Playing the SPY Like a Fiddle, Fresh Ideas

SPY Calls Surge on Market Pop:

We had just some daily SPY Calls and a longer term idea in yesterday morning’s premarket report, the latter of which isn’t really primed for an immediate update, but we most certainly came down on the right side of the fence with the SPY. The markets ripped all day long, and provided us with the catalyst for some really nice intraday gain opportunities.

We were tracking the SPY 05/23 $391-393 Calls, and all three of the contract sets contained within recorded huge multibag runs for us. The total possible daily gains were as follows:

SPY 05/23 $391-393 Calls
$391:
 2.04-6.82 (+234%)
$392: 1.58-5.81 (+268%)
$393: 1.19-5.05 (+324%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
NTES Weekly $98-100 Calls
WOOF Weekly $15-16 Calls
ZM Weekly $91.50-93 Calls


Watchlist Runners:

We saw some solid movement out of some of the plays off of yesterday morning’s extended watchlist. CBIO ran following the announcement of a $60M asset sale to Vertex, while GOVX was another stock boosted by the rising concerns over monkeypox, which has officially made its way to the US, and seems to a hot-button catalyst for related plays at the moment. .

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. CBIO
Daily Range:
.90-1.47
Gained: +63%
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GeoVax Labs, Inc. GOVX
Daily Range: 1.65-2.85
Gained: +73%


Extended Watchlist:
RGBP, IGEX, PLPL, ETCG, PRCX, TONR, EVOL, TXTM, BIMI, ZVO, GFAI, BTTX, SWTX, CTEK

Wrapping Up a Solid Trading Week

Options Recap: 

It was a treacherous day for the markets yesterday, with the vast majority of big board stocks pulling back, but we still managed to go two for three on options ideas despite signaling calls across the board.

The two ideas that recorded notable intraday moves before falling off into the close, were the NOW Weekly $530-540 Calls, and the TSLA Weekly $930-945 Calls. Oftentimes post-earnings plays will still provide such opportunities even if they can’t sustain the momentum, which is exactly why we base most of our targets around quarterly reporters on a given day.

Here are the early moves registered by the above mentioned targets: 

NOW Weekly $530-540 Calls
$530:
 4.60-10.59 (+130%)
$535: 3.11-8.70 (+180%)
$540: 2.00-5.60 (+180%)
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TSLA Weekly $930-945 Calls
$930: 7.43-11.12 (+50%)
$935: 3.41-5.77 (+69%)
$940: 3.05-5.06 (+66%)
$945: 2.77-4.48 (+62%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
SPY 01/28 $430 Puts
AAPL Weekly $165 Puts
CAT Weekly $210-207.50 Puts
V Weekly $212.50-217.50 Calls

*Please use extreme caution when trading options on their day of expiration. It should only be attempted by experienced traders with access to disposable funds


Trans Global Group, Inc. TGGI – Update:

We have also been tracking TGGI quite a bit over the past several weeks, tagging it in our extended watchlists. Since our last mention of the stock it has made a move from .0081-.0143. That works out to an overall upswing of 77%


Extended Watchlist:
SKYI, GODYF, RGBP, CGSI, TLSS, APPT, IMPP, VCNX, BOIL, KSCP

Starting 2022 Off the Right Way

Ringing in the New Year with Options Updates

We’ve been tracking several longer-term options plays in recent sessions, and today for the first report of the new calendar year, we’ve got some updates on the moves we’ve observed.

Starting off with BBIO, we were on top of that one from Tuesday of last week, watching as it gradually pressed to new highs each day. The stock itself has run from 12.06-17.34 during that span (+44%). We were targeting the BBIO 02/18 $12.50-15 Calls and thus far here are the total increases we’ve observed in those plays:

BBIO 02/18 $12.50-15 Calls 
$12.50: 1.85-5.11 (+176%)
$15: 1.50-3.60 (+140%)

On the same day last Tuesday, we signaled interest in some MRNA targets as well, highlighting the MRNA 01/21 $250-260 Calls and they too produced some nice increases on the week when all was said and done.

MRNA 01/21 $250-260 Calls
$250: 11.45-22.04 (+92%)
$252.50: 11.17-20.00 (+79%)
$255: 10.21-19.04 (+86%)
$257.50: 10.55-17.90 (+70%)
$260: 9.10-17.00 (+87%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
SPY 01/03 $476-478 Calls*
FB Weekly $337.50-340 Calls 

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


Extended Watchlist:
IMMX, CELZ, BLCT, AFI, PTE, HMBL, IQST, PRMK, RGBP, BLFE, NSAV, AMLH