Friday Recaps, Fresh Plays For Monday

Friday’s Options Review: 

We offered up a mixed bag of possible options trading ideas on Friday, with most of them falling under the bearish category. The markets provided impetus in both directions, and that provided us with the volatility needed to see some very nice gain opportunities. The only targets that went the wrong way on us were our AAPL Puts, but the impressive new highs in the three AI sets we were tracking last week made up the difference, and then some.

Our runners from Friday’s report were the QCOM Weekly $135-134 Puts, the AMZN Weekly $110-108 Puts, and the GILD Weekly $84-85 Calls. Our tracked ideas on AI were the AI Weekly $20-20.50 & $22 Calls, from our reports on the 1st and the 2nd, respectively) and those posted some really good new highs in addition to the stock itself making a solid move up. Here’s how things broke down for us on Friday:

QCOM Weekly $135-134 Puts
$135:
 .08-.67 (+737%)
$134: .03-.28 (+833%)
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AMZN Weekly $110-108 Puts
$110:
 1.92-7.45 (+288%)
$109: 1.20-6.43 (+435%)
$108: .65-5.44 (+736%)
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GILD Weekly $84-85 Calls

$84: .85-3.05 (+259%)
$85: .36-2.23 (+519%)
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AI Weekly $20-20.50 & $22 Calls

$20: .80-7.93 (+891%)
$20.50: .60-7.68 (+1180%)
$22:
1.50-6.00 (+300%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
AI Weekly $26.50-27 Calls

TSLA Weekly $190-195 Calls
ON Weekly $79-78 Puts
TSN Weekly 02/17 $60 Puts


AIADVERTISING, Inc. AIAD – OTC Recap:

We’ve also got a quick little OTC update to relay this morning. We first tagged AIAD on Wednesday morning at a low of .0078. By Friday the stock reached a new high of .02, which represents an intraweek swing of 156%


Extended Watchlist:
AITX, CEOS, WLAN, SECO, FFIE, SOUN, JZXN, BZFD, KAL, RVSN, GFAI, CTLT, ARQQ

A Five-Pack of Fresh Trading Ideas

Solid Start to the Trading Week: 

We got this short week off to a good start yesterday morning as we alerted on four potential options plays, and considering our recent track record, it came as very little surprise to see some very nice intraday gain opportunities in all of them. We had earnings in the financial sector and some good premarket movement on TSLA, and the ideas we generated off of that led to some sizable runs in our designated targets.

Those interests were the GS Weekly $370-365 Puts, the SBNY Weekly $120 Calls, the TSLA Weekly $123-125 Calls, and the MARA Weekly $8.00-8.50 Calls. As we’re seeing TSLA gapping up again this morning in the premarket, we’re likely to see the gains on those contracts extended, and we’ll also go ahead and roll up to include some higher strikes with our fresh ideas for today. First, here’s the breakdown from yesterday’s activity:

GS Weekly $370-365 Puts
$370:
 6.00-25.75 (+329%)
$367.50: 4.55-23.00 (+405%)
$365: 3.30-26.65 (+707%)
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SBNY Weekly $120 Calls
$120: 7.60-9.40 (+24%)
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TSLA Weekly $123-125 Calls
$123: 5.00-9.50 (+90%)
$123.33: 4.35-9.29 (+114%)
$124: 4.40-8.70 (+98%)
$125: 3.90-7.92 (+103%)
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MARA Weekly $8.00-8.50 Calls

$8.00: .62-.91 (+47%)
$8.50: .44-.67 (+52%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
TSLA Weekly $134-136 Calls
UAL Weekly $52.50-54 Calls
PNC Weekly $155-152.50 Puts
IBKR Weekly $75-80 Calls
SCHW Weekly $83-84 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
PDPG, CORZQ, OZSC, STAL, FERN, XCPL, OTRK, FFIE, TCBP, SYTA, ATXI

Recapping Options Runners, Fresh Plays

Markets Rip on Monday:

We were a little light on options activity with one of the two ideas we signaled in yesterday’s report, but fortunately for us, the day was marked by a sizable surge in the markets. That not only sent our SPY 12/12 $393-394 Calls for the day on a major run, but we saw new highs in several of the December 16th Calls we’ve been tracking in other chains in recent weeks.

We signaled the SMAR 12/16 $35-40 Calls for observation on December 2nd, and both the GTLB 12/16 $45 Calls and the FERG 12/16 $115-120 Calls we targeted on the 6th. Here are the full breakdowns of yesterday’s SPY’s, and the performance of the other plays over the aforementioned date ranges:

SPY 12/12 $393-394 Calls
$393:
1.50-5.82 (+288%)
$394: .97-4.86 (+401%)
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SMAR 12/16 $35-40 Calls

$35: 1.55-5.70 (+268%)
$40: .34-1.80 (+429%)
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GTLB 12/16 $45 Calls
$45: .90-4.81 (+434%)
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FERG 12/16 $115-120 Calls
$115:
3.30-9.70 (+194%)
$120: 1.70-8.20 (+382%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 12/13 $407-410 Calls*
ORCL Weekly $82.50-85 Calls
CNM Weekly $22.50 Calls
FLNC Weekly $17.50 Calls

*Please don’t trade options on their day of expiration unless you are an experienced trader! 


Extended Watchlist:
CYBL, ADHC, YCRM, PHIL, LCLP, FORZ, SOXL, JZXN, MGTA, NCPL, STRY, MRNA, OPGN, FFIE