Blue Horseshoe Stocks: RAD, ACHN Recaps & More

Achillon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ACHN

ACHN stood out amongst the stocks we discussed in yesterday’s morning report. The move came in conjunction with the announcement that the company’s Hep C treatment currently in trials had successfully cured all of the patients in the latest clinical test.

As a result ACHN ran from a morning low of 14.56 on up to 16.87 for a solid 16% intraday move, on its highest volume traded since June.

We’ve been tracking ACHN for over a month now, and in that time have observed a low of 12.00 (Nov. 12th). As of yesterday’s high, that represents an overall increase of 40% in a relatively short amount of time.


Rite-Aid Corp. RAD

We began paying attention to RAD on Tuesday of last week, and the stock has made some good progress since then. Yesterday was no exception, with RAD adding another 6% to the healthy upward movements we’ve already witnessed.

From the low of 5.79 we observed last Tuesday after adding it to our watchlist for the first time, to yesterday’s high of 7.19, equates to a move of 25% in a span of just five sessions. That’s more than enough to hold our attention as we head into the New Year.

It’s worth mentioning that the Cowen Group investment research arm upgraded RAD from a ‘Neutral’ to an ‘Outperform’ rating, with a price target of 8.50/share, and one of our favorite sites, BARCHART.com is currently rating RAD a 100% Short-Term ‘Buy’, with an 88% ‘Buy’ Rating overall.


Extended Watchlist:
NQ, ARIA, ALSK, CYTK, ICLD, DRYS

LTCHD, EDXC, PVEN, FB & Extended Watchlist

mCig, Inc. LTCHD

We put LTCHD up on yesterday afternoon’s Extended Watchlist, and are entering it into the discussion this morning as a new play on our marijuana-related stock radar. The company has recently transitioned to a new name, from Lifetech Industries to the current mCig. Along with that change, the company effected a 10-for-1 forward split.

For people who already owned shares prior to the restructuring, those shares were subject to a routine hold, which can take 3-5 days for the position to become free-trading. So we are on the lookout for a pullback this mid-week as that occurs, and people attempt to lock in profits by selling their shares into the market.

From there, we’ll be on the lookout for a bottom, and subsequent bounce.

The company falls under the marijuana stock category, as they are preparing for the rollout of their first mCig product within the next month. The company will be looking to capitalize on the legalization of marijuana in two states, as well as the growing popularity of “vapor pens” which vaporize cannabis concentrates for consumption.


BELLEVUE, WA, Aug 28, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Lifetech Industries, Inc. (OTCBB: LTCHD), announces today that it has changed its name to mCig, Inc. and completed a forward stock split on a 10-for-1 basis.

On August 2, 2013, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation was amended and restated to effect the name change and the forward stock split. The name change is part of an initiative led by incoming CEO Paul Rosenberg to reposition the company and its technology by launching a new consumer product, the mCig — a purpose built loose leaf eCig that will be launched next month.

mCig’s CEO, Paul Rosenberg, commented: “With the name change complete we can now focus on the next chapter of our business development targeting two long-term secular trends by developing consumer products that are exciting and disruptive. We will be updating our shareholders shortly with more information on our first product the mCig which will be launched in Q3 2013.”

The name change and the forward stock split were also approved by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). The name change and forward split will be effective for trading purposes on the open of business on Thursday August 29, 2013. The new symbol will be (LTCHD) for 20 business days until September 27, 2013 when the symbol will change to (MCIG).


ENDEXX Corp. EDXC

EDXC is another medical marijuana play that we’ve been covering for quite some time. It also appeared in Friday’s report that revisited our interest in many cannabis stocks. Since that time, EDXC has traded from a low of .055 (Friday) to yesterday’s high of .097. That works out to a two-session move of 76%

Congrats to anyone who was able to take advantage of that timely alert, and be sure to check out that report containing all of our marijuana interests, as the entire sector was given a morale boost via last week’s US Department of Justice announcement that the federal government would not be interfering in individual states rights to make marijuana available to their citizens for both medical and recreational use.



Press Ventures, Inc. PVEN

PVEN has experienced an abnormal burst in volume over the past week or so, and yesterday’s volume exceeded the three days’ prior combined. Given that the stock wasn’t really trading up to that point, we have reason to suspect that PVEN could be the subject of an upcoming promotion. This out-of-the-blue volume explosion could be a result of front-loading, and so we are placing this stock on watch for any major price movements that could occur.

We also exercise the utmost caution when dealing with plays that have promotional activity going on behind the scenes, and this instance is no different.


Facebook, Inc. FB Options

FB has recently been pushing its 52-week highs (Hit 42.26 on Friday), so we are looking at how to capitalize on the trend via options trading. The 09/13 $41 Calls (closed at 1.57 yesterday) are of great interest to us, because if FB can breakout to $45 by next Friday, we could be looking at multi-bag gains from these contracts.


Extended Watchlist:
RMTI, INO, ZLCS, CYTK, STXS

ENTB, BMSN, VELT & Extended Watchlist

Entest BioMedical, Inc. ENTB
&
BioMatrix Scientific Group, Inc. BMSN

We’ve talked about each of these stocks in the past, and wanted to bring them back into the discussion this morning. Both of these subpenny biomed plays has been trading in a sideways channel and have found new levels of support, and we’d like to start monitoring for any signs of increasing volume. In both cases, a relatively small amount of buying pressure could give way to some serious gains.

Earlier this year, ENTB brought us gains in excess of 960% as we called its run from .001 to .0104, and BMSN generated the opportunity at a mind-numbing 5400% in in monstrous spike from .0003 to .0165. Thus we are well aware of each of these stocks capability of making huge moves. We’ll be following closely through the upcoming fall season for any signs of history repeating itself.


Velti Plc. VELT

We added VELT to our watchlists yesterday, stating it was “gapping down to all time lows…” and to “keep on watch for a potential bounce”. We observed the stock fall to a low of .33, and this morning it appears that VELT is gapping up to the tune of 17% It’s possible that this is a signal of the bounce we were looking for, so this one will be near the top of our tickers today.


Extended Watchlist:
VHGI, NPWZ, DRYS, SUNE, CVO, CCCR, CYTK