Recaps from the Short Week, Fresh Plays

Options Recaps: 

Our options idea for the TWTR chain from Thursday morning’s premarket report returned good intraday results despite the stock trending in the wrong direction. The markets were subdued on Thursday, but that also played well into the bearish ideas we had signaled in the two sessions prior. On Tuesday we signaled some puts in the KMX chain, and on Wednesday, we added JPM to the mix. In both cases, Thursday’s session brought new highs for us.

Our exact targets were the TWTR 04/14 $47-49 Calls, the JPM Weekly $129-127 Puts, and the KMX Weekly $105-97.50 Puts, and here are the updated figures on the moves we observed in those plays:

TWTR 04/14 $47-49 Calls
$47:
 .26-.84 (+223%)
$48: .16-.55 (+243%)
$49: .10-.35 (+250%)
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JPM Weekly $129-127 Puts
$129:
 1.51-3.83 (+154%)
$128: .92-2.97 (+223%)
$127: .67-1.93 (+188%)
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KMX Weekly $105-97.50 Puts
$105: 4.50-12.90 (+187%)
$100: 1.65-7.80 (+372%)
$97.50: .87-5.55 (+537%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
GXO 05/20 $55-60 Calls
SYF Weekly $37-39 Calls
BAC Weekly $36.50-37.50 Calls 


Extended Watchlist:
ETEK, ICNM, ARGQ, AMLH, NUGN, CASA, MDVL, NILE, ALACR, XELA, 

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Options Roundup & More

OPTIONS ROUNDUP

One of our top activities each day is poring over the previous day’s post-market quarterly earnings reports, as well as the premarket releases from that morning, in order to find those stock most likely to produce the type of volatility we look for to make quick-strike trades.

The earnings calendar is rather busy at present, with three names jumping to the forefront on our scanner today. We’ll give a brief overview of their quarterly highlights, as well as ranges of contracts to place on watch for the remainder of the week.

International Business Machines Corp. IBM
-Beat on profit, strong outlook
Radar: Weekly $130-134 Calls

United Technologies Corp. UTX
-Earnings and revs beat, more than 70% increase in Q4 profit
Radar: Weekly $113-118 Calls

The Procter & Gamble Co. PG
-Strong sales, earnings beat, boosted guidance
Radar: Weekly $93-95.50 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
CODX, SYF, EARS, QSR, BPTH, PUMP, IDEX

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