Blue Horseshoe Stocks

Playing Yet Another Market Reversal

Fresh Options Ideas

We’ve been playing the markets like a fiddle throughout one of the most volatile periods in history, taking advantage of the see-sawing back and forth, and having been able to deliver multi-bag gainers to our readers. Yesterday was no exception.

After Monday’s historic selloff, we turned right around yesterday and fearlessly placed some SPY Calls on watch, which provided instant returns for us.

SPY Weekly $285-288 Calls
$285: 3.00-8.74 (+191%)
$286: 2.70-8.08 (+199%)
$287: 2.43-7.61 (+213%)
$287.50: 2.26-7.31 (+223%)
$288: 2.25-7.04 (+213%)

We seem on track to see another reversal and down day for stocks today, so we’re going to want to reverse our position and signal interest in the SPY Weekly 282-279 Puts to try to stay in sync with the erratic pulse of the markets.

Aytu BioScience, Inc AYTU

We spotted AYTU in the premarket yesterday, including it in our morning report, and the stock put up the number one performance on the NASDAQ for the day. This was as the company secured the US rights to distribute a rapid point-of-care coronavirus test.

From a low of .91 AYTU reached 2.99, marking an intraday pop of 229% The company did, however, throw a wrench into the works in terms of continuing that run this morning, as they announced a huge $9M direct offering today, which will likely counteract any chance the stock had at stringing together some more nice gains of a similar magnitude.

Short-Term Traders Unphased by Virus

Novint Technologies, Inc. NVNT

As we were just mentioning yesterday morning, the OTC often becomes a haven from uncertainty on the larger exchanges. As the DOW reached terminal velocity in the largest single day loss in history, NVNT, an OTC play we’ve been tracking since nearly the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, enjoyed another solid session of gains.

Subsequent to our initial alert on NVNT last month on the 5th, the stock was trading for as little as .017 a share, and as its newly attained high of .06 yesterday, has risen by a margin of 253%

Fresh Options Ideas

We’ve also got a couple of earnings-related options ideas, as the markets appear ready to regain some of the lost ground from yesterday’s session. Dick’s posted a solid bump of same store sales in their Q4 report, while StitchFix cut guidance on annual sales and profits. We’ll also throw in an idea for the SPY in anticipation of some measure of a rebound for stocks today.

DKS Weekly $36-38 Calls
SFIX Weekly $19-16 Puts
SPY Weekly $285-288 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
ATVI, AYTU, PBR, OVV

Market Volatility Spikes, Creating Opportunity

Inovio Pharmaceuticals INO

It appears the markets are once again getting absolutely hammered this morning, and we are back to focusing on those plays which have been enjoying success amid the coronavirus outbreak. INO is chief among them, largely due to the fact that the company plans to begin human testing of a coronavirus vaccine starting next month.

We tagged this stock for observation back on February 27th, and it has continued to set new highs for us all along the way. From our low of 3.83 INO has now reached 16.00, which works out to total increase of 318%

SPDR S&P500 (ETF) SPY – Recap

We also put forth some SPY Calls in Friday morning’s report, the SPY Weekly $294-295.50 Calls and those produced massive gains in a late day surge, ranging from 900-1100% The market volatility that scares most people, gives short term opportunistic traders like ourselves dollar signs in our eyes, and we’ve been coming up big throughout this very tenuous situation. .

Weekly $294-295.50 Calls
$294: .46-4.70 (+921%)
$295: .30-3.70 (+1133%)
$295.50: .24-3.05 (+1171%)

OTC Watchlist

When big boards get crushed, the OTC becomes something of a haven for traders who are looking for some action during this tumultuous time Here we have a watchlist of some of the ones we’ve been tracking, as well as some new targets to watch.

AGTK, FZRO, IPIX, GRPS, RAFA, NVNT, NUGL, PHOT

Sweeping Options Success

Total Options Success

We have a multitude of options updates for our readers this morning, including new highs for our Campbell’s ideas from Wednesday morning, and the figures from all three of yesterday morning’s fresh options ideas, which all worked out extremely well.

It is a continuation of what has been an incredibly adept playing of the current market conditions. Our readers are welcome to check our record thoughout this time, and any other (Find ALL of our reports easily at BlueHorseshoeStocks.com)

CPB Weekly $49-50.50 Calls
$49: 2.03-4.45 (+119%)
$50: 1.25-3.82 (+206%)
$50.50: .98-2.80 (+186%)
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VIPS Weekly $13.50-14.50 Calls
$13.50: 1.25-2.79 (+123%)
$14: .85-2.90 (+241%)
$14.50: .40-1.95 (+388%)
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MRVL Weekly $23.50-25 Calls
$23.50: 1.10-2.21 (+101%)
$24: .45-1.78 (+296%)
$24.50: .42-1.32 (+214%)
**$25: .01-.95 (+9400%)**
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SPLK Weekly $152.50-149 Puts
$152.50: 5.15-12.80 (+149%)
$150: 3.58-11.00 (+207%)
$149: 3.10-8.79 (+185%)
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Fresh Ideas:
SPY Weekly $294-295.50 Calls*

*Don’t trade weekly options on a Friday unless you are an advanced level trader with access to disposable funds!

Hear AtLast Holdings, Inc. HRAL

We’ve been tagging a lot of OTC stocks for observation in our extended watchlists, as penny plays can often see a rise in activity when uncertainty hits the major markets.

HRAL was the most impressive performer from yesterday’s list, with two distinctive moves on the day, first from .035-.0549 (+57%) and then from .0301-.043 (+43%) works out to cumulative gains of up to 100%

More Pharma Winners

Pharma Updates

Ocular Therapeutics, Inc. OCUL – We’ve been observing OCUL for a couple months now, beginning with our report from Dec. 30th. The stock did rise considerably in a predictable pattern over the first two months of 2020, and thanks largely in part to the effect the coronavirus is having on many pharma plays, the stock really kicked the increases into high gear this week.

Subsequent to our report just prior to the New Year, OCUL was trading for a little as 3.83 a share, and its new high yesterday came in at 7.48, marking a solid rise of 95%
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Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. INO – We signaled INO on Thursday morning, and provided an update again in yesterday’s report. From its low of 3.83, we have now witnessed an upswing of 145% as of the stock’s new high of 9.40 achieved yesterday.

The markets have begun to swing back and forth with just the kind of volatility that we relish, but it is highly unlikely that we are seeing the last of the coronavirus’ effect on stocks in general. With the outbreak not yet contained, it stands to reason that this volatility will persist for the foreseeable future.

Campbell Soup Co. CPB – Options Update

We offered up an options idea for the Campbell’s chain yesterday, the CPB Weekly $49-50.50 Calls. While the 49.50’s didn’t trade substantial volume, the other three contract sets in the range saw some nice moves.

CPB Weekly $49-50.50 Calls
$49: 2.03-3.10 (+53%)
$50: 1.25-2.58 (+106%)
$50.50: .98-2.10 (+114%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
VIPS Weekly $13.50-14.50 Calls
MRVL Weekly $23.50-25 Calls
SPLK Weekly $152.50-149 Puts

Extended Watchlist:
HRAL, ARYC, SPOM, NVNT, IQST, ABML