Blue Horseshoe Stocks: VNDA, NQ & More

NQ Mobile, Inc. NQ

Yesterday, we pointed out all the reasons why we felt that NQ was in a good position to make a run, and we certainly hope folks took it to heart, because the stock followed it up with an solid session.

We first observed a morning low of 9.40, and NQ subsequently made a healthy move to a high of 10.85 on the afternoon, which was good for an intraday gain of 15%

On the options side of things, the $10 Calls dipped as low as .35, and went on to trade as high as a 1.00. This provides a good example of why we’ve gotten more and more into trading options on big board plays. Even just a modest move on the chart can translate into huge gains on the right contracts.

NQ is gapping up to the tune of another 5% this morning, so we’ll continue to keep an eye on things as we head into week’s end.

So far, from the low we observed following our tag of NQ toward the end of last month (6.25) we’ve seen gains on the order of 77%


Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. VNDA

VNDA was another NASDAQ-listed stock that appeared in yesterday’s report on the Extended Watchlist. It would trade in a range from 11.00-12.99, an 18% increase. Another modest move compared to what we’re accustomed to with the pennies, but coming from a big board play, 18% in a single afternoon is very impressive.

Like NQ, VNDA was trading near a relative bottom when we passed it along to readers, and with this new-found momentum, it will be interesting to see what happens next.

Whether or not VNDA can crack through its 50DMA (13.04) is going to be the deciding factor as to whether there’s more upside here. Yesterday’s high came in just shy of that mark, so we’ve got some resistance to contend with, but we’ll certainly be monitoring very closely for a break of that level on the chart.


Shamika 2 Gold, Inc. SHMX

SHMX is a sub-penny breakout play that we want to add to our radar this morning. Yesterday the stock traded 9x its 3-month average volume, and traded in a range from .0003-.0006. It always a good idea to be cautious when dealing with these triple-zero stocks, but as most of you know, when the potential risk is high, the potential rewards can be even higher.

We’re going to monitor this play for further activity, more specifically, a potential dip-and-rip. Should SHMX taper off and pull back, that’s where we’ll be waiting to strike. Correctly timing the bottom on one of these super–subpenny stocks can treat traders to a heck of a bounceplay as we’ve seen so many times in the past.



Side Note: AAPL Options

AAPL continued to break out yesterday past last week’s swing high of 644.17. Remember, on Monday we reminded everyone that the AAPL options chain was a good candidate to provide us with opportunities over the course of the week, and that has certainly been true thus far.  The $640 Calls were as cheap as 1.35 on that day, and by yesterday, they were going for as much as 9.50.

Huge moves like that have almost become commonplace, as we’ve tracked AAPL through a more-than 100-dollar increase in just the past couple of months.


Extended Watchlist:
NEWL, S, HALO, AXAS, GIGA, BBRY

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: PBR Options, Cannabis Updates

Petroleo Brasiliero SA (Petrobras) PBR – Options

We first began tracking the PBR options chain one week ago today (03/21), and at that time, the May 2nd $12 Calls that we pointed out were trading as low as .31. With the exception of a marginal pullback on Wednesday, PBR has been in a recovery uptrend since recently touching its all-time lows, and that has allowed us to see some excellent gain opportunities.

Yesterday brought more new highs as the $12 Calls closed at a new high of 1.10, a 255% gain from our initial alert low. Since there is plenty of time before their expiration, we will stay interested in these contracts, with the continued recovery of PBR’s share price.

For some intraday opportunities we may consider moving up our strike price, and checking out the $12.50, or even the $13 Weekly Calls. In the event of another breakout-type session, we could possibly go as high as the $13.50’s. It’s always about being pushed in the money when we’re looking at our potential strike prices.


Surna, Inc. SRNA

SRNA is a stock to recently wake up from the dead, and like so many other new interests we’ve found, has been gaining ground on the strength of its entry into the increasingly trendy marijuana space.

