 Calls
$105: 
2.75-5.90 (+115%)
$106: 2.00-4.99 (+150%)
$107: 1.54-4.05 (+163%)
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SHW Weekly $280 Calls
$280: 3.50-7.83 (+124%)
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VZ Weekly $33.50-35 Calls
$33.50: .64-1.02 (+59%)
$34: .34-.62 (+82%)
$34.50: .18-.35 (+94%)
$35: .09-.18 (+100%)
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FFIV 08/18 $155-165 Calls
$155: 5.10-7.31 (+43%)
$160: 4.10-5.74 (+40%)
$165: 2.08-3.10 (+49%)
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LOGI 08/18 $65-67.50 Calls
$65: 2.05-7.20 (+251%)
$67.50: 2.50-5.00 (+100%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
TXN Weekly $182.50-177.50 Puts
UNP Weekly $225-232.50 Calls
GOOG Weekly $129-131 Calls
MSFT Weekly $340-337.50 Puts
BA Weekly $215-222.50 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
WRNT, SIMO, AWIN, TLRY, PACW, AULT, TSEM, GRRR, DLOC, TLSS

Options Updates, 5 New Ideas

Various Options Recaps:

We fared reasonably well with regard to options yesterday. In out premarket report, both of the short term plays we signaled interest in produced sizable intraday runs. Those were the DPZ Weekly $387.50-392.50 Calls, and the SPY 07/24 $452-453 Calls. We had another idea with an August expiration that didn’t produce instant results. However, a set of August calls in another chain that we’ve been tracking since our report a few Mondays ago on the 10th, the PLCE 08/18 $25 Calls, have gone on to hit new highs.

The gains for the DPZ and SPY Calls below are obviously from yesterday’s session only, while the figures for the PLCE Calls represent their increase over the past two weeks.

DPZ Weekly $387.50-392.50 Calls
$387.50: 
4.51-10.41 (+131%)
$390: 3.29-9.09 (+176%)
$392.50: 3.11-7.11 (+121%)
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SPY 07/24 $452-453 Calls
$452: 
1.26-3.00 (+138%)
$453: .71-2.02 (+185%)
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PLCE 08/18 $25 Calls
$25: 
1.65-5.15 (+212%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
MMM Weekly $105-107 Calls
SHW Weekly $280 Calls
VZ Weekly $33.50-35 Calls
FFIV 08/18 $155-165 Calls
LOGI 08/18 $65-67.50 Calls


Tupperware Brands Corp. (NYSE:TUP) – Recap: 

We had included TUP in yesterday morning’s extended watchlist, and subsequently saw the stock make a pretty good intraday move. It ran from a low of 1.16 up to 1.82, which works out to a 57% upswing.


Extended Watchlist:
ELBM, BRFG, ENZ, YOSH, CTCX, SMX, SRMX, NSAV, 

Killer Day for Options, Fresh Plays

Endless Options Runners: 

Our prowess with options trading continued to assert itself on Tuesday, with four out of the four selections we made in our premarket report posting significant gain chances for ourselves and our readers. If you follow our picks regularly, you know complete miss is incredibly rare for us. It’s far more common that we sweep the entire board with good ideas, and that’s exactly how Tuesday’s session played out.

We were tracking the VZ Weekly $39.50-38.50 Puts, the RTX Weekly $96-95 Puts, the JNJ Weekly $170-165 Puts, and the MMM Weekly $115-116 Calls, and all four sets produced gains that ranged from pretty darn good, to eye-popping. Here’s the breakdown on the moves that were recorded:

VZ Weekly $39.50-38.50 Puts
$39.50:
 .10-.53 (+430%)
$39: .07-.30 (+328%)
$38.50: .03-.16 (+433%)
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RTX Weekly $96-95 Puts
$96:
 .73-2.10 (+188%)
$95: .01-.67 (+6600%)
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JNJ Weekly $170-165 Puts
$170:
 .95-4.10 (+331%)
$167.50: .26-2.04 (+684%)
$165: .10-.80 (+700%)
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MMM Weekly $115-116 Calls

$115: 1.59-2.87 (+489%)
$116: 1.19-2.31 (+701%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 01/25 $398-396 Puts*
BA Weekly $210-205 Puts
MSFT Weekly $240-235 Puts
NEE 02/17 $80-77.50 Puts

*Please don’t attempt to trade options on their day of expiration unless you are an experienced trader with access to disposable funds!


Extended Watchlist:
VENG, WSRC, CEOS, MGUY, AAPJ, BMXI, SNOA, INPX, GMBL, FWBI, NVOS, ARDS, CDTX