Bucking the Trend with Options

Big Time Options Success: 

Despite the markets sliding over the Russia-Ukraine conflict anxieties, we managed to round up a fair few options winners in our premarket report yesterday morning. Only one longer term idea failed to instantly materialize, with all of our quick strike options plays posting solid gains on the day.

Not only do we have updates on those targets, but we also have a recap of our idea on PBR in Tuesday’s report, so the figures we have to present here are from the TJX Weekly $65-63 Puts, the PANW Weekly $495-505 Calls, the LOW Weekly $217.50-222.50 Calls, the OSTK Weekly $41-44 Calls, and the PBR Weekly $14-15 Calls.

Here are the moves posted and the total possible gains for traders who were in the mix:

TJX Weekly $65-63 Puts
$65: 1.00-3.21 (+221%)
$64: .70-2.74 (+291%)
$63: .50-1.90 (+280%)
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PANW Weekly $495-505 Calls
$495: 1.60-4.51 (+182%)
$497.50: 1.95-3.55 (+82%)
$500: 1.16-3.31 (+185%)
$505: .90-2.20 (+144%)
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LOW Weekly $217.50-222.50 Calls
$217.50: 6.22-10.90 (+75%)
$220: 4.45-8.80 (+98%)
$222.50: 3.30-7.00 (+112%)
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OSTK Weekly $41-44 Calls 
$41: 5.22-9.20 (+76%)
$42: 4.35-8.83 (+102%)
$43: 3.70-8.50 (+130%)
$44: 3.34-6.51 (+95%)
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PBR Weekly $14-15 Calls
$14: .43-.82 (+91%)
$14.50: .22-.45 (+105%)
$15: .11-.23 (+109%)


Fresh Options:
BABA Weekly $108-105 Puts
MRNA Weekly $127-131 Calls
SPY 02/24 $416-414 Puts*

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


Extended Watchlist:
INDO, CEI, IMPP, USWS, ENSV, BOIL, PHIL, ICOA, VYST, CGSI, 

5 Sets of Options Ideas & More

Options Reviews: 

First item on our to-do list this morning is to review our winning options ideas from yesterday morning’s premarket report. Two of our designated sets of potential trading targets turned in multibag performances on the day, in what was a session of mixed results for the markets in general.

Our winning selections were the HD Weekly $342.50-335 Puts, and the DWAC Weekly $92-96 Calls, which both came off of the daily earnings play list. We went short on Home Depot and long on DWAC, and here were the intraday results on those ideas:

HD Weekly $342.50-335 Puts
$342.50:
 10.63-29.87 (+181%)
$340: 7.80-27.44 (+252%)
$337.50: 8.25-23.35 (+183%)
$335: 5.00-21.10 (+322%)
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DWAC Weekly $92-96 Calls
$92: 3.50-7.50 (+114%)
$93: 3.25-7.00 (+100%)
$94: 3.10-6.83 (+120%)
$95: 2.87-6.33 (+121%)
$96: 2.60-5.78 (+122%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
AWK 3/18 $150-155 Calls
TJX Weekly $65-63 Puts
LOW Weekly $217.50-222.50 Calls
PANW Weekly $495-505 Calls
OSTK Weekly $41-44 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
REVB, IMPP, INDO, MULN, TEN, ICOA, INND, NXMR, ZNOG, 

Big Name Earnings Reporters & More

TJX, LOW Options Recap:

We’re cruising right along on the options front this week, with the earnings calendar having presented us with a lot to look at each morning. Today looks to be no different with several big name reporters on the slate.

First, we’ll go over the activity in the new ideas we formulated in yesterday morning’s premarket report, which produced a few winners. Apart from the BIDU Calls we were watching which weren’t very impressive, we were tracking the TJX Weekly $71-73 Calls, and the LOW Weekly $250-255 Calls, both of which produced significant intraday movement and profit opportunity.

Here are the ranges and total possible gains that could have been realized on the day:

TJX Weekly $71-73 Calls
$71:
 3.75-5.50 (+47%)
$72: 3.01-4.55 (+51%)
$72.50: 2.41-4.00 (+66%)
$73: 2.06-3.60 (+75%)
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LOW Weekly $250-255 Calls
$250: .99-2.46 (+148%)
$252.50: .65-1.50 (+131%)
$255: .46-.95 (+107%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
NVDA Weekly $312.50-317.50 Calls
KSS Weekly $60-62 Calls
VSCO Weekly $50-55 Calls
M Weekly $31-33 Calls


Extended Watchlist: 
GTLL, AHFD, EVTV, TGGI, VYGVF, SEV, CRDF, RAAS, DRNA