Blue Horseshoe Stocks: AMPG Update & More

OPTIONS RECAPAfter recapping the excellent success we had with Friday’s options ideas in yesterday’s morning report, we formulated an idea for the SPY to correspond to Friday’s extremely bullish close of the markets.

We had designated the SPY 04/29 $292.50-293.50 Calls to watch for yesterday, and we are happy to report that gains on this one-day idea were certainly available for anyone who caught our alert, and those were as follows:

$292.50 Calls – Range: 1.16-1.91 – Max Gain: 65%
$293 Calls – Range: .57-1.45 – Max Gain: 154%
$293.50 Calls – Range: .35-.95  – Max Gain: 171%
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FRESH OPTIONS IDEAS:
STX Weekly $46.50-47.50 Calls
GE Weekly $10 Calls


AmpliTech Group, Inc. AMPGWe also wanted to track back to AMPG, which we profiled at the beginning of last month (>>View Report). The company recently added an independent director, with a wealth of related experience, and we feel the company has made an excellent choice.
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On April 25, 2019, Wayne Homschek was appointed as a director of Amplitech Group, Inc Mr. Homschek is independent using the definition of independence under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(a)(2) and the standards established by the SEC. Therefore, the Company intends to appoint Mr. Homschek as chairman of the audit committee, compensation committee and nominating committee on the formation thereof.

Wayne Homschek has been a Managing Director at Bentley Associates L.P. (“Bentley”), a New York based boutique investment bank specializing in mergers and acquisitions and private financings, since 2015.  Mr Homschek currently sits on the Board of AR Orthopedic Holdings, LLC, a private-equity backed life sciences company. Prior to joining Bentley, Mr Homschek founded and grew a multinational hospitality company (from 2003 to 2014), growing the company to over $50mm in sales during his tenure.  Mr Homschek began his career in investment banking at the Prudential Investment Corporation in 1987 in New York, was transferred to Sydney, Australia in 1989, and moved to Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup in 1998, where he ran the firm’s Australasian telecom, media and technology franchise until 2002. (>>View Full 8-K)

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Stay tuned for further coverage on AMPG, which is now trading significantly higher than where it was when we first came across it, and continuing to gear up for a fruitful 2019. 


Extended Watchlist:
VERB, HEB, HSGX, YUMC, PINS, ZYNE, VRNS, NXPI

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: MMM Update & More

3M Co. MMM – Update

Fresh for yesterday morning’s report, we decided to highlight some MMM calls on the heels of the company’s earnings report, so we put the MMM Weekly $195-202.50 Calls on the radar.

Thanks to a solid intraday performance wherein the stock ran from a low of 194.20-199.89, there were some huge intraday moves from for traders to take advantage of promptly following the opening bell, which were as follows:

$195 Calls – Range: 2.24-6.00 – Max Gain: 168%
$197.50 Calls – Range: .67-4.34 – Max Gain: 548%
$200 Calls – Range: .71-2.80 – Max Gain: 294%
$202.50 Calls – Range: .27-1.55 – Max Gain: 474%

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Fresh Options Ideas:
AAPL Weekly $160-162.50 Calls
SPY Weekly $264-265.50 Calls



TrovaGene, Inc. TROV – Review

We last mentioned TROV on December 18th, and at the time the stock was trading down to an annual low of .503. Since then, we’ve seen a slow and steady recovery, which was kicked into a higher gear yesterday following news of Trovagene and PoC Capital entering an agreement to fund the development of Onvansertib in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

The stock ended up hitting .73, marking a 45% rise since we mentioned it. We will want to continue monitoring TROV for further advances from this point forward.


Extended Watchlist:
STAF, CREG, CRMD, EKSO, RGS, CLF, TOPS, WFT, ZYNE, IBN

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: DRI Recap & More

General Mills, Inc. GS

First up today, we are taking a look at General Mills following the company’s solid quarterly figures on earnings and profits released here in the premarket.

The stock itself has gotten badly beaten up recently, as have most stocks in what is shaping up to be a very turbulent finish to 2018. However, the strong numbers reported could be just the catalyst to effect a convincing reversal. We’re going to be waiting in the wings with our eye on the GIS Weekly $37.50 Calls to try to take advantage of the situation.


Darden Restaurants, Inc. DRI

We highlighted some calls in the DRI chain yesterday, the DRI Weekly $95-105 Calls. Of those three sets of contracts, we got some very nice activity from two out of the three. While the $95’s were too far in the money, the $100’s and the $105’s fared quite well.

The $100 Calls traded up from a low of 2.85 and hit an even 5.00 for a gain of 75% and the  $105’s surged from .65-1.60, producing a gain opportunity of up to 146%


Extended Watchlist:
DFFN, OHRP, ADIL, HEAR, YUMA, CCJ, TROV, ZYNE, RIOT,
MU($31-32 Calls)