Big Day on Thursday, 4-Pack of New Plays

Thursday’s Huge Selection of Runners: 

We threw a lot at the wall in yesterday morning’s premarket report, and the vast majority of it stuck firmly. In a rare move, we included an offering of seven options trading ideas we felt had potential on the day, and six of them returned significant gain opportunities. That’s a very good, if unsurprising, success rate for us, and we’ll try to end the week with the same vigor.

The large group of daily targets which fared well yesterday were the META Weekly $180-185 Calls, the ALGN Weekly $325-335 Calls, the SONY Weekly $90-92 Calls, the TSLA Weekly $182.50-187.50 Calls, the AI Weekly $22 Calls, and the SPY 02/03 $412-414 Calls. Here were the results we were faced with from these half-dozen runners:

META Weekly $180-185 Calls
$180: 3.76-17.00 (+352%)
$182.50: 2.75-15.00 (+445%)
$185: 1.93-12.50 (+547%)
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ALGN Weekly $325-335 Calls
$325:
 20.00-40.87 (+104%)
$330: 16.70-36.48 (+118%)
$335: 12.00-32.41 (+170%)
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SONY Weekly $90-92 Calls
$90: 2.50-4.70 (+88%)
$91: 2.00-4.20 (+110%)
$92: 1.45-2.90 (+100%)
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TSLA Weekly $182.50-187.50 Calls
$187.50:
 5.58-14.89 (+167%)
$185: 4.18-12.61 (+202%)
$187.50: 3.31-10.65 (+221%)
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AI Weekly $22 Calls
$22:
 1.50-2.55 (+70%)
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SPY 02/03 $412-414 Calls

$412: 3.48-7.03 (+102%)
$413: 2.94-6.25 (+113%)
$414: 2.44-5.50 (+125%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
QCOM Weekly $135-134 Puts*
AAPL Weekly $150-149 Puts*
AMZN Weekly $110-108 Puts*
GILD Weekly $84-85 Calls*

*Trading options on their day of expiration can be a risky endeavor, and should only be attempted by experienced options traders


Extended Watchlist:
AIAD, SKYE, BRBL, GENE, BGXX, SIDU, RSLS, MGTA, GRCL, PCSA, PXMD

Retail Recaps, Fresh Options Ideas

Holiday Week Wrap-Up:

After a restful weekend following the Thanksgiving holiday, we’re ready to hop back into the saddle, and ride out in search of opportunity once again. We’ve been a little short on earnings reporters lately, which is not atypical for the holiday season and may very well persist into the new year. We’ll continue to make do however we can, like we did on Friday with a pair of retail plays in WMT and TGT. We expect to be seeing a lot of the retail space over the next several weeks.

As for Friday’s targets for the half day, we were focused in on the WMT Weekly $150-152.50 Calls and the TGT Weekly $162.50-165 Calls. Each pair of contracts recorded one relatively nominal gain and one big, impressive multibag run for us.

WMT Weekly $150-152.50 Calls
$150:
2.00-2.73 (+37%)
$152.50: .05-.50 (+900%)
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TGT Weekly $162.50-165 Calls
$162.50: .27-1.43 (+430%)
$165: .04-.09 (+125%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
PDD Weekly $73-76 Calls
RYAN 12/16 $40 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
CLNV, GSTC, BRBL, CNNA, HLBZ, TBLA, COSM, KOLD, TALK, KTRA, NBRV, MICS

Another Week of Solid Options Winners

Another Perfect Day for Options:

We scored major points with yesterday’s earnings plays, of which there were several. We took a stab at four separate ideas, and came out with intraday runners all the way across the board, continuing what has been a fantastic week of options trading opportunities. The markets themselves put up a mixed bag performance yesterday, but ran hard out of the opening gate and helped give our targets a push in the right direction.

Our areas of focus for the session were the DIS Weekly $120-123 Calls, the BROS Weekly $46-48 Calls, the BAM 08/19 $50-55 Calls, and the SPY 08/12 $424-425 Calls. They all performed rather well on the day with the following moves and total possible intraday gains:

DIS Weekly $120-123 Calls
$120:
 .62-1.21 (+81%)
$121: .39-.81 (+108%)
$122: .26-.54 (+108%)
$123: .16-.34 (+112%)
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BROS Weekly $46-48 Calls
$46: 3.79-8.00 (+111%)
$47: 2.54-7.10 (+180%)
$48: 2.31-6.32 (+174%)
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BAM 08/19 $50-55 Calls
$50: 3.30-4.20 (+27%)
$55: .20-.52 (+160%)
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SPY 08/12 $424-425 Calls
$424: 1.38-2.53 (+83%)
$425: 1.03-1.98 (+92%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 08/12 $420-421 Calls*
ILMN Weekly $200-195 Puts*
RIVN Weekly $38.50-39.50 Calls* 

*Trading options on their day of expiration can carry a heightened level of risk and should only be attempted by seasoned traders.


 INKW – OTC Recap:

Finishing off with another OTC recap this morning, we have an update concerning INKW. We flagged this play for observation last Thursday, and have since witnessed a move from .0056-.0146 which marks a very respectable run of 161% in the span of one trading week.


Extended Watchlist:
TGHI, BLFR, PKKFF, HVCW, BRBL, TGGI, LCLP, WPKS, UBX, NEPT, AEY, VEEE