That alone would have been cause to keep an eye on this stock moving forward. Another reason  SRNA has garnered a spot on our watchlist, is that per this morning’s PR, it’s now headed up by Zynga co-founder Tom Bollich. It will be interesting to see what someone of his expertise can bring to the rapidly burgeoning cannabis market.

Today’s News:
BOULDER, CO–(Marketwired – Mar 28, 2014) – Surna Inc. (OTCQB: SRNA), a company focused on the acquisition of cannabis industry related intellectual property, disruptive technologies, assets and scalable operating companies, today announced it has closed a merger with Safari Resource Group, Inc.

In conjunction with the transaction, Tom Bollich, visionary technologist and co-founder of San Francisco-based gaming company Zynga, has joined Surna as chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Additionally, the Company has appointed two other senior executives, Doug McKinnon and Tae Darnell, to its Board. >> FULL PR



Tranzbyte Corp. ERBB
Although it has been on our radar since 2012, we began talking about ERBB more heavily at the start of the “Green Rush”, which coincided with the beginning of trading in 2014.

At the time, we observed a low of .0026, and to say the stock has gone on to make massive gains is quite an understatement.  As of its recent high of .113, we were looking at an overall move of 4246% In a span of roughly three months, that is an unbelievable gain opportunity.

ERBB has been under consolidation since hitting that high, and is sniffing out a bottom, currently in the low .06-range, but we’ll want to keep an eye peeled after this morning’s PR, the company having set the launch date of its cannabis-vending solution, the ZaZZZ(TM) Machine.


Extended Watchlist:
BBRY, IDRA, MNKD, ICLD, BLIN, MERC

Blue Horseshoe Stocks | Midday Updates – 02/25

Positive ID Corp. PSID

We had to do a quick update on PSID for our readers this afternoon. If you recall, we alerted this stock a week ago today, at which time we caught the stock at a low of .0572. Here we are, just five sessions later, and we’ve now seen a high of .095. That’s a big 66% gain in a relatively short time frame, congrats to anyone who has been following along with this play.

We took the liberty of updating the video we posted on this chart last week, click through to view our discussion of the Level 2 and some of the finer points which make the PSID chart attractive to us:


Options – Blackberry (BBRY) Calls

We certainly hope that folks caught our mention of the BBRY $10 Calls this morning. We stated that they were “in line for a serious run-up” granted the premarket conditions of BBRY stock, and they couldn’t have behaved more predictably.

Those 02/28 $10 Calls ran from a low of .40, rocketing up as high as .94. That’s a single session move of 135%, and a fine example of why we like options trading so much. From the .12 level that we caught these contracts at last Thursday, today’s high represented a total possible gain of 683%


TTDZ, BBRY Calls & Extended Watchlist

Triton Distribution Systems, Inc. TTDZ

Kicking things off today, let us take you through the timeline of TTDZ’s recent stellar performance. We first mentioned this stock on January 30th, at which time it was in the low sub-penny range, trading at .0012. We continued to follow TTDZ over the next week, during which time it ran as high as .0043, marking a gain of more than 250% to that point.

TTDZ spent the next week consolidating down to a low of .0021 (02/14), and what it has done since that time is nothing short of astonishing. During yesterday’s trading session, the stock hit a high of .0132. That’s a whopping gain of 529% from its most recent swing low, and an overall move of 1000% from our original alert low less than one month ago!

Yet another 10-bagger that we were thankfully able to deliver to our readers. 2014 is certainly making a strong case to be regarded as our best year ever, so if you’re just joining us, your timing is excellent.


Options – Blackberry (BBRY) Calls

We had to take a minute to outline the BBRY 02/28 $10 Calls that we offered up as an options-trading idea last Thursday. You might recall on that day, we were afforded the chance at a 50% gain as those contracts ran from .12 to .18.

On Friday, we saw a pullback in the value of those contracts to .08 as BBRY traded down, but yesterday, we received word that Ford was ditching Microsoft for Blackberry to provide software to run their in-vehicle “Sync Infotainment” technology. BBRY stock surged back, and the $10 Calls exploded to .37. That’s a positive move of 362% over a span of just a couple of sessions. We also saw a couple of subsequent swings that piled the potential for intraday gains even higher.

