Earnings Season Back in Full Swing

Solid Start to the Week:

We put our best foot forward yesterday to kick the tires on a fresh trading week, and despite a poor session for the markets, four of the five options ideas we included in our morning report ended up presenting respectable swing trade opportunities early in the day.

We cast a rather wide net, and the targets that produced for us were the SPY 07/18 $386-388 Calls, the SYF Weekly $31-33 Calls, the GS Weekly $300-305 Calls, and the BA Weekly $150-152.50 Calls. Here were the intraday swings and total possible gains they recorded:

SPY 07/18 $386-388 Calls
$386:
 1.89-2.66 (+41%)
$387: 1.25-1.85 (+48%)
$388: .76-1.23 (+62%)
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SYF Weekly $31-33 Calls
$31: 1.80-2.41 (+34%)
$32: 1.11-1.70 (+53%)
$33: .43-1.00 (+133%)
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GS Weekly $300-305 Calls
$300: 3.80-5.33 (+40%)
$302.50: 2.81-4.10 (+46%)
$305: 1.95-2.90 (+49%)
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BA Weekly $150-152.50 Calls 
$150: 3.90-5.03 (+29%)
$152.50: 2.74-3.64 (+33%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
HAL Weekly $28.50-29.50 Calls
NVS 8/19 $82.50-87.50 Calls
JNJ Weekly $172.50-177.50 Calls
IBM Weekly $134-131 Puts


OTC Recaps:

Here are a few selections from recent extended watchlists that got off to a good start to the week yesterday. They posted new highs for us, and serve as a reminder to track the plays in our daily watchlists and look out for for hidden gems.

VaporBrands International Inc. VAPR
Range: .054-.0949
Gained: +76%

Cruzani, Inc. CZNI
Range: .0005-.0017
Gained: +240%

Galexxy Holdings, Inc. GXXY
Range: .269-.477
Gained: +77%


Extended Watchlist: 
ETCG, LTCN, AABB, MMMW, IDGC, OWUV, JNSH, XELA, STIM, USEA, APLD, WFG

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Options Roundup

Options Review

CSX Corp. CSX – We highlighted some fresh options ideas in yesterday morning’s premarket report and CSX turned out to be the prime target out of the bunch. We designated the CSX Weekly $77-76 Puts as our contracts of interest, and those ended up producing some respectable chances at intraday gains.

$167.50 Puts – Range: 3.53-6.75 – Max Gain: 91%
$170 Puts – Range: 3.21-6.00 – Max Gain: 87%
$175 Puts – Range: 2.54-5.85 – Max Gain: 130%

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Abbott Laboratories, Inc. ABT – 
Another of the targets we selected based on yesterday’s premarket earnings reporters was ABT. Our contract of interest was the ABT Weekly $83.50 Calls, and we’re pleased to report that those returned a multi-bag single session run.

Those calls ran from a low of 1.34 and subsequently reached 3.75, which was good for an intraday gain of 180%
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JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. JBHT – On Tuesday morning, we signaled the JBHT Weekly $95-100 Calls as a potential play, and in addition to makling a 100% move for us on that day, yesterday brought even more solid gain opportunities. The $95 Calls ran from .65-3.30 for a walloping 408% while the $100’s took of from .05-.35, marking an incredible 600% rip in a single day!
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Fresh Ideas:
eBay Inc. EBAY Weekly $40-41 Calls
Novartis NVS Weekly $92.50-95 Calls 

Overstock.com, Inc. OSTK $18.50-19 Calls 


Extended Watchlist:
RVLT, AMR, INSG, DSS, AUMN, CRMD, YOGA