Massively Successful Options Plays

Crushing it on Earnings Plays:

We have been offering up a greater-than-usual number of potential options plays with each daily newsletter of late, due to the extremely elevated amount of big name earnings reporters that have been dropping figures. We definitely took advantage of earnings season on Friday, when we put forth a half dozen ideas, all of which made multibag gains for us! Things couldn’t have gone any better for us to wrap up what had already been a great trading week.

As we kick off this fresh week of options opportunities we’ll start by going over those winning selections for Friday, which were the XOM Weekly $94-95 Calls, the CVX Weekly $150-155 Calls, the AAPL Weekly $160-162.50 Calls, the PG Weekly $145-143 Puts, the SPY 07/29 $407-408 Calls,and the AMZN Weekly $133-136 Calls. As we said, they all yielded a shot at double baggers or better, and those gains were as follows:

XOM Weekly $94-95 Calls
$94: 
.84-3.50 (+317%)
$95: .34-2.57 (+656%)
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CVX Weekly $150-155 Calls
$150: 
5.71-14.50 (+154%)
$152.50: 3.64-12.01 (+230%)
$155: 1.48-9.64 (+551%)
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AAPL Weekly $160-162.50 Calls
$160: 
.82-3.71 (+352%)
$162.50: .20-1.54 (+670%)
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PG Weekly $145-143 Puts
$145: 
3.00-6.32 (+111%)
$144: 2.10-5.52 (+163%)
$143: 1.52-4.62 (+204%)
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SPY 07/29 $407-408 Calls
$407: 
1.28-5.37 (+320%)
$408: 1.07-5.00 (+367%)
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AMZN Weekly $133-136 Calls

$133: 1.29-4.75 (+268%)
$134: .90-3.85 (+327%)
$135: .60-3.02 (+403%)
$136: .40-2.30 (+475%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
BLDR 08/19 $70-75 Calls
CHKP Weekly $125-120 Puts
ON Weekly $64-62 Puts
HSBC Weekly $33-34 Calls


Extended Watchlist: 
GOVX, MGAM, VRAX, TBLT, AEMD, CYAD, NRXP, RMO, MAIA, SKFG, WLAN, TGHI, EMGE, NUGN

Options Recaps, 4 New Ideas

Quick Strike Plays Come Through: 

We’re anxiously counting down the days until next week when a flood of big name earnings are going to start dropping, but in the meantime, we have managed to root out a good amount of quality gain opportunities. Yesterday morning’s premarket report included two fresh possibilities and they both delivered some nice moves on the day.

Our exact targets were the PEP Weekly $167.50-172.50 Calls, and the ETWO Weekly $7.50 Puts. Both stocks recorded the right activity to enable the following upswings and total possible gain chances:

PEP Weekly $167.50-172.50 Calls
$167.50:
 3.58-4.95 (+38%)
$170: 1.92-3.10 (+61%)
$172.50: .78-1.61 (+106%)
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ETWO Weekly $7.50 Puts

$7.50: .35-1.35 (+286%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
TWTR Weekly $34-34.50 Calls
DAL Weekly $30.50-29.50 Puts
FAST Weekly $52.50-50 Puts
SPY 07/13 $378-375 Puts*

*Trading options on their day of expiration can carry a heightened level of risk and should only be attempted by seasoned traders.


Extended Watchlist: 
SEII, VGLS, BMIX, ABQQ, MRMD, KYNC, NUGN, IS, PETZ, XRTX

Huge Day for Options on Friday, 4-Pack of Fresh Plays

Massive Gainers From Friday’s Report: 

It was a choppy day for the markets in general on Friday, but that didn’t stop our trio of options ideas for the day from putting on a banner performance. Every single contract set that we selected for observation in our morning report yielded the opportunity at some fantastic intraday gains. Typically, increased volatility is an options traders friend, provided you have a feel for when to dip in and out, which comes with time and experience.

The targets we were monitoring were the , the, and the , and as you can see from the daily ranges and total upswings, these were no mild runners. The earnings calendar for today isn’t quite as substantial, but we still hashed out a four-pack of new ideas below.

Here were the profitable possibilities brought by Friday’s plays:

SPY 05/06 $412-414 Calls
$412:
 .93-4.34 (+367%)
$413: .73-3.71 (+708%)
$414: .58-3.13 (+439%)
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SQ Weekly $96-99 Calls
$96: .37-3.00 (+711%)
$97: .24-2.39 (+896%)
$98: .20-1.83 (+815%)
$99: .14-1.21 (+764%)
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EOG Weekly $123-125 Calls
$123: 2.65-7.93 (+199%)
$124: .90-8.30 (+822%)
$125: 1.40-6.00 (+329%)


Fresh Options Ideas:

SPY 05/09 $408-405 Puts
TSN Weekly $90-92.50 Calls
PLTR Weekly $9-8 Puts
BNTX Weekly $136-139 Calls 


Extended Watchlist:
THER, GHMP, RNVA, NUGN, CYAP, BTTX, LOGC, DPSI, MREO, FNGD