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Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Options Recaps, Recovery Play & More


Options Recaps

Our closing thoughts in Friday’s premarket report included some options ideas pertaining to our bullish feelings on AAPL and the SPY.

Specifically, we targeted SPY Weekly $193-194.50 Calls, and AAPL Weekly $115 and $116 Calls and included the following warning: “Trading options with a weekly expiration on a Friday carries an inherently elevated risk-reward factor, and is certainly not for the faint-of-heart, or beginning traders.” That would have been an important thing to remember, because the markets did pull back toward the end of the day, eventually rendering those contracts worthless, but not before opportunities for some big intraday gains were presented.

Early trading ranges in our SPY Calls rendered the chance at gains between 70-130% while the AAPL Calls did considerably better. The $115’s made a 293% move from .27-1.06, and the $116’s took the cake with a 520% surge from a nickel up to .31!

Heron Therapeutics, Inc. HRTX Puts

We also had some successful ideas going in the opposite direction; our bearish sentiment on HRTX paid some excellent dividends via the options chain last week, as we were mentioning on Friday. The stock continued to backslide into the close, reaching the $30-range with a daily low of 30.06. From our observed high of 42.25 at the time of our initial alert last Wednesday that’s roughly a 30% loss.

It will be interesting to see if this morning’s PR from HRTX affects the dynamics of the chart.

Clean Coal Technologies, Inc. CCTC

We also want to make another quick mention of CCTC, which has continually set new highs for us in the month of September.

We tracked the stock to some more nice gains last week, as it made a healthy intraday move of 21% from .72 to .87. That extends the total range we’ve observed following our initial alerts earlier this month from a low of .36 to Friday’s high; a total move of 142% in just two weeks’ time.

Totally Hemp Crazy, Inc. THCZ

We tagged this old familiar play on Friday for the first time since spring, and it turned out to be fortuitous timing as the stock made a noteworthy intraday jump.  THCZ traded from a low of .09 up as high as .1189, a 32% spike.

We’ll begin to pay closer attention to this and other cannabis-related stocks as election time draws nearer and the issue of marijuana is once again tested on ballots. We’ll be open to the possibility of new waves of attention for the sector as a whole, and be sure to keep our ear to the tracks for relevant developments.


Pier 1 Imports, Inc. PIR

A failure to beat Wall Street’s expectations on both guidance and earnings led PIR to gap down on Friday, though the dip wasn’t sustained. After seeing a low of 6.84 the stock did manage to recover quite a bit of ground into a 7.61 close. This transpired at a time when the chart was already fairly oversold, and that effect has been magnified as we point out on the chart snapshot below.

We’re going to have PIR on an extended-term recovery watch. A return to even the 50DMA would spell significant gains from the current juncture.

Extended Watchlist:
GEQU, COTE, EQLB, IMUN, NESV, PBMD

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: HRTX Recap, Bottom-Play & More

Heron Therapeutics, Inc. HRTX

During premarket trading on Wednesday, we spotted a unique opportunity in HRTX, which was in the process of surging on news of some positive Phase II study results. We pointed out that despite the excitement and subsequent knee-jerk reaction tied to the announcement, the chart had been looking bearish and “ripe for further losses” leading up to that point.

That’s what caused us to formulate an idea for the HRTX Weekly $45 and $42.50 Puts for when the stock began to pull back off of its hype-driven spike, and the ensuing chain of events followed our expectations to the letter.

From Wednesday’s high of 42.25, the stock tumbled back to a low of 35.12 during yesterday’s trading, and in the process the contracts we were monitoring put on quite a session-over-session performance. Over that short span, the $45 Puts traded in a range from 6.50-9.20 for a 42% move, while the $42.50’s made a slightly bigger move from 4.10-7.20 for gains of up to 76%

Boreal Water Collection, Inc. BRWC

BRWC was a mention in yesterday’s morning report, and the stock made a noteworthy intraday spike of 33% from a low of .0009 to .0012.

From the look of the chart, for us to remain interested, we’d need BRWC to maintain support above the current 50DMA of .0008 on any pullbacks and test its previous swing high of .0013. Beyond that point, there isn’t much in the way of resistance on up to the .0018-level.

Sientra, Inc. SIEN

We’re looking at SIEN as a potential recovery-play after news of a securities fraud investigation absolutely pushed the stock off of a cliff from the $20-level down to a new 52-week low at 9.38 yesterday. Even with the caveat of a pending investigation, we’re always looking at the possibility of snapping up highly-discounted shares when a stock tumbles so dramatically on events where no material changes in the company have taken place.

Already in the premarket we’re seeing a bit of a course-correction from SIEN as it has made its way back to the $11-mark. We’ll keep a continuous eye on this stock in coming sessions for the possibility of a rebound, and keep a lookout for any further updates regarding the accusations levied against Sientra.


