Starting 2022 Off the Right Way

Ringing in the New Year with Options Updates

We’ve been tracking several longer-term options plays in recent sessions, and today for the first report of the new calendar year, we’ve got some updates on the moves we’ve observed.

Starting off with BBIO, we were on top of that one from Tuesday of last week, watching as it gradually pressed to new highs each day. The stock itself has run from 12.06-17.34 during that span (+44%). We were targeting the BBIO 02/18 $12.50-15 Calls and thus far here are the total increases we’ve observed in those plays:

BBIO 02/18 $12.50-15 Calls 
$12.50: 1.85-5.11 (+176%)
$15: 1.50-3.60 (+140%)

On the same day last Tuesday, we signaled interest in some MRNA targets as well, highlighting the MRNA 01/21 $250-260 Calls and they too produced some nice increases on the week when all was said and done.

MRNA 01/21 $250-260 Calls
$250: 11.45-22.04 (+92%)
$252.50: 11.17-20.00 (+79%)
$255: 10.21-19.04 (+86%)
$257.50: 10.55-17.90 (+70%)
$260: 9.10-17.00 (+87%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
SPY 01/03 $476-478 Calls*
FB Weekly $337.50-340 Calls 

*Please don’t attempt to trade options on the day of their expiration unless you are an experienced trader with access to disposable funds!


Extended Watchlist:
IMMX, CELZ, BLCT, AFI, PTE, HMBL, IQST, PRMK, RGBP, BLFE, NSAV, AMLH

Clean Sweep on Options Plays & More

Across the Board Options Sweep: 

Yesterday was another banner day for big name earnings reporters, and we got in on the fun by signaling three sets of fresh options ideas in our premarket report.

We were signaling our interest in the UPS Weekly $207.50-212.50 Calls, the FB Weekly $325-332.50 Calls, and the LMT Weekly $360-345 Puts. Each one turned out to be a very solid play with sizable intraday gain opportunities on the table, but the Lockheed short ended up being the runner of the highest magnitude as the stock took an absolute bath.

Here are the figures on the daily ranges and total possible profits on those shrewd ideas:

UPS Weekly $207.50-212.50 Calls
$207.50:
 8.19-13.20 (+145%)
$210: 5.78-11.50 (+186%)
$212.50: 1.20-2.94 (+145%)
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FB Weekly $325-332.50 Calls
$325:
 1.33-2.46 (+85%)
$327.50: 1.05-1.91 (+82%)
$330: .85-1.54 (+81%)
$332.50: .70-1.26 (+80%)
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LMT Weekly $360-345 Puts
$360: 11.72-33.80 (+188%)
$355: 8.15-27.90 (+242%)
$350: 5.65-23.70 (+319%)
$345: 3.70-19.20 (+419%)
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Fresh Options Ideas:
BA Weekly $207.50-212.50 Calls
MCD Weekly $240-242.50 Calls
MSFT Weekly $312.50-315 Calls 


Meten Holding Group, Inc. METX – Recap: 

We also wanted to provide a brief recap on the performance of METX, which we highlighted in yesterday morning’s extended watchlist. We had just been mentioning how it’s important to peruse all of our plays and not just our features.

METX was nearly a fifty cent stock, running from .4845-.70 on the day, for a rise of 44% which is quite an impressive daily run for a stock in that price range.


Extended Watchlist:
KAVL, CXDC, PHUN, DGLY, GHSI, FAMI, LIGA, CZNI, BORK, MSGP

Big Name Earnings Reporters & More

Denali Therapeutics Inc. DNLI – Options Review:

The first thing we want to do this morning is provide an update on DNLI. Earlier this month, we formulated a longer term options idea which has been heating up over the past week. Most of our daily options ideas are geared toward weekly calls and meant to be quick-strike opportunities, but on occasion we do like to signal interest in contracts with several weeks or even months remaining until expiration.

In this case, we targeted the DNLI 11/19 $50-55 Calls, and in the past several sessions, significant moves have begun to occur, with both sets cracking into multibag territory. So far, the trading ranges on these plays have been as follows:

DNLI 11/19 $50-55 Calls
$50: 1.20-2.94 (+145%)
$55: .50-1.43 (+186%)

We’ll want to continue to monitor these ideas, with more than three weeks left until they expire and the stock being on the move.


Fresh Options Ideas:
UPS Weekly $207.50-212.50 Calls
FB Weekly $325-332.50 Calls
LMT Weekly $360-345 Puts


Extended Watchlist:
BKKT, PROG, RDBX, EQOS, OCGN, WBX, CCNC, AGC, METX, AIAD, CYBL, ASTI, IGEX