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Friday’s Moves, 4 Ideas to Start the Week

Friday Review:

We had a heck of a Friday, closing out an excellent trading week on a characteristically strong note. Our premarket report. contained a trio of possible plays, and we saw good moves out of them all. Unsurprisingly, the gains in our SPY targets were the most impressive, with some seriously eye-popping runs that rivaled or exceeded some of the best we’ve seen in 2026 so far!

In all, we had the SPY 05/15 $741-739 Puts, the AMAT Weekly $435-430 Puts, and the RBC Weekly $610-620 Calls. Here were the best moves made by each of those targets:

SPY 05/15 $741-739 Puts
$741: .16-4.04 (+2425%)
$740: .07-3.13 (+4387%)
$739: .04-2.15 (+5275%)
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AMAT Weekly $435-430 Puts
$435: .26-.85 (+227%)
$432.50: .02-.54 (+2600%)
$430: .02-.17 (+750%)
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RBC Weekly $610-620 Calls
$610: 3.51-5.83 (+66%)
$620: .51-2.85 (+458%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 05/18 $740 Calls*
BIDU Weekly $140-142 Calls
RYAAY 06/18 $65 Calls
BRC 06/18 $75 Calls

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

Extended Watchlist:
QUCY, SBFM, GOVX, VRAX, NXXT, HCAI, LABT, HIVE, CREG, AIM, RAMP

Thursday’s Activity, 3 Targets for Friday

Thursday’s Plays:

We got back a good set of results for the ideas we placed on watch in Thursday’s premarket report. We signaled interest in five possible plays, and saw some good activity during the session. As usual, it was our SPY targets that outshone the rest of the field by a significant margin, and it wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect that to be the case today as well.

Yesterday’s movers were the SPY 05/14 $743-745 Calls, the CSCO Weekly $115 Calls, the MFC Weekly $39 Puts, the VIK Weekly $85 Calls, and the NVMI Weekly $500 Puts:

SPY 05/14 $743-745 Calls
$743: 1.90-6.50 (+242%)
$744: 1.33-5.60 (+321%)
$745: .89-4.65 (+422%)
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CSCO Weekly $115 Calls
$115: 2.15-3.72 (+73%)
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MFC Weekly $39 Puts
$39: .90-1.85 (+105%)
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VIK Weekly $85 Calls
$85: 3.80-5.50 (+45%)
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NVMI Weekly $500 Puts
$500: 1.36-3.30 (+143%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 05/15 $741-739 Puts*
AMAT Weekly $435-430 Puts*
RBC Weekly $610-620 Calls*

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

Extended Watchlist:
HCWB, TDIC, AUUD, MRNO, SLE, BIYA, EDBL, GEMI, JZXN, UCB, PIII

Friday Recap, 5 Ideas to Start the Short Week

Friday’s Big Runners:

We closed things out for the week on Friday in high fashion, absolutely crushing it with every idea we formulated for our premarket report. We came up with four possible plays, and the intraday runs we observed in those targets were very impressive.

In all, we were looking at the AMAT Weekly $360-365 Calls, the ANET Weekly $146-147 Calls, the ABNB Weekly $121-122 Calls, and the COIN Weekly $152.50-155 Calls. Here were the best moves from each of them, with the moves in those COIN calls standing out in a big way with genuinely massive gains:

AMAT Weekly $360-365 Calls
$360: .70-3.38 (+383%)
$362.50: .28-1.48 (+428%)
$365: .15-.77 (+413%)
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ANET Weekly $146-147 Calls
$146: .56-2.94 (+425%)
$147: .35-2.48 (+609%)
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ABNB Weekly $121-122 Calls
$121: .78-1.89 (+141%)
$122: .29-.98 (+249%)
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COIN Weekly $152.50-155 Calls
$152.50: .73-15.70 (+2051%)
$155: .38-12.65 (+3229%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
MDT Weekly $97.50-96 Puts
CCEP Weekly $100 Calls
VMC Weekly $310 Calls
DTE Weekly $145 Calls
MASI Weekly $175 Calls

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

Extended Watchlist:
OLB, OBAI, PLYX, GXAI, ZIM, CHOW, CMPS, RIME, LFS, FRGT

Thursday’s Activity, 4 New Friday Plays

Solid Outing on Thursday:

We kept the wave of success we’ve enjoyed this week going on Thursday, with another tight premarket report which contained possible targets in five options chains. It was a mixed bag of calls and puts, and while the bears certainly carried the day, we saw significant intraday upswings in each one of our designated targets.

Those were the SPY 02/12 $694-695 Calls, the MCD Weekly $327.50 Calls, the CSCO Weekly $82-81 Puts, the APP Weekly $425-422.50 Puts and the MU Weekly $425-427.50 Calls. Here were the best runs they recorded during Thursday’s session:

SPY 02/12 $694-695 Calls
$694: 2.00-2.60 (+30%)
$695: 1.52-2.02 (+33%)
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MCD Weekly $327.50 Calls
$327.50: .34-5.80 (+1606%)
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CSCO Weekly $82-81 Puts
$82: 1.71-7.62 (+346%)
$81: 1.30-7.28 (+460%)
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APP Weekly $425-422.50 Puts
$425: 29.46-57.50 (+95%)
$422.50: 26.96-56.43 (+109%)
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MU Weekly $425-427.50 Calls
$425: 3.72-9.06 (+143%)
$427.50: 3.11-7.77 (+150%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
AMAT Weekly $360-365 Calls*
ANET Weekly $146-147 Calls*
ABNB Weekly $121-122 Calls*
COIN Weekly $152.50-155 Calls*

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

Extended Watchlist:
MLEC, MIMI, IVDA, CRSR, RIVN, TPH, IMUX, JDZG, AAPG, DXST, RIME

Thursday’s Results, 3 Plays for Friday

Thursday’s Runners:

Thursday was a very good session for us, with all of the potential plays we were tracking making double bag moves or better. This trading week has been very positive for the plays we’ve been talking about in our daily offering, and yesterday’s premarket report was no exception.

Our targets were the DIS Weekly $111-110 Puts, the FLUT Weekly $230 Puts, the NICE 11/21 $125-130 Calls, and the CSCO Weekly $78-79 Calls*(see below). Here are the multibag intraday runs each of them registered on Thursday:

DIS Weekly $111-110 Puts
$111: 2.50-5.80 (+132%)
$110: 2.00-5.10 (+155%)
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FLUT Weekly $230 Puts
$230: 12.00-29.50 (+146%)
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NICE 11/21 $125-130 Calls
$125: 4.90-11.44 (+133%)
$130: 2.90-7.50 (+159%)
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Please Note: Due to a simple communication error, we had listed our CSCO Calls as the $678-679, when if should have read $78-79. If anyone managed to see our mistake and read between the lines, there were some pretty big gains on the proper targets.

CSCO Weekly $78-79 Calls
$78: .21-.69 (+229%)
$79: .03-.35 (+1066%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 11/14 $667-666 Puts*
AMZN Weekly $235-232.50 Puts*
AMAT Weekly $210-207.50 Puts*

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

Extended Watchlist:
CDTX, WTO, ASBP, IWD, AMZE, EPWK, XPON, BCG, AVDL