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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

Perfect Sweep on Options Plays, Fresh Ideas

Six for Six on Options Plays:

We believe that yesterday morning’s premarket report contained SIX options ideas for the first time since we’ve been giving out options ideas, which is roughly ten years now! That just goes to show how substantial this earnings season is shaping up to be. We signaled that half a dozen sets of calls, and thanks in part to a bullish day for the markets, we saw considerable gains in every last target we formulated!

Our wide net was cast over the BA Weekly $157.50-162.50 Calls, the TMUS Weekly $139-141 Calls, the TXN Weekly $162.50-165 Calls, the GOOG Weekly $108.50-109.50 Calls, the MSFT Weekly $257.50-262.50 Calls and the SPY 07/29 $393-394 Calls, and here were the catches we hauled in on that massive effort:

BA Weekly $157.50-162.50 Calls
$157.50: 1.38-2.53 (+83%)
$160: .78-1.50 (+92%)
$162.50: .41-.87 (+112%)
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TMUS Weekly $139-141 Calls
$139: 1.32-3.60 (+172%)
$140: .98-3.00 (+206%)
$141: .64-1.79 (+180%)
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TXN Weekly $162.50-165 Calls
$162.50: 4.55-9.23 (+103%)
$165: 2.50-6.96 (+178%)
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GOOG Weekly $108.50-109.50 Calls
$108.50: 1.70-6.00 (+153%)
$108.75: 1.60-5.80 (+262%)
$109: 1.53-5.50 (+259%)
$109.25: 1.40-5.20 (+271%)
$109.50: 1.25-5.00 (+300%)
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MSFT Weekly $257.50-262.50 Calls
$257.50: 4.75-12.54 (+164%)
$260: 3.35-10.35 (+209%)
$262.50: 2.31-8.10 (+251%)
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SPY 07/29 $393-394 Calls 
$393: 4.82-10.60 (+120%)
$394: 4.23-9.60 (+127%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
TMO Weekly $585-595 Calls
MA Weekly $345-347.50 Calls
LIN 08/19 $280 Calls
F Weekly $13.50-14 Calls

Extended Watchlist: 
NXMR, LTCN, IGEX, INND, BMXI, QEDN, RGBP, EBML, BTTX, TYDE, PHGE, ATHX, TBLT

Big Options Wins, 6-Pack of Fresh Ideas

Trend Buckers All Around:

It’s always fun for us when we get to wake up in the morning following a fantastic trading day to share those winning ideas with our readers. Yesterday proved to be a hugely successful session for our daily options plays. Of the four we selected, we were bullish on the whole lot, and despite the markets at large posting a very poor performance, every last one of our ideas bucked the trend and produced hardcore gain opportunities!

We were focused upon the MMM Weekly $138-141 Calls, the GE Weekly $70-72 Calls, the FISV Weekly $99-101 Calls, and the MCD Weekly $247.50-252.50 Calls.  Every single contract set contained within those ranges popped its top, and here were the potential single session profits they netted:

MMM Weekly $138-141 Calls
$138: 2.41-6.24 (+159%)
$139: 1.85-5.30 (+186%)
$140: 1.30-4.54 (+249%)
$141: .68-3.85 (+466%)
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GE Weekly $70-72 Calls
$70: 1.05-3.75 (+257%)
$71: .70-2.86 (+309%)
$72: .39-2.23 (+471%)
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FISV Weekly $99-101 Calls
$99: 2.50-3.90 (+56%)
$100: .86-3.53 (+310%)
$101: .70-3.04 (+334%)
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MCD Weekly $247.50-252.50 Calls 
$247.50: 4.09-11.74 (+187%)
$250: 2.10-9.48 (+351%)
$252.50: 1.11-7.22 (+550%)

Fresh Options Ideas: 
BA Weekly $157.50-162.50 Calls
TMUS Weekly $139-141 Calls
TXN Weekly $162.50-165 Calls
GOOG Weekly $108.50-109.50 Calls
MSFT Weekly $257.50-262.50 Calls
SPY Weekly $393-394 Calls 

Extended Watchlist: 
IGEX, QPRC, EGOC, AXXA, HNRC, SKFG, CYBL, DAVE, TEVA, IMPP, EJH, CDTX,