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Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Fresh Options Ideas & More

New Options Ideas

It is a relatively seldom occurrence that we will signal Puts when speculating over potential options plays, but we have our eyes on a couple of stocks that are exhibiting the proper conditions to do so this morning. What figures to be another slow day for stocks with regard to overall market conditions, could also help us along to some intraday opportunities on the bearish side of things.

Macy’s, Inc. M – Despite exceeding expectations for profits, Macy’s returned disappointing sales figures for Q3 this morning and as a result, is gapping down considerably in the premarket. Over the past few sessions, the stock has behaved in a similar manner, with an early gap-down leading to further losses, so in the event that the pattern repeats itself we’re going to be tracking the M Weekly $47-43 Puts for swing-trade possibilities.

Macy’s reports lower sales, trims profit forecast (Wed 8:37AM EST)

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Horizon Pharma plc HZNP – HZNP is taking a major hit in the premarket on some negative press that began circulating late last night. It represents a considerable hit to the company, and with such news being thus far untraded-upon, we’re going to be taking a look at HZNP Weekly $20-17 Puts.

Express Scripts cuts off pharmacy that sold Horizon Pharma drugs (Wed 8:02AM EST)

Extended Watchlist:
ADMD, BTHE, KWBT, TDEY, XBIO,

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Options Roundup & More

Options Recap

Facebook, Inc. FB – FB was cruising in the premarket yesterday in the wake of an earnings beat, and we signaled a range of contracts where we supposed the heaviest action would fall (FB Weekly $106-111 Calls). It would not have mattered which set of contracts traders chose to strike, because they all provided chances at hefty gains.

In every case, there was a big initial spike, followed by a dip-and-rip which added an additional intraday swing. The breakdown of those moves is as follows:

$106 Calls – 1st Swing: 2.77-4.70 (70%) – 2nd Swing: 2.37-3.60 (52%)
$107 Calls – 1st Swing: 1.60-3.70 (131%) – 2nd Swing: 1.60-2.70 (69%)
$108 Calls – 1st Swing: 1.40 – 2.89 (106%) – 2nd Swing: 1.00-1.80 (80%)
$109 Calls – 1st Swing: .88-2.07 (135%) – 2nd Swing: .58-1.12 (93%)
$110 Calls – 1st Swing: .49-1.42 (190%) – 2nd Swing: .30-.62 (106%)
$111 Calls – 1st Swing: .33-92 (179%) – 2nd Swing: .14-.33 (136%)

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Expedia, Inc. EXPE -The buzz over EXPE’s buyout of HomeAway, Inc. AWAY was enough to get it moving in yesterday’s premarket. Our corresponding options idea for this one was to track EXPE Weekly $138-142 Calls and like FB, there was no losing pick within our specified range of contracts. Cheers to anyone that got in on the fun, as double-bag gains were possible across the board!

$138 Calls – Daily Range: 1.10-2.90 – Max Gain: 164%
$139 Calls – Daily Range: .65-2.18 – Max Gain: 235%
$140 Calls – Daily Range: .55-1.65 – Max Gain: 200%
$141 Calls – Daily Range: .46-1.13 – Max Gain: 146%
$142 Calls – Daily Range: .21-.70 – Max Gain: 233%

Weight Watchers International, Inc. WTW

Our regular readers will certainly recall our successful coverage of WTW as Oprah’s involvement was announced a few weeks back; we had monstrous success with our options selections, and even saw an amazing move from the stock itself. Our observed low on WTW was 10.76, and this morning we’ve seen it change hands for as much as 20.80.

With this impressive early morning gap-up, we’re going to want to jump back into the mix with another options idea. We’ll be monitoring the Weekly $18-20 Calls for potential daytrade opportunities on the dip-and-rip which is likely to occur.

Endeavor IP, Inc. ENIP

On the stock side of things, we included ENIP in our premarket extended watchlist yesterday and this super-subpenny play didn’t disappoint, offering up the chance at single-session double-bag profits!

From an early low of .0004, the stock surged toward the end of the session, reaching as high as .0009. That registered as an 125% intraday swing, and it came on more than three times the monthly average volume.

Extended Watchlist:
AEZS, ZSPH, HZNP, LEXG, VPRO, GSI, TTCM

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: PBR Options Update & More

Petroleo Brasiliero S.A. (Petrobras) PBR – Options Update

We called for a potential dip-and-rip play on PBR Calls yesterday, after following the contracts to gains exceeding 200% on Monday-Tuesday’s spike to .64. We did see the dip back down to the .30-range, and the subsequent rip came too, as the $16 Weeklies we’ve tracked from a low of .20 hit the 300% mark at .80 yesterday.

If you recall Tuesday’s report, we said: “Should PBR approach the 16.35-level, we would then have to consider moving up our strike price.” PBR did indeed test and break that price target (HOD 16.76) during yesterday’s session, and as a result the $16.50 Calls went on a romp from a low of .18 to .46, an impressive single session move of 155%

We hope our meticulous and spot-on forecasting of the PBR Options chain this week has at the very least, illustrated why we like to cover options just as well as stocks. As you can plainly see, the chances for quick gains are plentiful under the right conditions, as evidenced by the exponential profits offered to us by this play, time and time again.