Markets Gapping Up – Options Ideas

After taking a beating for the majority of the week leading into a late-day rally yesterday, the overall markets as a whole are gapping up early this morning, and we’d like to float a set of corresponding options ideas if the trend carries the way we suspect it might.

We’re going to be looking for some dip-and-rip action, and in doing so, have our sights focused on Weekly Calls* in both the SPY and AAPL chains. In particular, we’re zeroing in on SPY Weekly $193-194.50 Calls, and AAPL Weekly $115 and $116 Calls.

*Just to reiterate what we’ve said in the past- trading options with a weekly expiration on a Friday carries an inherently elevated risk-reward factor, and is certainly not for the faint-of-heart, or beginning traders.


Extended Watchlist:
PCSV, THCZ, QLTS, CHIT

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Wrapping Up the Short Week

This holiday-shortened week has brought another string of stellar opportunities for us with both stocks and options, and was an excellent way to close out the first quarter of 2015!


Pazoo, Inc. PZOO

Firstly, our re-alert of PZOO yesterday came just in the nick of time for us to observe a nice upswing. The stock traded up from a low of .0052 to reach .0071, an intraday move of 37% and it did so on more than twice its 30-day average volume.

With the deliberate steps Pazoo has been taking to become actively involved in the cannabis sector, it’s certain to hold our interest for quite awhile. There was a new PR to that effect released after market open yesterday; PZOO’s wholly-owned sub, marijuana testing agency Harris Lee, will be taking full ownership of a “fully functional, revenue generating facility no later than April 30, 2015”. Learn More about Steep Hill @ SteepHillLab.com/colorado

WHIPPANY, N.J., April 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pazoo, Inc. (OTC Pinks:PZOO) (German WKN#: A1J3DK) is proud to announce that wholly owned subsidiary, Harris Lee, LLC, has entered into a Binding Letter of Intent with Front Range, the Steep Hill licensee for Colorado, to purchase the assets to operate Steep Hill Colorado, a marijuana testing laboratory located in Denver, CO. Additionally, Front Range will transfer all assignable rights and licenses to Harris Lee. >> FULL PR

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Totally Hemp Crazy, Inc. THCZ

Speaking of pot-related plays- Last Friday, we suggested our readers put THCZ on their radars as we were watching the stock search for support. It found it that day at .128, and managed to set higher highs every day since.

Yesterday came an enormous push to an astonishing high of .32; that registered as an overall increase of 150% from THCZ in just five sessions! Even more amazing, is the fact that we observed THCZ trading subpenny as recently as the end of January.

Northstar Global Business Services, Inc. MDIN

MDIN appeared on yesterday’s extended watchlist, and it too enjoyed a nice intraday move of 66%. The stock held the majority of those gains into the close, so we’ll be interested to see how it closes out this short week today.

Pervasip Corp. PVSP

On Monday, we called out PVSP in a well-timed alert that yielded the chance at intraday gains of up to 55% It took until yesterday afternoon for the stock to consolidate and make its way down to find a support level from which to bounce.

That came at .0013, and PVSP did make a nice rebound to the tune of 38% (.0018) This is yet another one which is tied to the cannabis space, so we can definitely see a theme being established here as springtime comes into full-swing.

Petroleo Brasiliero, S.A. (Petrobras) PBR – Options

We signaled May PBR $6 and $6.50 calls last Thursday as we noticed it rebounding off of its newly-established all-time lows. Although there wasn’t much open interest in the May $6 Calls that we highlighted, they were pushed into the money and there was an opportunity to profit for those that decided to take the trade. The low on those contracts was .32 following our alert, and they closed yesterday at .55x.79. With plenty of time left until expiration, we may not yet be finished with them.

There was volume in the May $6.50’s, which traded as low as .22 following our initial mention and yesterday closed at .47; a gain of 114%.

Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. ESPR – Options

It was on Tuesday March 17th that we called ESPR options and came away with percentage gains that ran into the thousands over the course of that week. The idea that we ventured was the 04/17 $90 Calls, and we saw a subsequent run from 3.50 to 28.50.

Following that huge run, we saw those contracts dip back to find support at 4.50 toward the end of last week. Yesterday, a news release helped push ESPR stock to new highs, and as a result the April $90’s went on another big run, up to their closing price of 16.35. That’s a 263% swing in less than a week!

ESPR traded up just shy of $110 in the premarket this morning. We will also want to keep a close eye on the 04/17 $100-110 Calls should the stock continue its upward trend through to next week.

Extended Watchlist:
TXMD, FXCM, RPRX, WBAI, ONVO