Friday’s Runners, 4 New Ideas

Friday’s Activity:

We finished out the trading week on Friday in pretty good fashion. After signaling interest in four possible plays in our premarket report, we saw excellent multibag moves out of three. Not a perfect run, but the winners we did select did put up some really good gain opportunities.

Those were the SPY 10/16 $772-773 Calls, the JBHT Weekly $230 Puts, and the AA Weekly $40.50-41 Calls, and the moves the recorded were as follows:

SPY 10/16 $772-773 Calls
$772:
 .58-1.39 (+140%)
$773: .31-.84 (+171%)
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JBHT Weekly $230 Puts
$230: .78-4.60 (+489%)
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AA Weekly $40.50-41 Calls
$40.50:
 1.55-3.50 (+126%)
$41: .87-3.02 (+247%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 10/19 $766-767 Calls*
CLF Weekly $13-13.50 Calls
STLD Weekly $240 Calls
SPCX Weekly $147 Calls

*Trading options contracts on their expiration date should only be attempted by experienced traders 


Extended Watchlist:
HODO, XLAB, SGRX, NBND, XALL, RUBI, MMA, ECGI, LHSW, KOAN

Thursday’s Runners, 4 Plays to Close Out the Week

Thursday’s Plays:

Thursday’s activity was interesting, as we managed to log another day of no slip-ups and the three possible target ranges we highlighted in our premarket report. That was the fourth day of the week without a hitch, and gives us a chance to extend the streak into the weekend today.

Yesterday’s picks were the SPY 10/15 $769-768 Puts, the TSM Weekly $420-417.50 Puts, and the SCHW Weekly $96-95 Puts. These were the most notable intraday upswings in each of those targets:

SPY 10/15 $769-768 Puts
$769:
 .14-.72 (+414%)
$768: .07-.36 (+414%)
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TSM Weekly $420-417.50 Puts
$420:
 3.95-5.90 (+49%)
$417.50: 3.00-4.58 (+53%)
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SCHW Weekly $96-95 Puts

$96: 3.40-4.55 (+34%)
$95: 1.00-1.75 (+75%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 10/16 $772-773 Calls*
JBHT Weekly $230 Puts*
AA Weekly $40.50-41 Calls*
CNS Weekly $70 Calls*

*Trading options contracts on their expiration date should only be attempted by experienced traders 


Extended Watchlist:
SDST, NBND, DRMA, HADV, WETO, DPUI, EVSV, ESLA, LIVG, DVLT

Friday’s Activity, 3 Fresh Plays

Options Recap:

We had an excellent end to the trading week on Friday, capping off what had already been a solid week, in very good form. We presented four possible plays in our premarket report for the session, and were met with nothing less than double-bag runs across the board.

The ideas we put forth were the SPY 04/17 $704-705 Calls, the NFLX Weekly $100-98 Puts, the AA Weekly $70 Puts, and the BMI Weekly $135-130 Puts. Here were the big intraday upswings exhibited by each of those targets:

SPY 04/17 $704-705 Calls
$704:
 2.64-8.35 (+216%)
$705: 2.07-7.37 (+256%)
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NFLX Weekly $100-98 Puts
$100: 1.56-3.50 (+124%)
$99: .91-2.48 (+173%)
$98: .38-1.53 (+303%)
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AA Weekly $70 Puts
$70: 2.62-5.51 (+110%)
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BMI Weekly $135-130 Puts
$135: 9.50-19.10 (+101%)
$130: 3.00-14.31 (+377%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 04/20 $709-708 Puts*
TSM Weekly $370-367.50 Puts
BLD Weekly $480-490 Calls

*Do not attempt to trade options contracts on the day of expiration unless you are an experienced trader


Extended Watchlist:
ENVB, TOVX, PBM, CANG, ARTL, FCHL, CMPS, ATAI, BLD, SILA, GHRS

Thursday’s Activity, 4 Potential Plays for Friday

Thursday in Review:

We cast a pretty wide net yesterday, with five possible plays included in our premarket report for the day. Out of those five, we saw some good chances in four of them, which is quite a good success rate despite not being perfect.

Our runners for the day were the SPY 04/16 SPY $700 Calls, the JBHT Weekly $220-230 Calls, the PLD Weekly $140 Calls, and the TSLA Weekly 392.50-395 Calls. These were the best upswings they put on Thursday’s books:

SPY 04/16 SPY $700 Calls
$700:
 .80-2.96 (+270%)
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JBHT Weekly $220-230 Calls
$220:
 14.36-22.99 (+60%)
$230: 5.62-15.00 (+167%)
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PLD Weekly $140 Calls
$140:
 3.40-5.02 (+48%)
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TSLA Weekly 392.50-395 Calls
$392.50: 1.87-4.11 (+120%)
$395: 1.42-3.15 (+122%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 04/17 $704-705 Calls*
NFLX Weekly $100-98 Puts*
AA Weekly $70 Puts*
BMI Weekly $135-130 Puts*

*Do not attempt to trade options contracts on the day of expiration unless you are an experienced trader


Extended Watchlist:
PBM, ISPC, YXT, RPAY, WSHP, UCAR, MYSE, BZAI, LZM, ABLV

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

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