After coming down to .21 into Monday’s close, the $10 Calls are looking like they are once again in line for a serious run-up, with BBRY trading as high as 10.52 in premarket trading today.


Extended Watchlist:
ARIA, DARA, IMUS, HPJ, XOMA, LTRX, CLDN, FRTD (Another Cannabis Momentum-Play)

ERBB, LATF, MEDT, VMGI & Extended Watchlist

Over the past couple of weeks, our coverage of cannabis stocks has been relatively toned down. Both an abundance of other interests, as well as sector-wide consolidations pushed many of these plays to the back burner. Today we want to talk about some of the ones that are once again showing signs of life.

Transbyte Corp. ERBB

The last time we mentioned ERBB was at the end of January. By that time, we had already seen monstrous gains from this stock over the previous year, coming all the way from subpenny territory. At the time of our last mention, ERBB was trading at .0122, and this week we’ve noticed the stock reaching new highs, touching .045 on Wednesday. In just three weeks, that’s a 269% jump.

Yesterday also brought an exciting PR that we wanted to share. Tranzbyte’s marijuana vending solution, the ZaZZZ machine, will be put into use for the first time at a Colorado dispensary. Click through to the full PR for details:

TEMPE, AZ, Feb 20, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Tranzbyte Corporation (OTC Pink: ERBB) announced today that it has signed a formal agreement with Herbal Elements LLP, a legal Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Eagle-Vail, Colorado to assist in the final aspects of machine roll-out specific to Colorado. >>> FULL PR


Latteno Food Corp. LATF

We last pointed out LATF On February 11th, after witnessing a nice 43% intraday move the day prior, from .007 to .01. Since that time the stock has been on a bullish run, pushing its way upward and culminating at a high of .0154 yesterday. That means we’ve seen a positive move of 120% in a span of just eight sessions.

LATF also had news out yesterday, alluding to forthcoming quarterly figures that blow last year’s numbers out of the water:

SANTA ANA, CA, Feb 20, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Latteno Food Corp. (OTC Pink: LATF) is pleased to announce that preliminary Fourth Quarter financials for 2013 shows record numbers for LATF shareholders.Preliminary Fourth Quarter reports 3,100% increase in prior year’s revenues and over $413,000 in net income versus a net income of only $7,000 for prior year 2012. Year-end financials are anticipated to be filed with OTC within 30 days.


Media Technics Corp. MEDT

MEDT last appeared in our reports along with ERBB on Jan. 29th. In addition to gaining as much as 90% from its recent low of .001 to yesterday’s high of .0019, we also wanted to point out this morning’s press release:

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, Feb. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — MediaTechnics Corporation (PINKSHEETS: MEDT) is pleased to announce that Henri Atamian has stepped down as President and CEO and appointed Jeremy Carr as MEDT’s president and sole director. Mr. Carr, who was a former director of MEDT, will oversee the review and publishing of the Company’s 2013 and 2012 Financial Statements, as well as an updated Initial Company Information Statement and intends to publish them via OTC Markets in the near future.Mr. Carr has extensive contacts in the industry and intends to lease lighting and hydroponic equipment to licensed marijuana related businesses that are fully comply with state marijuana laws, as well as overseeing the development of software and mobile apps for this growing industry.


Verde Media Group, Inc. VMGI

We’re putting VMGI up on our radar at the suggestion of one of our faithful readers, Craig S. This is another cannabis-related stock to add to our enormous tracking list, thanks Craig!


Options Trading Side Notes:

The BBRY 02/28 $10 Calls we mentioned in yesterday’s extended watchlist fared well, making a 50% intraday move from .12 to .18. We’re going to continue monitoring these contracts into their expiration date.

In addition to those, we’re going to be looking at FB $69.50 and $70 Weekly Calls for a possible intraday flip opportunity.


Extended Watchlist:
MVIS, MTSN, ARIA, YOD, FRO

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