Options Recaps, 4 Ideas for Friday

Thursday’s Movers:

This trading week has certainly shaped up to be one of the best of 2026 so far, with some of our best picks of the year. Yesterday was another solid session, in which everything we called attention to in our premarket report. yielded some notable intraday day upswings.

We were focusing on the INTU Weekly $330-325 Puts, the KR Weekly $67-66 Puts, the WMT Weekly $129-128 Puts, and the DE Weekly $545-540 Puts. These were the best moves we saw out of those targets:.

INTU Weekly $330-325 Puts
$330:
 16.01-27.58 (+72%)
$327.50: 16.20-22.00 (+36%)
$325: 14.00-22.17 (+58%)
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KR Weekly $67-66 Puts
$67: .42-.70 (+67%)
$66: .22-.30 (+36%)
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WMT Weekly $129-128 Puts
$129: 3.76-8.50 (+126%)
$128: 3.00-7.60 (+153%)
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DE Weekly $545-540 Puts
$545: 8.80-29.00 (+229%)
$542.50: 8.22-23.00 (+180%)
$540: 4.97-24.20 (+386%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
SPY 05/22 $744-746 Calls*
ROST Weekly $225-227.50 Calls*
TTWO Weekly $247.50-250 Calls*
WDAY Weekly $129-130 Calls*


Extended Watchlist:
PCLA, AKTX, LFS, QTEX, AKTX, LFS, QTEX, BIYA, AKAN, GOVX, MTVA, HCWB, MRM, RYOJ

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

Monday’s Activity, 5 New Plays

Shaky Start to the Week:

Things could have gotten off to a better start for the week yesterday, with nothing much to write home about coming from the items in our premarket report. Occasional hiccups come with the territory, and all we can do in those instances is move forward with good intentions and we’ll slide right back into the groove as we’ve always done.

The small moves we did see from yesterday’s plays, the VZ Weekly $47-48 Calls and the DPZ Weekly $350 Puts, were as follows:

VZ Weekly $47-48 Calls
$47: .49-.70 (+43%)
$47.50: .36-.46 (+28%)
$48:
 .27-.31 (+15%)
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DPZ Weekly $350 Puts
$350: 14.37-23.50 (+64%)



Fresh Options Ideas:

KO Weekly $77-78 Calls
NVS Weekly $145 Puts
GLW Weekly $150-147.50 Puts
SPOT Weekly $460-450 Puts
SHW Weekly $340 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
NEXR, BIYA, ATER, BBBY, SNBR, SEGG, POM, OMCL, DRCT, KIDZ, KFRC

Monday’s Runners, 4 New Ideas

Monday in Review:

We came out of the gate for the week in good form yesterday, bringing readers a trio of possible plays in our premarket report for the day. We were glad to see nice intraday upswings in each of them, hopefully setting the tone for a fun week.

We had placed the SPY 04/20 $709-708 Puts, the TSM Weekly $370-367.50 Puts, and the BLD Weekly $480-490 Calls on watch, and these were the best swings we saw from each of those targets:

SPY 04/20 $709-708 Puts
$709:
 1.00-3.23 (+223%)
$708: .71-2.50 (+252%)
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TSM Weekly $370-367.50 Puts
$370:
 7.35-10.10 (+37%)
$367.50: 6.25-8.50 (+36%)
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BLD Weekly $480-490 Calls
$480: 15.71-27.00 (+72%)
$490: 12.90-19.10 (+48%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 04/21 $709-711 Calls*
GE Weekly $295-290 Puts
UNH Weekly $342.50-347.50 Calls
RTX Weekly $195-197.50 Calls

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


Extended Watchlist:
LOBO, LOCL, FCHL, BIYA, CLIK, MGRT, BYND, XRTX, SLNH, GRPN

Monday’s Movers, 4 New Potential Targets

Monday’s Activity:

The trading week got off to a mixed start for us on Monday after just three of the four potential trading targets we formulated for the day’s premarket report produced good intraday movement. The gains we did see also didn’t rise to multi-bag levels and that’s not what we’re after either, but one way or the other, we always get back on track.

The moves we did see yesterday from the SPY 03/09 $668-667 Puts, the RTX Weekly $210-212.50 Calls, and the LMT Weekly $675-680 Calls were as follows:

SPY 03/09 $668-667 Puts
$668:
2.24-3.87 (+73%)
$667: 2.00-3.45 (+72%)
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RTX Weekly $210-212.50 Calls
$210: 2.58-3.62 (+40%)
$212.50: 1.85-2.50 (+35%)
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LMT Weekly $675-680 Calls
$675:
 8.64-12.10 (+40%)
$680: 5.50-10.09 (+83%)



Fresh Options Ideas:
CASY 03/20 $650 Puts
MTN 03/20 $135-130 Puts
BNTX 03/20 $85 Puts
UNFI 03/20 $39-40 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
VTAK, SGN, INKT, ELPW, BRTX, BIYA, COOT, SOAR, NXGL, PCLA, ZVRA

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