Friday’s Top Flight Finish, Fresh Ideas

Friday’s Clean Options Sweep : 

We were already on a streak of options perfection heading into Friday, and with the slate of ideas we included in Friday’s premarket report, we put an exclamation point on a fantastic trading week. We offered up a mixed bag of earning-related plays, and most of them turned out to be multi-bag runners on the day.

We were looking at the AN Weekly $145 Calls, the DE Weekly $412.50-417.50 Calls, the DASH Weekly $68-70 Calls and the AEM Weekly $50-45 Puts, and here were the excellent intraday opportunities they provided for us:

AN Weekly $145 Calls
$145:
 3.20-11.14 (+248%)
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DE Weekly $412.50-417.50 Calls
$412.50: 7.45-22.23 (+198%)
$415: 5.05-20.55 (+307%)
$417.50: 4.05-18.00 (+344%)
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DASH Weekly $68-70 Calls
$68: .35-.72 (+105%)
$69: .48-1.11 (+131%)
$70: .32-.68 (+113%)
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AEM Weekly $50-45 Puts
$50: 3.75-5.10 (+36%)
$45: .10-.60 (+500%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
BHP 03/17 $67.50-70 Calls
WMT Weekly $139-142 Calls
HD Weekly $302.50-305 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
TRKA, ARBE, CMMB, OWLT, MOB, FFIE, CLNV, GTII, AHRO, SSFT, FLCX, DLYT

Closing Out Another Fruitful Trading Week

Another Sweep of the Board on Thursday: 

We were right on target with the options trading ideas we put forth in yesterday morning’s premarket report. We included possible ideas for three different earnings reporters, and got reasonably impressive intraday results from each of them.

Our areas of interest for the session were the DDOG Weekly $83-81 Puts, the SHOP Weekly $48.50-47.50 Puts, and the CSCO Weekly $48.50-50 Calls. The moves produced ranged from very good excellent on those plays, as you can see here:

DDOG Weekly $83-81 Puts
$83:
 .45-1.91 (+324%)
$82: .30-1.30 (+333%)
$81: .20-.81 (+305%)
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SHOP Weekly $48.50-47.50 Puts
$48.50: 2.24-4.13 (+84%)
$48: 1.91-3.90 (+104%)
$47.50: 1.57-3.33 (+112%)
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CSCO Weekly $48.50-50 Calls
$48.50: 1.38-3.20 (+132%)
$49: 1.09-2.68 (+146%)
$49.50: .73-2.27 (+210%)
$50: .46-1.80 (+291%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
AN Weekly $145 Calls*
DE Weekly $412.50-417.50 Calls*
DASH Weekly $68-70 Calls*
AEM Weekly $50-45 Puts*

*Please don’t attempt to trade options on their day of expiration unless you are an experienced options trader.


Extended Watchlist:
IBIO, NOGN, JSPR, GMBL, INZY, ENZC, AHRO, FLCX, TIMCF, REED, LPHM

Unfettered Options Success & More

Huge Options Winners:

We have really been cooking on the options trading front as we cruise back into another earnings season. Both our fresh ideas from yesterday morning’s premarket report, and the longer-term plays that we’ve been tracking have posted premium moves which of course provided us with some elite gain opportunities.

If you’ve been keeping up with our daily reports, you’re already aware that our running targets are the MRNA 08/20 $195-210 Calls and the AN 08/20 $100-105 Calls. Our fresh ideas from yesterday morning were the HAL Weekly $19-20 Calls and the IBM Weekly $140-142 Calls.

We’ve got the daily ranges on those weeklies as well as the new highs posted in our August plays for you right here:

HAL Weekly $19-20 Calls
$19:
 .71-1.51 (+113%)
$19.50: .37-1.10 (+197%)
$20: .22-.70 (+218%)

IBM Weekly $140-142 Calls
$140:
 .69-1.51 (+119%)
$141: .43-.99 (+130%)
$142: .29-.64 (+121%)
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AN 08/20 $100-105 Calls
$100:
 3.30-16.10 (+387%)
$105: 2.05-11.90 (+480%)

MRNA 08/20 $195-210 Calls
$195: 23.50-143.95 (+512%)
$200: 18.00-141.80 (+688%)
$210: 13.55-130.35 (+862%)
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There’s plenty of runway left in the trading week for these quick-strike plays, and of course a whole month left on the August Calls. We won’t rule out the furtherance of these already impressive uptrends, especially if the markets manage to tack on a second straight day of gains.


Fresh Options Ideas:
JNJ Weekly $167.50-170 Calls
KO Weekly $56.50-57.50 Calls
VZ Weekly $55-57 Calls 


Extended Watchlist:
CEMI, NURO, XTNT, MEDS, GLCO, RETC, AITX, IGEX, ICBU, VGLS, CUBV