Clean Sweep on Options Winners

Options Success Across the Board:

What a way to head into the end of the week, as we cruise in on this lovely Friday morning with a full slate of successful earnings related options ideas! We don’t call it out bread and butter for nothing. Every single idea that we signaled for observation in yesterday’s premarket report produced big time chances for solid single session gains.

We were tracking after the SPY 05/20 $390-388 Puts, the KSS Weekly $41-39 Puts, the BJ Weekly $55 Calls, and the SNPS Weekly $270-280 Calls. Out of all those potential targets, just one contract set in the SNPS chain failed to produce double-bag gains. The total figures on those plays were as follows:

SPY 05/20 $390-388 Puts
$390:
 1.97-4.17 (+112%)
$389: 1.55-3.63 (+134%)
$388: 1.41-3.15 (+123%)
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KSS Weekly $41-39 Puts
$41:
 .80-1.82 (+128%)
$40: .50-1.30 (+160%)
$39: .38-.99 (+161%)
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BJ Weekly $55 Calls
$55: 1.65-5.10 (+209%)
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SNPS Weekly $270-280 Calls
$270: 20.30-34.03 (+67%)
$280: 10.00-25.82 (+158%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
FL Weekly $29-31 Calls*
PANW Weekly $475-487.50 Calls*
DE Weekly $360-350 Puts*

*Trading options on their day of expiration can be risky. Please don’t try it unless you are well-versed in options trading 


Extended Watchlist:
UCPA, RMSL, PACV, GSFI, VRUS, RVVTF, XCUR, 

A 4-Pack of Fresh Options Plays

Options Puts Buck the Market Trend: 

We decided to go bearish on a couple of options ideas for yesterday morning’s premarket report, flying in the face of the market sentiment of the day. HAL and LMT were both coming off their earnings reports, and a short felt like the way to go.

Despite the markets roaring up, both of our ideas bucked the overall trend and recorded excellent moves on the day, providing ourselves and our readers with multibag intraday gain opportunities. Our specific targets were the HAL Weekly $41.50-40.50 Puts, and the LMT Weekly $465-460 Puts, and here were the excellent moves they put forth for the session:

HAL Weekly $41.50-40.50 Puts
$41.50: .45-1.10 (+144%)
$41: .33-.80 (+142%)
$40.50: .22-.53 (+141%)

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LMT Weekly $465-460 Puts
$465: 
2.90-8.60 (+203%)
$460: 1.90-5.50 (+189%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
NFLX Weekly $$260-252.50 Puts
PG Weekly $160-162.50 Calls
IBM Weekly $131-133 Calls
ASML Weekly $640-650 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
SNPW, PNGR, RVVTF, LBCMF, WINT, CRXT, IO, ALVR, WWR, BRQS, 

Options Review, Bearish on New Plays

BAC, SYF Options Review: 

We made good on both of the short-term options trading ideas we issued in yesterday morning’s premarket report. with our long -term play needing some more time to mature. We typically steer clear of banks, but occasionally we will take a shot following an earnings drop and we did so successfully with Bank of America.

We were zeroed in on the BAC Weekly $36.50-37.50 Calls, as well as the SYF Weekly $37-39 Calls, which also produced significant intraday gain opportunities for us on the day. The daily ranges and total possible profits off of those ideas were as follows:

BAC Weekly $36.50-37.50 Calls 

$36.50: 1.18-2.86 (+142%)
$37: .84-2.35 (+179%)
$37.50: .56-1.90 (+239%)
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SYF Weekly $37-39 Calls
$37:
2.20-3.46 (+57%)
$38: .85-2.45 (+188%)
$39: .39-1.75 (+348%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
HAL Weekly $41.50-40.50 Puts
LMT Weekly $460-465 Puts


Casa Systems Inc. CASA – Recap:

Another winner from yesterday morning’s report was CASA, which we tagged for the first time in our extended watchlist. The stock would go on to place as the top gainer on the NASDAQ for the day. From an early low of 5.63, CASA ran to a high of 7.18, marking down a respectable intraday run of 28%


Extended Watchlist:
LCLP, RVVTF, LRTNF, SEII, STSS, AYTU, TBLT, AXSM, NAVB