Fresh Options Ideas & More

Options Ideas – Form-4 Plays:

We do typically like to stick with options plays that coincide with big name earnings reporters, but we always like to scan for Form-4’s (insider transactions) and formulate ideas in those instances where we like the chart setup.

We’ve got a couple of potential targets which fit that bill with huge amounts of shares being soaked up in ASAN last week, and a large $10M block being purchased in PFSI yesterday. These transactions give us at least a reasonable confidence that those involved believe that the future looks brighter than the present.

ASAN 01/21 $110-120 Calls
PFSI 12/17 $65 Calls 


Options Ideas – Earnings Plays: 

Of course we don’t want to leave out our bread and butter, so we’ve also taken a look at what the earnings calendar has to offer this morning.

Build-A-Bear and Ambarella are a couple in that category that our catching our eye today, so we’ll hash up some ideas for those as well:

BBW 12/17 $17.50 Calls
AMBA Weekly $197.50-207.50 Calls 


Extended Watchlist:
OP, ARDX, VBIV, AUVI, SLHG, WORX, TGTX, FNMA, FMCC, INND, APHLF, ZNOG, CGAC, BTZI, IWAL, HVCW

Bottom Plays for the New Year

Conn’s Inc. CONN – Potential Bottom-Play

We hope everyone enjoyed their day off yesterday. We expect a very subdued finish to this holiday shortened week, if history is any indicator, we’ve got just a brief idea to submit this morning. It’s a longer-term recovery play, so if you’re not getting around to reading this report right away, no big deal, We’re going to be tracking this one for awhile.

The CONN chart shows the heavily oversold stock currently sitting at a firmly established bottom with a large gap on the chart to the upside. This is the precise setup we’re always looking out for, and we are going to place the CONN 04/17 $13-16 Calls on watch along with the stock itself into the New Year.
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Other Possible Bottom-Bounce Candidates:
AKRX, SIEB, MITO


Extended Watchlist:
OWCP, VBIV, PRVB, TCCO

T Options & More

Intel Corp. INTC – Recap 

To close out the trading week on Friday, we submitted a final daytrading idea for the Intel options chain. Our targets of interest were the INTC Weekly $52.50-54 Calls, and with the help of a solid day for stocks in general, and an upswing on the chart of more than 2.50, we saw some nice moves out of those contracts.

The total possible daily profits that were available to ourselves and our readers by way of INTC were as follows:

$52.50 Calls – Range: 1.41-4.15 – Max Gain: 194%
$53 Calls – Range: 1.16-3.61 – Max Gain: 211%
$53.50 Calls – Range: .67-3.48 – Max Gain: 419%
$54 Calls – Range: .50-2.59 – Max Gain: 418%


AT&T Inc. T – Fresh Idea

After this morning’s earnings beat, along with a board shakeup and new capital allocation plan that involves the sale of billions in assets over the next year, T is among top options day-trade candidates, as it is surging in the premarket.

We’re going to tag the T Weekly $37-38.50 Calls for observation as we kick off what promises to be a very interesting week for stocks and options alike!


Extended Watchlist:
ARSN, FTWS, SUTI, VBIV, TTS, INPX