Month: February 2020

New Highs to Report

More New Highs for Biotechs

Essentially every play we’ve been tracking that is in any way related to medical/biotech have been setting new highs as fast as we can update them. The coronavirus hysteria, along with an underlying need for a market correction is producing some incredible effects.  Here are the new highs on such stocks on our watchlist.

Co-Diagnostic Inc. CODX – As we were mentioning yesterday, we’ve been on the trail of CODX since the end of last month, at which time we observed a low of 1.52. Yesterday, just as we cautioned it would, the stock reached as high as 19.67. That extends our observed range on this play to 1194%
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Vaxart Inc. VXRT – Another coronavirus play we’ve been watching has been VXRT, beginning on January 31st  at a low of .956, and there is an impressive new high to report here as well,. The stock hit 3.40 yesterday, which brings our total possible gains on VXRT to 256%
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iBio, Inc. IBIO – Lastly, is a stock we placed on watch just a shade under three months ago, in IBIO. Subsequent to our tag on 12/05, we observed a low of .189 in IBIO, which has given way to a new high of .887 this week as viral virus fears continue to sweep the investment community. That represents a gain of 369%

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Fresh Options Ideas: 
SPY 03/13 $298-301 Calls

Panic Buying/Selling Goes Viral

Co-Diagnostic Inc. CODX – Review

The last time we mentioned CODX in one of our reports was toward the end of last month, and at the time the coronavirus was not inspiring as much fear as it is presently, but the stock had still already begun to trade high volume and edge upward.

Now, with the CDC warning of a potential pandemic, even as some public officials attempt to downplay the significance, fear-buying has driven up stocks like CODX, which happened to be the #2 gainer on the NASDAQ yesterday. It enabled new highs for us, and we’ve now seen CODX run from a low of 1.52 up to 10.89 in just over a month’s time! That’s a fantastic increase of 616%

The stock has broken $14 in the premarket, so our observed range stands to increase significantly today.

Vaxart Inc. VXRT

Speaking of coronavirus plays, we signaled VXRT on January 31st and promptly provided an update this month on the 4th, and it too has enjoyed a fear-powered run up the chart.

Our initially observed low on this play was .956, and as of yesterday’s new high of 1.91 that works out to an upswing of 99% With the stock on the verge of hurtling upward into blue skies, (over $2 in the premarket) we’re going to want to continue to keep an eye peeled for further activity.

Fresh Options Ideas:
SQ Weekly $78-80.50 Calls
MAR Weekly $120-117 Puts 

Extended Watchlist:
PXYN, MRNA, TNXP, INO, LMPX, SIX, 

Success, Despite Market Troubles

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. PANW  – Update

In addition to the PANW Weekly $240-235 Puts we highlighted on Monday, yesterday we cast an even wider net in modifying our strike area to include the $210-200 Puts.

Thanks to the 3rd biggest single-session loss in DOW history, we’ve got all new highs on each and every contract we’ve been tracking.

PANW Weekly $240-235 Puts
$240: 10.11-43.37 (+329%)
$237.50: 8.85-41.61 (+370%)
$235: 7.75-43.00 (+455%)

$210-200 Puts
$210: 8.65-16.50 (+91%)
$207.50: 6.06-14.52 (+140%)
$205: 5.02-12.15 (+142%)
$200: 2.08-8.75 (+321%)
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Fresh Ideas:
TJX Weekly $62.50-65 Calls
LOW Weekly $119-121 Calls 

Genprex, Inc. GNPX

Our regular readers should recall our recent coverage of GNPX, which we initially slated for observation in our report on on January 6th, when the stock was trading for a little as .29. We were recently commenting on its incredible performance just last week.

Despite some of the worst days for the market in its history, GNPX has managed to set new highs once again, yesterday reaching 7.03. From our observed low of less than two months ago, that represents an a stellar overall increase of 2324%

iQSTEL, Inc. IQST

We also wanted to relay the new high set by IQST, which we had just signaled on Monday morning, and updated readers on yesterday morning. From our low of .1483, the stock soared to .5174, registering as a total two-day gain of 249%

IQST also has news out today, so we’ll keep it on our radar jedhbdhuj

Options Reviews, Fresh Ideas

Reviewing Yesterday’s Puts 

We warned of the bearish session that we had incoming, in our premarket report yesterday, and featured some puts in the chains of plays with upcoming earnings. We had signaled the INTU Weekly $290-287.50 Puts as well as the PANW Weekly $240-235 Puts.

Here were the modest, yet respectable, single session gain opportunities provided by those two targets, which were available to ourselves and our readers:

INTU Weekly $290-287.50 Puts
$290: 8.61-10.91 (+27%)
$287.50: 7.30-8.90 (+22%)

PANW Weekly $240-235 Puts
$240: 10.11-12.70 (+26%)
$237.50: 8.85-10.75 (+21%)
$235: 7.75-10.08 (+30%)

Important: We want to update these ideas today, flipping over to the bullish side of the fence on the INTU $287.50-292.50 Calls, and modifying our strike area on PANW with the $210-200 Puts
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Fresh Ideas:
HD Weekly $245-250 Calls
KEYS Weekly $95-100 Calls 

OTC Updates

Given the turbulent forecast for the markets at large yesterday, our extended watchlist was comprised solely of stocks listed on the OTC Markets. When the big boards are suffering, it’s often a good idea to track OTC activity, which is typically heightened during these periods. We got nice daily moves out of both IQST and HDII.

iQSTEL, Inc. IQST
Range: .1483-.33 | Gain: 123%

Hypertension Diagnostic, Inc. HDII
Range: .0205-.0349 | Gain: 70%

Using Market Fears for Added Leverage

Deere & Co. DE 

We had a pair of options ideas set for the Deere chain in Friday’s premarket report, and despite the markets getting rocked, they managed some fantastic multi-bag gains for ourselves and our readers.

The targets were the Deere & Co. DE Weekly $175-177.50 Calls, and both contract sets recorded stupendous gains as the stock bucked the overall trend of the day.

DE Weekly $175-177.50 Calls
$175: 2.27-7.00 (+208%)
$177.50: .99-4.57 (+362%)

Fresh Options Ideas

The markets appear to be headed for another difficult session due to continued coronavirus fears among other things, so our fresh options ideas today will be bearish, with the exception of SON, which is exhibiting a good technical setup to put it on longer term watch for a possible rebound in the weeks and months ahead.

INTU Weekly $290-287.50 Puts
PANW Weekly $240-235 Puts
SON 04/17 $55-60 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
IQST, HDII, FNHI, SPOM, SESI, TOCA, NVNT