Wrapping Up a Hot Trading Week, 4 New Plays

Thursday’s Runners Recap:

We fared quite well on Thursday with the various options plays we flagged for observation in our premarket report. Out of the five potential plays we highlighted, four of them recorded nothing but double-bag intraday gains or better. We even saw a few of those contract sets approach intraday upswings of nearly 500%

Those successful targets were the DG Weekly $142-146 Calls, the BURL Weekly $225-230 Calls, the BBY Weekly $75-77 Calls, and the PSTG Weekly $65-70 Calls. These were the caliber of gain opportunities that they provided on the day:

DG Weekly $142-146 Calls
$142: 
1.94-4.38 (+126%)
$143: .85-3.96 (+366%)
$144: 1.31-3.10 (+137%)
$145: ..46-2.73 (+493%)
$146: .39-2.00 (+413%)
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BURL Weekly $225-230 Calls
$225: 2.67-8.22 (+208%)
$227.50: 1.76-5.40 (+207%)
$230: .38-2.23 (+487%)
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BBY Weekly $75-77 Calls
$75: 2.70-6.60 (+144%)
$76: 1.25-5.56 (+345%)
$77: 1.45-4.41 (+204%)
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PSTG Weekly $65-70 Calls
$65: .74-2.14 (+189%)
$70: .30-.67 (+123%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
ZS Weekly $180-185 Calls
DELL Weekly $147-144 Puts
ULTA Weekly $420-425 Calls
MDB Weekly $242.50-230 Puts


Extended Watchlist: 
PPCB, ISUN, GGEI, FFIE, CRKN, NVOS, XHG, LUCY, PRST, ADAP, BNZI, BGXX, CISS

Midweek Updates, Trio of New Ideas

Midweek Options Recaps:  

We offered up a pair of short term and a pair of longer term ideas in our premarket report yesterday, and as is pretty typical, we saw some good movement out of the weekly plays, and not so much instant gratification from those that expire next month. We usually gravitate to those kind of ideas during earnings low periods, and we certainly have been short on big name reporters this week. But we’ll continue to monitor those interests into October, and keep trying to point out whatever looks best to us on a daily basis.

As for yesterday’s weekly plays, which were the CBRL Weekly $70-75 Calls and the BUR Weekly $17.50-15 Puts, we observed the following intraday trading activity and gain potential:

CBRL Weekly $70-75 Calls
$70:
 3.00-4.20 (+40%)
$75: 1.09-2.66 (+144%)
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BUR Weekly $17.50-15 Puts
$17.50:
 1.63-1.93 (+18%)
$15: .05-.10 (+100%)


Fresh Options:
SMTC Weekly $22-23 Calls
SPY 09/14 $447-448 Calls
BABA Weekly $87-89 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
AVTX, FWBI, GMBL, RNAZ, KITT, NVOS, NAVB, NLST, YCRM, CNBX

Good Start to Short Week, 4 Fresh Ideas

Recap of Tuesday’s Results:  

Things got off to a pretty decent start for us as we kicked off this holiday-shortened trading week yesterday morning. In our premarket report, we included a selection of earnings based ideas, and a couple of longer term tech setup plays. Most of what we were monitoring fared reasonably well on the day, with the exception of a set of October calls in CG. All in all, we’re pleased with how things started out this week, and are all set to increase our good fortune.

The targets that recorded good moves were the TCOM 09/15 $40-38 Puts, the BRC 09/15 $50-55 Calls, the CRMT 09/15 $105-100 Puts, and the TSEM 10/20 $31 Calls.There wasn’t much movement in the BRC $50’s but everything else performed quite nicely as you can see below:

TCOM 09/15 $40-38 Puts
$40:
1.70-3.00 (+76%)
$39: 1.10-2.20 (+100%)
$38: .75-1.42 (+89%)
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BRC 09/15 $50-55 Calls
$50:          n/a
$55: 1.80-4.70 (+161%)
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CRMT 09/15 $105-100 Puts
$105: 5.50-8.18 (+49%)
$100: 2.50-5.50 (+120%)
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TSEM 10/20 $31 Calls
$31: .55-.80 (+45%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
ROKU Weekly $89-92 Calls
GTLB Weekly $51-53 Calls
AVAV 09/15 $110-115 Calls
PLAB 09/15 $22.50-20 Puts 


Extended Watchlist:
NBSE, TRVN, MRIN, SST, NVOS, FOXO, ROKU, ICCT, FLJ, BFLY, USEG, FNKO