Even as the talking heads saw fit to downgrade PBR earlier this year, we’ve stuck with it as it was coming off of ten-year lows back in March at 11.25, and brought continuous coverage as the stock has bulled its way up to more than $17. This will definitely go down as one of the brightest spots in 2014, a year that has thus far been extremely good to us.

Med-Cannabis Pharma, Inc. MCPI

We mentioned that MCPI might see some momentum carryover from Tuesday’s session in yesterday morning’s report, and that’s just what we saw. The stock would make an intraday move of 25% from .4375-.5475.

.Monday’s initial alert on MCPI gave folks a chance to grab MCPI as low as .355, from which yesterday’s high marked an increase of 54%

It’s also given us a chance to get our feet wet within the slowly-forming Washington State-based cannabis industry. We’ll have our eyes peeled for others that are sure to pop up as the state makes its transition away from prohibition.

Added Note:

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. WWE

Just to throw in a new options trading idea as we approach the end of the week, we’re going to be monitoring the WWE 09/20 $15 Calls, which closed at .50 yesterday.

Extended Watchlist:
HZNP, LIME, MCP, SAAS, SSYS, DDD

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: PIHN, NGMC, MLCG

Polaris International Holdings, Inc. PIHN

We tagged PIHN in yesterday morning’s extended watchlist, with no idea that the stock would become the latest in a long line of companies that are jumping into the medical marijuana business.

Now, all of the sudden, a seemingly random stock that traded from .012-.0169 (+41%) yesterday, is now grabbing our attention for another reason.

If any of the other plays that we’ve seen take off on cannabis-related news are any indicator, the gain opportunities could continue to roll in. A predictable scenario could include the stock running off of this morning’s PR, pulling back as folks reap their profits, and following that with a subsequent bounce. A classic dip-and-rip would certainly not be out of the ordinary under these conditions, so we’ll want to continue to monitor PIHN as we cruise through mid-week.

PLANO, TX–(Marketwired – Mar 19, 2014) – Polaris International Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PIHN) (OTC Pink: PIHN) is pleased to announce they have entered into an exclusive agreement with Longevity Holdings, LLC for the ProCannas® product line. The agreement grants the sole rights to sell, distribute and market the provisional patent-pending formulation of Longevity Holding, LLC cannabis oil. >>> FULL PR

Next Generation Energy Corp. NGMC

NMGC is another cannabis play with fresh news out today that we want to throw into the mix. The company has the intention to partner with an already-existing chain of marijuana dispensaries.

FAIRFAX, Va., March 19, 2014 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Next Generation Energy Corp. (OTCQB:NGMC) announced today its major advancement into the Medical Marijuana industry. Darryl Reed, CEO of NGMC, said the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, NextGen Cannabis Consulting LLC, has entered into a LOI with Highway 2 Health, Inc. (H2H). H2H currently owns and operates three dispensaries in the greater Los Angeles area and has extensive experience in the Medical Marijuana industry. >> FULL PR

ML Captial Group, Inc. MLCG

MLCG was another play from yesterday’s report to fare well off of some pot-related press, trading in a range from .0544-.074, an intraday move of 36%

Extended Watchlist:
AMZG, PLUG, WPCS, IDN, PSUN, IDRA, HTM, HZNP

ABAT, SOCR, ICLD, FREE & Extended Watchlist

Over the 2+ years since we turned our long-running daily newsletter into the Blue Horseshoe Stocks blog, we have covered an extremely wide pool of stocks. In fact, the number of plays we’ve passed along since the site’s inception is now approaching 1000.(Click here to view the symbol index.) We also have a couple of new plays to add this morning:

Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. ABAT

ABAT has been on a full-fledged breakout for the past four sessions, and momentum has been building. With volume increasing, and a golden cross setting up on the chart, this is definitely a stock that will be drawing our attention this morning.

Following this monstrous run, in the weeks ahead, we’ll also be on the lookout for a pullback and any eventual bounce opportunities it could afford.

Solpower Corp. SOCR

SOCR seemed to awake from hibernation yesterday as it traded up on light volume, causing it to pop up on our unusual activity scanner. We’re going to want to keep this one on our radar moving forward.

FreeSeas, Inc. FREE

After re-alerting FREE as it was coming off of a bottom, the stock continued its progress, opening up at .36 and trading as high as .4048 on greater-than average volume. That marks an intraday gain of roughly 12.5%

As is the case with all stocks on the rebound, we are looking to see higher highs and higher lows posted on the chart.

Just prior to this stock’s last major run, we called out resistance in the .33-.38 area, the breaking of which led to serious gains. Those levels have been breached again, so FREE now has us back on high alert.

InterCloud Systems, Inc. ICLD

After having been as low as 4.41 following our initial alert of ICLD on Friday morning, and as low as 8.67 following our Friday afternoon update, the stock continued to roll on Monday. We saw a high of 16.69, which could have provided gains of up to 278% for those that caught the first alert, 93% following the second.

Congrats to anyone who has been able to ride the waves of gains that ICLD has provided over just a few short days.

Extended Watchlist:
HZNP, IPCI, SPEX, OMER, NSYS, MNTG, EVOK