Month: September 2013

HNR, CETV & Extended Watchlist

Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. HNR

HNR set off our scanner this morning as this energy stock appears to be gapping up heavily in pre-market trading. Harvest announced this morning that it had entered into negotiations to sell the company’s Venezuelan assets, and spin off its remaining assets into a new company, a move that the CEO believes the proposed sale “affords the Company and its shareholders the ability to reap the benefits of our exceptional portfolio in the near term.” We’ll certainly be watching, as HNR is currently up 35% (a/o 8:30am).

In addition to this morning’s press release (below), the company will be holding a conference call tomorrow for anyone interested in learning more about the proposed transaction and its ramifications. To access the conference call, dial 800-344-6698 or 785-830-7979, five to ten minutes prior to the start time. At that time you will be asked to provide the conference number, which is 3073565. A recording of the conference call will also be available for replay at 719-457-0820, passcode 3073565 through September 17, 2013.

HOUSTON, Sept. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: HNR) today announced it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Pluspetrol Venezuela S.A., an entity belonging to one of the leading exploration and production companies in Latin America, to sell the outstanding shares of Harvest. >>> FULL REPORT

CEM Enterprises  CETV

We first called CETV on May 10th after it popped up on our Form-4 scan. At the time it was trading at 2.67, and in the roughly four months since that time, it has yet to dip below that price.

We are placing it back on watch for further gains as it is approaching its recent high of 4.85 (reached at the end of August), which represented a gain of 82% from our bottom. We’re interested to see if the stock can now break past that previous swing high for added gains. Conditions on the chart suggest this as a possibility, as you can see, the RSI is rumbling toward the powerzone, we have a potential Golden Cross of the 50 & 200DMA currently setting up.

Extended Watchlist:
AQUM, VTUS, PSTI, DVAX

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: FREE & Extended Watchlist

FreeSeas, Inc. FREE

FREE set off our volume scanners yesterday, a stock that had recently been trading in the .17-.26 range until a surge of buying pushed it through a triple top, breaking recent resistance at the 50DMA with authority.

Whenever our searches turn up a momentous play like this one, we have to give it our attention. As we pointed out on the chart below, the next areas of resistance come at .33 and .38, and other indicators appear to be favorable. FREE is definitely going to be on our watchlists as we cruise into midweek.


Extended Watchlist:
PLUG, INO, DRYS, LLEN, NEWL, NVIV

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: FB & AAPL Options, INO, NOK, ZQK

Facebook FB OptionsThe FB 09/13 $41 Calls first appeared in our reports on September 4th, as we stated: “…if FB can breakout to $45 by next Friday, we could be looking at multi-bag gains from these contracts.” While we fell just shy of our target by .39 at Friday’s high of 44.61, the price action on those calls was still enough to provide us with those multi-bag gains with a whole trading week still remaining until expiration! So far, from their low following our 09/04 alert at 1.29, we saw a subsequent push to 3.80, good for a gain of 251% over a period of just a couple of days.

We’re going to remain bullish on these $41 Calls as we head into Friday’s expiration, as we think the chances are fair that FB as a whole remains on a general uptrend. It could lead us to move up on our strike price and contract duration as well. The 09/21 $45 Calls closed at .82 on Friday, and if Facebook does continue its upward momentum, those are likely to be the next contracts that will catch our interest.

Apple (AAPL) Options

There has been much speculation surrounding the possible focus of Apple’s big event tomorrow, which is widely believed to be an unveiling of the new iPhone 5S, although there have been no confirmations. Whenever a situation like this comes along, we always try to stay ready to advantage wherever possible. The public’s reaction to tomorrow’s event will determine our reaction in playing the Apple options chain. A successful reception and subsequent rise in PPS would obviously draw our attention to the Calls, while a disappointing result would force us to look at the Puts.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. INO

We’ve been hot on the trail of INO since the beginning of July, when the stock was trading below a dollar (.7953 at its low). Within a month of that, by early August the stock had hit 3.03, which represented a move of 281%

We reminded everyone on August 23rd that we were observing higher highs and higher lows after the subsequent consolidation ( to a low of 1.60). Then on Friday, sent another reminder that INO was beginning to bounce back. We then saw a run back to 2.45, which marked a gain of 53%

This morning, the stock hit a high of 2.85 in pre-market trading, and trades are currently going off in the low 2.70’s.

Nokia Corp. NOK

Another stock that has done extremely well for us over an extended period is Nokia (NOK), especially recently, as its shares price ballooned on news that Microsoft had acquired its devices division as well as licensing rights to several of its patents. We’ve been following this stock for over a year now, and in that time we’ve seen a low of 1.91 run all the way up to recent highs in the high 5.50’s, a move of over 190%

Quiksilver, Inc. ZQKZQK appeared in Friday’s extended watchlist following release of an earnings report. After establishing a low at 5.99, the stock ran as high as  7.09, granting us the chance at an 18% intraday gain.

Extended Watchlist:
EXMT, BBRY, BLRX, UNIS, CLSN, MNTG