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SMPL Update, Form-4 Alert

The Simply Good Foods Co. SMPL – Options Review
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On Thursday morning, SMPL was among the fresh options trading targets that we had mentioned in our premarket report. We were looking specifically at the SMPL 08/21 $20-22.50 Calls.

Despite it being one of our relatively rare longer-term swing-trade ideas, with tons of time remaining until expiration, we did see some early gains right off the bat from those plays as the week drew to a close.

08/21 $20-22.50 Calls
$20: 1.50-2.20 (+47%)
$22.50: .70-1.30 (+86%)

We’ll certainly continue to have these targets on watch in the weeks and months ahead, it was good to see some instantaneous opportunity arise.
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Fresh Ideas:
SPY Weekly $284-286 Calls

AxoGen Inc. AXGN – Form-4 Alert

We would also like to make mention of AXGN this morning. which we caught sight of during a routine Form-4 scan. We’ve got the CEO picking up shares and adding to his already considerable position just as the stock was preparing to register new annual lows.

We generally like to put stocks in this situation on watch, and will be anxiously awaiting the company’s quarterly results due in roughly two weeks.

Extended Watchlist:
DMAN, KNOS, PCTL, OWCP, HUTMF, NBY, AVCT, EROS, CYCC, TRNX,

Incredible Options Trading Week!

Another Big Options Trading Week
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UnitedHealth Group, Inc. UNH – We were just reporting on the solid gains made by our UNH idea yesterday, the UNH Weekly $270-277.50 Calls. It was a see-saw kind of a day for the markets at large, but there was still plenty of opportunity for us to increase our observed ranges on these plays since we began tracking them Wednesday morning:

UNH Weekly $270-277.50 Calls
$270: 6.00-26.50 (+342%)
$272.50: 4.21-26.00 (+518%)
$275: 3.30-20.00 (+506%)
$277.50: 2.39-21.40 (+795%)

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Johnson & Johnson JNJ – We’ve also been following the JNJ 09/18 $150-155 Calls since last Tuesday morning, and like the play above, are returning for the second straight day to highlight the impressive gains we’ve witnessed thus far:

JNJ 09/18 $150-155 Calls
$150: 2.90-10.17 (+251%)
$155: 2.27-7.50 (+230%)
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The success with our options calls just kept coming this week, and that includes a pair of our ideas that were fresh for yesterday morning. We signaled interest in calls in the ABT and TSM chains, and saw some really nice moves there as well.

ABT Weekly $90-92.50 Calls
$90: 2.00-7.10 (+255%)
$92.50: .85-5.00 (+488%)
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TSM Weekly $50-52 Calls
$50: 1.86-3.16 (+70%)
$50.50:1.55-2.50 (+61%)
$51: 1.30-2.15 (+65%)
$51.50: .57-1.70 (+198%)
$52: .65-1.26 (+94%)

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More Fresh Ideas:
STT Weekly $60-65 Calls*
KSU Weekly $136-140 Calls*

*Never trade options with a weekly expiration on Friday unless you’re an expert level trader with access to disposable funds!

Moderna Inc. MRNA

We began tracking MRNA at the end of February, initially tagging the stock on February 27th and then again on March 16th. After seeing a low of 19.31 following that report, MRNA has been making steady headway in its run up the chart which has persisted for more than a month now.

Yesterday we saw a new recorded high of 41.55, which represents an overall increase of 115% since we began following the activity in MRNA.

Extended Watchlist:
CBDL, TURV, CNBX, DECN, GLGI, PWRMF, SBES, PCTL

4-Pack of Fresh Options Ideas

Options Updates

Despite a one day disruption on Tuesday to our near-perfect trading day attendance record over the last ten years, we got right back in the saddle yesterday, and back to full strength. We highlighted some possible options opportunities in yesterday morning’s newsletter, and among those were the UNH Weekly $270-277.50 Calls & the SPY Weekly $280-276 Puts.

UNH Weekly $270-277.50 Calls
$270: 6.00-13.11 (+119%)
$272.50: 4.21-11.15 (+167%)
$275: 3.30-8.99 (+172%)
$277.50: 2.39-7.50 (+214%)
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SPY Weekly $280-276 Puts
$280: 4.76-6.51 (+37%)
$279: 4.26-5.83 (+37%)
$278: 3.82-5.30 (+39%)
$277: 3.36-4.78 (+42%)
$276: 3.01-4.29 (+43%)
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We’ve also been tracking a longer-term set of ideas in the Johnson & Johnson chain, the JNJ 09/18 $150-155 Calls. The stock has been on a steady incline since we flagged this play last Tuesday morning, leading to the following moves:

JNJ 09/18 $150-155 Calls
$150: 2.90-9.00 (+210%)
$155: 2.27-6.70 (+195%)

Fresh Options Ideas

ABT Weekly $90-92.50 Calls
BBBY Weekly $4.50-5.50 Calls
TSM Weekly $50-52 Calls
SMPL 08/21 $20-22.50 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
SPXA, OZSC, GCAN, TLSS, GRNF, EDNT, SNGX, DYNT, XNET, VGTL

Back to Work! Fresh Options Ideas

Special Notice:

Due to severe weather on the East coast earlier this week our chief editor was without power and we were unable to send out our newsletter yesterday. We apologize for that, and most of our readers know that it is very unlikely that we ever miss a beat. It was perhaps only the second trading day in our 10 year history where we were unable to publish a premarket report. We are now full operational once again, and back to business as usual!

In the meantime, we did put out some ideas in our live Skype traders chat yesterday with respect to ROKU calls and SPY calls that both worked out well. See below for instructions on how to access the live traders chatroom. Today it appears as though the markets are giving back some of the gains we saw yesterday and the week prior.

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

UNH Is bucking the overall market trend gapping up on following an earnings release, we are going to want to pay close attention to the UNH Weekly $270-277.50 Calls for the remainder of this week!
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Other Ideas:
SPY Weekly $280-276 Puts
C Weekly $45-43 Puts
BAC Weekly $24-22.50 Puts

Added Note:

We have been seeing a massive boost of new subscribers in recent weeks, with more people at home, and still more who are simply trying to maximize their trading opportunities during this difficult time. Regardless of your reasoning for joining our ranks, we would like to offer you a big ‘Welcome to the Family’, and encourage all newcomers to take advantage of our live daily traders chats on Skype (Send contact request to “stocksumo”)

Extended Watchlist:
NMHLY, CGOL, HYSR, PALAF, AGTK, GCEI, GLUC, EMMA

Kicking Off a Fresh Trading Week

Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull 2X Shares (ETF) GUSH

On Wednesday morning, we tagged GUSH for observation, and after just a few sessions , it came up off Wednesday’s low at 20.37 fairly convincingly.

On Thursday, this fund ran to a new high of 29.25, which marked a two-session upswing totaling a relatively modest yet respectable 44% increase. We will continue to monitor GUSH, which was a $500/share fund just six weeks ago.

Levi Strauss & Co. LEVI – Options Update

We signaled a range of LEVI calls last week, also on Wednesday, in the LEVI 04/17 $12-13 Calls, and saw some solid gains from those ideas in the final two days of the short week. Both contract sets experienced multi-bag gains as follows:

LEVI 04/17 $12-13 Calls
$12:.80-2.55 (+150%)
$13: .30-1.70 (+283%)

These plays expire on Friday, so we’ll leave them on the radar to see what they have in store for this fresh trading week.
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Fresh Options Ideas:
SRC 05/15 $35-40 Calls
GILD Weekly $74.50-76 Calls