Solid Finish to a Great Week, 4 New Earnings Plays

Closing Out the Week on a Great Note:

We always find it most pleasing when we can close out a trading week reporting a clean sweep of Thursday options ideas. We will enjoy that distinction yet again today, with everything we had our eyes on from yesterday’s report producing significant intraday upswings.

Those plays were the PYPL Weekly $69-67 Puts, the QCOM Weekly $119-118 Puts, the SHOP Weekly $62-61 Puts, and the BUD Weekly $57-58 Calls. Here is a breakdown of the intraday performances of these ideas yesterday, whose gains ranged from reasonably impressive to excellent:

PYPL Weekly $69-67 Puts
$69: 
2.77-4.90 (+77%)
$68: 2.08-3.85 (+85%)
$67: 1.43-2.95 (+106%)
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QCOM Weekly $119-118 Puts
$119: 2.40-4.20 (+100%)
$118: 1.59-3.49 (+119%)
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SHOP Weekly $62-61 Puts
$62: .81-3.72 (+359%)
$61: .54-2.85 (+428%)
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BUD Weekly $57-58 Calls
$57: .50-.75 (+50%)
$58: .05-.15 (+200%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
AAPL Weekly $190-185 Puts*
AMZN Weekly $138-141 Calls*
AMGN Weekly $230-232.50 Calls*
ABNB Weekly $139-137 Puts*

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


Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ:NKLA) – Recap:

We’ve got an update on NKLA, which we have been mentioning all summer, after initially tagging it on the morning of June 14th. From its low of .99, we’ve now seen this stock surge to a new high of 3.71 yesterday. That represents a steady 275% increase over roughly the last six weeks.

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Tupperware Brands Corp. (NYSE:TUP) – Recap:

As we were just mentioning the other day, we have been on TUP since July 12th, after which time the stock was trading for as little as .61. Even after registering impressive the new highs that we reported this week, the stock continued to surge, printing a trade at 7.25 yesterday post-market. That works out to a total increase of 1088% in the few weeks we’ve been tailing it!


Extended Watchlist:
MF, AHI, FUBO, POL, TIVC, YELL, AAOI, TOPS, ENZC, APYP


Tuesday’s Big Winners, 4 Fresh Trading Ideas

Clean Sweep of Tuesday’s Options Board:

We definitely got things back on track yesterday with regard to options ideas in our premarket report. We set up a slate of four potential prospects for the session, and were pretty pleased with the activity in each and every one of them. We’ve been having excellent success of late, and this was a brilliant extension of that trend.

Our targets for the day were the ANET Weekly $172.50-177.50 Calls, the UBER Weekly $49.50-51 Calls, the MRK Weekly $106-108 Calls and the CAT Weekly $262.50-267.50 Calls. These are the total possible gains they could have facilitated for daytraders yesterday:

ANET Weekly $172.50-177.50 Calls
$172.50: 
3.00-17.30 (+477%)
$175: 2.25-15.77 (+600%)
$177.50: 2.00-13.00 (+550%)
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UBER Weekly $49.50-51 Calls
$49.50: .21-.67 (+219%)
$50: .07-.51 (+628%)
$51: .09-.34 (+277%)
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MRK Weekly $106-108 Calls
$106: .93-1.28 (+38%)
$107: .60-1.07 (+78%)
$108: .32-.59 (+84%)
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CAT Weekly $262.50-267.50 Calls
$262.50: 9.15-26.31 (+288%)
$265: 6.55-23.42 (+257%)
$267.50: 5.45-20.72 (+280%)



Fresh Options Ideas:
AMD Weekly $117-119 Calls
HUM Weekly $475-485 Calls
EMR Weekly $94-96 Calls
EA Weekly $132-130 Puts




Tupperware Brands Corp. (NYSE:TUP) – Recap:

We have been including TUP in our extended watchlists routinely since July 12th, and the movement it has recorded over these past couple of weeks has been incredible. From our observed low of .61 the stock has surged to a new high of 5.91, which represents a mammoth rise of 869%


Extended Watchlist:
LIDR, CRKN, AHI, RBT, WAVD, HUGE, ROVR, GDVM, HCNWF, APYP


MDGS News Alert & More

Medigus Ltd. MDGS – News Alert:

Before we get into our routine Monday morning business, we’ve noticed a fresh PR hitting the wires on MDGS pertaining to not only the promising results from the first half of 2021, but a number of other key highlights.

We’ve been tracking MDGS for roughly a month now. You can check out our initial report on the company to familiarize yourself with the basics, and provide a little context to the facts and figures contained in today’s freshly released PR:

Medigus Ltd. Announces Record High Financial Results
Revenues for 1H 2021 increased by ~3,178% with first ever net profit of ~$8M

OMER, Israel, Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 
Medigus Ltd. (Nasdaq: MDGS), a technology company engaged in advanced medical solutions, innovative internet technologies and electric vehicle and charging solutions, announced today its financial results for the first six months ended June 30, 2021

  • Revenues for the six-month period ended June 30, 2021, reached a record high, and totaled $2,393,000, an increase of $2,320,000 compared to $73,000 in the six-month period ended June 30, 2020
  • Net income for the period reached a record of $7,927,000 compared to a net loss of $3,599,000 in the six-month period ended June 30, 2020
  • Shareholders’ equity totaled $53,904,000 as of June 30, 2021
  • Cash and cash equivalents totaled $29,642,000 as of June 30, 2021

(>>View Full PR including figures and CEO commentary)


Options Reviews:

Our sole successful idea from Friday morning came in the LCID Weekly $21.50-22.50 Calls, which registered multibag intraday moves despite a poor day for the markets overall.

LCID Weekly $21.50-22.50 Calls
$21.50: .62-2.10 (+239%)
$22: .28-1.52 (+443%)
$22.50: .12-1.09 (+808%)

We also have some final figures on the SLQT Calls we tracked for weeks, which continuously registered new highs through essentially the entire period we were observing. They expired on Friday and turned in the following winning card:

SLQT 09/17 $7.50-10 Calls
$7.50:
 1.80-7.34 (+308%)
$10: .40-5.04 (+1160%)


Extended Watchlist:
ILUS, CYBL, CYDY, AXTG, TGGI, NOUV, APYP, JPEX,