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Thursday’s Results, 3 Possible Targets

Thursday’s Runners:

We’ve been really please with our performance this week, with the solid numbers returned on nearly every single one of our daily interests. We had a selection of four potential options plays in yesterday’s premarket report. Each of them performed quite well, and some really blew the roof off.

Our targets were the ORCL Weekly $197.50-192.50 Puts, the SNPS Weekly $472.50-475 Calls, the NDSN Weekly $240 Calls, and the CIEN Weekly $240-245 Calls. Here was the intraday activity we observed in those:

ORCL Weekly $197.50-192.50 Puts
$197.50: 4.81-7.77 (+62%)
$195: 3.31-5.90 (+78%)
$192.50: 2.26-4.21 (+86%)
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SNPS Weekly $472.50-475 Calls
$472.50: 2.11-8.18 (+188%)
$475: .76-8.19 (+977%)
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NDSN Weekly $240 Calls
$240: 3.17-5.63 (+78%)
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CIEN Weekly $240-245 Calls
$240: 2.00-7.20 (+260%)
$242.50: 2.30-5.06 (+120%)
$245: 1.50-4.00 (+167%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
AVGO Weekly $387.50-385 Puts*
RH $155-157.50 Calls*

*Only experienced options traders should attempt to trade contracts on their expiration day

Security Matters PLC (NASDAQ:SMX) – Recap:

This recap from a stock we first put in our extended watchlist back on November 5th is nothing short of mind boggling. After seeing a low of 3.12 subsequent to our initial mention, SMX has absolutely left the solar system, seeing a high of 489.99! That works out to an upswing of 15,605% in just a little over a month’s time! Cheers to anyone who managed to get in on a piece of that historic run.

Midweek Movers Recap, 4 Fresh Ideas

Wednesday’s Rippers:

We kept things going in a positive direction on Wednesday with the watchlist of possible options plays we hashed out for the day’s premarket report. We placed four chains on the radar, and our targets in each one exhibited some solid intraday movement.

We had the CASY Weekly $560-550 Puts, the AVAV Weekly $270 Puts, the GME Weekly $22-21.50 Puts, and the CBRL Weekly $27.50-25 Puts, and here were the best intraday upswings recorded by each of those targets:

CASY Weekly $560-550 Puts
$560: 10.00-30.00 (+200%)
$550: 5.61-19.00 (+239%)
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AVAV Weekly $270 Puts
$270: 13.89-25.50 (+84%)
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GME Weekly $22-21.50 Puts
$22: .29-.55 (+90%)
$21.50: .15-.30 (+100%)
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CBRL Weekly $27.50-25 Puts
$27.50: 1.45-2.60 (+79%)
$25: .50-1.10 (+120%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
ORCL Weekly $197.50-192.50 Puts
SNPS Weekly $472.50-475 Calls
NDSN Weekly $240 Calls
CIEN Weekly $240-245 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
ATPC, AXIL, BTTC, DHIL, MIGI, NXDR, ACIU, PL, SMX,

Thursday Recap, 3 New Ideas

Thursday’s Movers:

We fared well yesterday with the ideas we put into our premarket report for the session. We did formulate a longer term idea for one of our three targets, so we’ll have to come back to that one, but our other two plays made some serious multibag intraday runs.

They were the ADBE Weekly $492.50-487.50 Puts, and the CIEN 12/20 $72.50 Puts, and as you can see below, they registered some big time movement on the day:

ADBE Weekly $492.50-487.50 Puts
$492.50: 6.16-21.18 (+244%)
$490: 4.74-19.22 (+305%)
$487.50: 3.20-14.40 (+350%)

CIEN 12/20 $72.50 Puts
$72.50: .04-.15 (+275%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 12/13 $606-607 Calls*
AVGO Weekly $210-215 Calls*
RH Weekly $430-435 Calls*

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

Extended Watchlist:
LOOP, VCIG, TRUG, SPI, ISPC

Wednesday’s Winners, 3 New Potential Plays

A Winning Wednesday:

We posted our second straight premarket report without a blemish on Wednesday, after having generated a watchlist of four possible targets for our readers to consider. All four of them exhibited some nice intraday upswings for us, and kept the tone of the week extremely positive as they all went green.

We were tracking the SPY 12/11 $604-605 Calls, the M Weekly $15.50-15 Puts, the SFIX Weekly $5.00-5.50 Calls, and the PLAY 12/20 $32 Puts. The best runs they recorded for Wednesday’s session were as follows:

SPY 12/11 $604-605 Calls
$604: 1.93-4.50 (+133%)
$605: 1.23-3.41 (+177%)
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M Weekly $15.50-15 Puts
$15.50: .15-.32 (+113%)
$15: .03-.10 (+233%)
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SFIX Weekly $5.00-5.50 Calls
$5.00: .50-2.00 (+300%)
$5.50: .30-1.41 (+370%)
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PLAY 12/20 $32 Puts
$32: 1.25-3.18 (+154%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
ADBE Weekly $492.50-487.50 Puts
CIEN 12/20 $72.50 Puts
RVMD 01/17 $48-49 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
CDT, PALI, LAES, SYTA, TRVI, ZENA, RZLV,

Solid Outing on Thursday, 4 New Picks

Sweep of Thursday’s Board:

Wrapping up a trading week by reporting a perfect slate of options ideas from Thursday is our favorite way to head into any weekend, and that’s how things shook out for us again this week. All three of the potential options targets we placed on watch in yesterday morning’s premarket report exhibited solid intraday upswings.

We were watching the VSCO 03/15 $17.50 Puts, the CIEN 03/15 $60-55 Puts, and the BURL Weekly $212-217.50 Calls, and they all put up some nice figures for the session. Here’s how that activity played out:

VSCO 03/15 $17.50 Puts
$17.50: .30-.80 (+167%)
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CIEN 03/15 $60-55 Puts
$60: 5.00-8.30 (+66%)
$55: 1.60-3.10 (+94%)
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BURL Weekly $212-217.50 Calls
$212.50: 9.19-15.00 (+63%)
$215: 3.10-7.81 (+152%)
$217.50: 1.80-5.45 (+203%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
DOCU Weekly $57-59 Calls*
PBR Weekly $15.50-14.50 Puts*
GCO 03/15 $25 Puts
SPY 03/08 $515-516 Calls*

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

Extended Watchlist:
AIMD, AIRE, MIRA, CERO, VLD, PBM, TIOG, PVST, VMSI