Tag: EXPR

Solid Start to the Week, Trio of New Ideas

Monday’s Moves:

Another new week got off to a pretty good start for us yesterday, with each of the three ideas we formulated for our premarket report recording decent intraday upswings. It was a solid beginning to what we think will turn out to be an interesting week, with a lot of more big names set to release their quarterly data. That is what most often presents us with our best opportunities to make positive trades.

As for yesterday’s slate of possibilities, we were looking at the TSLA Weekly $142-140 Puts, the NFLX Weekly $555-550 Puts, and the VZ Weekly $40-41.50 Calls, and here were their best moves for the session:

TSLA Weekly $142-140 Puts
$142: 6.00-8.25 (+37%)
$141: 5.60-7.75 (+38%)
$140: 5.20-7.26 (+40%)
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NFLX Weekly $555-550 Puts
$555: 8.10-11.50 (+42%)
$550: 6.00-9.00 (+50%)
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VZ Weekly $40-41.50 Calls
$40: .13-.25 (+92%)
$40.50: .07-.12 (+71%)
$41: .04-.07 (+75%)
$41.50: .03-.05 (+67%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SAP 05/17 $185-190 Calls
NVS 05/17 $100 Calls
DHR Weekly $252.50-257.50 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
CYN, HWH, SMFL, ZCMD, FSRN, EXPR, DRNK, WDRP

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: ECYT Recap & More

Endocyte, Inc. ECYT

Our first order of business this morning is to review the recent performance of ECYT, which we initially slated for observation in our report on February 28th. At the time, the stock had been slowly gaining momentum for much of February, and it looked ripe for a more pronounced breakout.

That day, as the stock was trading for as little as 4.51, we witnessed an explosion in volume that has precipitated a very impressive run, persisting for over two weeks up to the present time. Yesterday’s session brought a new high of 11.54 in ECYT, which marks an upswing of 156% in a relatively short time frame.

Valeant Pharma International, Inc. VRX

On Monday morning, we came up with some options ideas for VRX, which we noted was “ready for a bottom bounce”. We also made reference to a huge Form-4 buy of $108.8M came in as well, which led us to postulate that “for now the stock has gone as low as it’s going to go.”

We couldn’t have been any more spot-on in our assessment of VRX, and the result has been a solid performance for the short-term calls we put on watch, the VRX Weekly $15 & $15.50 Calls. The $15’s ran from .65-1.15 for a gain of 77%, while the $15.50’s moved from a low of .30 to .71, an increase of 137%

We had some longer-term ideas as well which we will likely come back to in an upcoming report, as it appears VRX will continue to head up. On that note, we’ll also look to roll up our strike prices on the weekly calls to the $16 & $16.50’s.

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Fresh Options Idea:

Walmart, Inc. WMT 04/20 $95-97.50 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
RKDA, EXPR, NCTY, VYGR, TYME, MARA

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Options, RMRK Recaps & More


Options Recap – We cast a pretty wide net with respect to options ideas in the retail sector in our premarket report yesterday morning, and our efforts didn’t go unrewarded. Both EXPR and AEO provided us with some nice chances.

Express, Inc. EXPR – We were tracking the EXPR 09/15 $6 & $7 Calls. The $6’s traded in a range from .45 -.92 for a gain of 104%, while the $7’s logged an even 100% double-bag run from .15-.30.

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. AEO –   For American Eagle, we were looking at the AEO Weekly $12 & 12.50 Calls. The $12’s recorded our biggest options gainer of the day with a 212% move from .08-.25, and the $12.50’s were another even 100% push , trading from .05-.10 on the day.
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More Ideas – We’ll keep the post-earnings retail options train rolling today with two fresh sets of ideas using the Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ANF and Dollar Tree, Inc. DLTR chains. We’ll have the ANF Weekly $10 & $11 Calls, and the DLTR Weekly $78-82 Calls on watch as we head into week’s end.

Rimrock Gold Corp . RMRK

We included RMRK in yesterday morning’s premarket report, after noticing some abnormal activity building up in the previous session.

It was a good thing that we did, because yesterday’s performance from the stock was explosive. It traded in a range from .0006 to .0025 on the day, for a fantastic single-session rip of 316%

The move occurred on volume of more than 1.8 billion shares traded; an all-time high for RMRK.

Extended Watchlist:
OCLR, NPTN, MOSY, BSTG, SHLD, TTNP, SIG, RUN