Monday’s Runners, Pair of Longer-Term Plays

Good Start to the Week:  

We got the fresh trading week off to a pretty good start yesterday morning. Despite having no big name earnings reporters to work with, we floated a few ideas that flew in the face of the overall trend of the day, yet still managed to log some serious intraday upswings. Unfortunately, we’re just entering another dry spell for earnings, and as usual, we’ll get along however we sit fit on the day-to-day.

As for yesterday’s targets, we were looking at the TSLA Weekly $277.50-272.50 Puts, the NVDA Weekly $435-430 Puts, and the SPY 09/18 $444-443 Puts, and here are the kinds of intraday runs they established on the session:

TSLA Weekly $277.50-272.50 Puts
$277.50:
 9.80-14.80 (+51%)
$275: 7.80-12.90 (+65%)
$272.50: 6.40-11.05 (+73%)
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NVDA Weekly $435-430 Puts
$435: 4.60-6.62 (+44%)
$432.50: 3.80-5.58 (+47%)
$430: 3.10-4.72 (+52%)
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SPY 09/18 $444-443 Puts
$444: .14-.88 (+528%)
$443: .47-.99 (+111%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
APOG 10/20 $50-55 Calls
DAVA 10/20 $45 Puts


Extended Watchlist:
CNXA, ELUT, AVGR, NAVB, CFFE, SEZL, EFAB, ENZC, NWBO, AABB, CLNV

Wrapping Up Another Good Week, 5 Fresh Plays

Thursday’s Trio of Winners:  

We got things back on track in terms of options trading ideas yesterday morning. We included a trio of potential plays, and were happy to see a lot of good activity, with winners across the board. It’s a good way to head into the end of the week as we attempt to do it one more time this morning. Another earnings season has come and gone, but as usual we will do our best to generate plenty of ideas based on other factors until we’re back in the thick of things in a few weeks’ time.

Yesterday’s targets were the SMTC Weekly $22-23 Calls, the SPY 09/14 $447-448 Calls, and the BABA Weekly $87-89 Calls, and they produced the following caliber of intraday moves and total potential profits for traders:

SMTC Weekly $22-23 Calls
$22:
 1.55-3.00 (+94%)
$23: .75-2.15 (+187%)
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SPY 09/14 $447-448 Calls
$447: 1.23-4.20 (+241%)
$448: .66-3.06 (+364%)
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BABA Weekly $87-89 Calls
$87:
 1.07-1.76 (+95%)
$88: .60-1.06 (+77%)
$89: .32-.59 (+84%)


Fresh Options Ideas*:
DASH Weekly $82-81 Puts
ADBE Weekly $537.50-530 Puts
MITK Weekly $12.50 Calls
LEN Weekly $117-115 Puts

BIO Weekly $370 Calls

*All of today’s targets expire at the close. Do not attempt to trade options on their day of expiration unless you are an experienced options trader!


Extended Watchlist:
CNXA, AGRI, LIFW, CNXA, ULH, AWIN, DSHK, ZNOG

Big Options Runners, More Fresh Plays

Massive Options Gainers:

It was a mixed bag kind of a session for us yesterday, having gone half-and-half on options ideas, bullish and bearish. As a result of the huge day the markets had yesterday, it was the bullish targets that produced notable moves for us on the day.

Those calls that ended up posting huge numbers were the DPZ Weekly $315-325 Calls, and the DAL Weekly $29-29.50 Calls. As you can see below, Domino’s put forth a really good show, as every set in our observed range rattled off absolutely massive multibag runs. The gains we saw in the Delta plays were fairly on-par with those as well, registering big multibag moves themselves. Here’s the breakdown of those enormous gainers:

DPZ Weekly $315-325 Calls
$315:
 5.06-21.23 (+320%)
$320: 2.55-15.06 (+491%)
$325: 1.60-11.49 (+618%)
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DAL Weekly $29-29.50 Calls
$29: .36-2.02 (+461%)
$29.50: .21-1.57 (+648%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
UNH Weekly $510-515 Calls*
NTNX Weekly $24-25 Calls*
SPY 10/14 $366-368 Calls*
JPM Weekly $109-111 Calls*

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


Extended Watchlist:
HMBL, CRTD, AHFD, SMME, IMRA, LASE, ZVO, ATXI, CNXA, SYTA