Thursday’s Perfect Picks, 4 Fresh Ideas for Friday

Closing Out the Week on a High Note:

We’re pleased to be wrapping up this week’s options recaps with a review of another flawless slate from yesterday morning’s premarket report. We’re finally heading into another big name earnings season, so things are going to be getting busy and exciting around here once again.

Yesterday’s most interesting earnings droppers were Pepsi and Delta, and with the help of a bullish session for the markets in general, our targets, the DAL Weekly $49-50 Calls and the PEP Weekly $185-187.50 Calls, saw the following huge intraday runs:

DAL Weekly $49-50 Calls
$49: 
.08-.28 (+250%)
$49.50: .04-.16 (+300%)
$50: .03-.10 (+233%)
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PEP Weekly $185-187.50 Calls
$185: .46-3.05 (+563%)
$187.50: .12-.90 (+650%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
MSFT Weekly $342.50-347.50 Calls*
UNH Weekly $460-465 Calls*
WFC Weekly $44.50-45.50 Calls*
C Weekly $48-49 Calls*

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


Extended Watchlist:
NKLA, ARBB, PRFX, AIMD, FREQ, EDTX, LUNR, EFSH, DRUG, ETHC, BGLC,  DMGGF, MRES

Monday’s 20-Bagger, More Options Ideas

Options Recap: 

We had a mixed bag of results in our report from yesterday morning. While a couple of the potential plays in the group of five we were tracking didn’t gain much traction, we saw some nice gain opportunities out of the other three. That included an absolute ripper in the ZIM chain that rang up an intraday run of over TWO THOUSAND PERCENT!

Our winning selections for the session were the ZIM Weekly $21-22 Calls, the ROKU Weekly $58-57 Puts, and the SPY 03/13 $384-381 Puts, and the gains they put forth were reasonably impressive. Here’s the breakdown of their activity on the day:

ZIM Weekly $21-22 Calls
$21:
 .20-.89 (+385%)
$21.50: .32-1.22 (+281%)
$22: .07-1.50 (+2042%)
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ROKU Weekly $58-57 Puts
$58: 1.34-2.10 (+57%)
$57: 2.09-4.00 (+92%)
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SPY 03/13 $384-381 Puts
$384:
 .32-1.26 (+294%)
$383: .25-.96 (+284%)
$382: .18-.71 (+294%)
$381: .17-.51 (+200%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
GTLB Weekly $40-30 Puts
AMLX Weekly $35 Calls
SPY 03/14 $386-388 Calls*
COIN Weekly $63-65 Calls

*Trading options contracts on their day of expiration should not be attempted by inexperienced traders 


Extended Watchlist:
KATX, NLST, OTTV, OSWWF, FRC, PACW, WAL, AIMD, MNTV

Hitting on Every Options Play, Fresh Ideas

Another Flawless Options Performance:

The solid run of good fortune we’ve had with earnings this week continued yesterday with notable performances coming from each of the three potential options plays that we highlighted in in our premarket report. Even as the markets have endured some ugly activity, we’ve still been able to generate useful ideas for ourselves and our readers.

The targets that we were tracking were the BBBY Weekly $6.50-7.00 Calls, the KMX 10/21 $75-70 Puts, and the RAD Weekly $7.00-6.50 Puts. In each and every contract set we achieved double bag status or better, so all in all, we would consider that a very fruitful session. Here are the types of gain chances we were working with on the day:

BBBY Weekly $6.50-7.00 Calls
$6.00:
 .07-.14 (+100%)
$7.00: .05-.11 (+120%)
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KMX 10/21 $75-70 Puts
$75: 
3.80-10.50 (+176%)
$72.50: 2.80-7.87 (+181%)
$70: 1.85-6.80 (+267%)
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RAD Weekly $7.00-6.50 Puts
$7.00: 1.00-2.03 (+103%)
$6.50: .60-1.55 (+158%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
NKE Weekly $87-84 Puts
SPY 09/30 $361-363 Calls
UNFI 11/18 $30-35 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
AIMD, ARVL, SAI, EDSA, FXLV, GTII, WINR, SHMP, GPOX, AMNL