January 2026 - Blue Horseshoe Stocks

Options Review, 6-Pack of Fresh Targets

Thursday’s Options Recap:

First thing’s first this morning, we need to apologize for lack of a report for yesterday’s session. We were experiencing a power outage due to the massive winter storm that swept across the eastern half of the country over the weekend. But we’re back in the saddle today, hopefully to hit the ground running on another solid trading week. We had four possible plays that we highlighted for Friday’s session, and we’ll go over those before we jump into some new ideas today.

Friday’s premarket report contained the INTC Weekly $48.50-47.50 Puts, the ISRG Weekly $540-542.50 Puts, the CSX Weekly $35.50 Calls, and the AA Weekly $62 Puts. The best moves those targets exhibited on the day were as follows:

INTC Weekly $48.50-47.50 Puts
$48.50: 1.12-4.05 (+262%)
$48: 1.00-3.50 (+250%)
$47.50: .72-3.00 (+317%)
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ISRG Weekly $540-542.50 Puts
$540: 16.30-19.81 (+22%)
$542.50: 8.28-18.62 (+125%)
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CSX Weekly $35.50 Calls
$35.50: 1.15-1.95 (+70%)
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AA Weekly $62 Puts
$62: 1.63-2.30 (+41%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 01/27 $693-694 Calls*
BRO Weekly $75 Puts
UNH Weekly $300-295 Puts
RTX Weekly $200 Calls
BA Weekly $245 Puts
UPS Weekly $108 Calls

*Only experienced options traders should attempt to trade contracts on their expiration day

Extended Watchlist:
XTKG, NUWE, HIND, PHGE, IVF, BAZI, CYN, GNTA, NAMM

Thursday’s Movers, 4 Ideas for Friday

Thursday’s Options Recap:

Thursday’s slate of possible plays fared quite well following our premarket report for the day yesterday. We offered up potential targets in four chains, and all of them turned up with double-bag intraday upswings or better.

We had the SPY 01/22 $687-689 Calls, the GE Weekly $312.50-310 Puts, the PG Weekly $145 Puts, and the ABT Weekly $115-113 Puts. These were the biggest moves each of those contracts recorded on Thursday:

SPY 01/22 $687-689 Calls
$687: 1.58-4.20 (+166%)
$688: 1.09-3.25 (+198%)
$689: .72-2.31 (+221%)
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GE Weekly $312.50-310 Puts
$312.50: 8.00-16.10 (+101%)
$310: 4.00-15.00 (+275%)
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PG Weekly $145 Puts
$145: .08-.18 (+125%)
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ABT Weekly $115-113 Puts
$115: 2.99-6.39 (+114%)
$114: 1.90-5.67 (+198%)
$113: 1.19-4.66 (+292%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
INTC Weekly $48.50-47.50 Puts*
ISRG Weekly $540-542.50 Puts*
CSX Weekly $35.50 Calls*
AA Weekly $62 Puts*

*Only experienced options traders should attempt to trade contracts on their expiration day

Extended Watchlist:
MOVE, DRCT, DGNX, KUST, RVYL, BGL, REVB, BNAI, LIF, AIIO, YYAI

Wednesday’s Winners, 4 Fresh Ideas

Options Review:

Wednesday shaped up to be another fantastic day for the options plays we were looking at in our premarket report for the session. We had a trio of potential targets lined up, and all three of them produced some nice intraday movement.

Our list consisted of the NFLX Weekly $82-81 Puts, the UAL Weekly $110-112 Calls, and the JNJ Weekly $215-212.50 Puts, and here were their best swings of the day:

NFLX Weekly $82-81 Puts
$82: .28-.74 (+164%)
$81: .17-.44 (+159%)
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UAL Weekly $110-112 Calls
$110: 1.75-2.72 (+55%)
$111: 1.08-2.70 (+150%)
$112: .90-2.19 (+143%)
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JNJ Weekly $215-212.50 Puts
$215: 1.06-2.80 (+164%)
$212.50: .66-1.45 (+120%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 01/22 $687-689 Calls*
GE Weekly $312.50-310 Puts
PG Weekly $145 Puts
ABT Weekly $115-113 Puts
*Only experienced options traders should attempt to trade contracts on their expiration day

Extended Watchlist:
SXTP, IOTR, HCTI, NITO, GLSI, PSQH, ANPA, ROLR

Tuesday’s Runners, 3 New Possibilities

Tuesday in Review:

Things started off very well for this holiday-shortened trading week yesterday. We formulated four potential targets for our premarket report. for Tuesday’s session, and were not disappointed in the results. Everything worked out, to varying degrees, with our 3M Puts being the most impressive runners on the day.

On the whole, we had put the MMM Weekly $160 Puts, the USB Weekly $55 Calls, the FAST Weekly $42.50 Puts, and the UMC 02/20 $11 Calls on our radar, and the best upswings from each target was as follows:

MMM Weekly $160 Puts
$160: 1.32-7.00 (+430%)
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USB Weekly $55 Calls
$55: .29-.80 (+176%)
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FAST Weekly $42.50 Puts
$42.50: 1.35-2.05 (+52%)
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UMC 02/20 $11 Calls
$11: .35-1.00 (+186%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
NFLX Weekly $82-81 Puts
UAL Weekly $110-112 Calls
JNJ Weekly $215-212.50 Puts

Extended Watchlist:
SLJB, PAVM, LSTA, BOXL, PAPL, IMTE, BNAI, MLEC, GORO, ADTX, NAMM

4 New Ideas to Kick Off the Short Week

Friday’s Runners:

We ended the trading week on Friday with a great performance from the options plays we hashed out in our premarket report. We had offered up a slate of five possible targets, and the intraday gains we witnessed were across the board, and some of them were really incredible movers.

We had the SPY 01/16 $693 Calls, the MU Weekly $350-352.50 Calls, the JBHT Weekly $200 Puts, the PNC Weekly $222.50-225 Calls, and the NVO Weekly $59 Calls:

SPY 01/16 $693 Calls
$693: .27-1.06 (+293%)
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MU Weekly $350-352.50 Calls
$350: 3.50-12.71 (+263%)
$352.50: 1.95-9.93 (+309%)
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JBHT Weekly $200 Puts
$200: .01-.30 (+2900%)
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PNC Weekly $222.50-225 Calls
$222.50: .70-1.90 (+171%)
$225: .05-.45 (+800%)
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NVO Weekly $59 Calls
$59: .43-3.50 (+714%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
MMM Weekly $160 Puts
USB Weekly $55 Calls
FAST Weekly $42.50 Puts
UMC 02/20 $11 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
IVF, SHPH, TWG, BTTC, RAPT, CCHH, CRVS, ICON, ATON, POLA