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Top Marks Tuesday, Fresh Earnings Plays

Yesterday’s Options Movers:

We made some good picks for yesterday morning’s premarket report, coming up with four options trading ideas based off of the day’s earnings calendar. It was a mixed bag of calls and puts, and we fared pretty well with the whole lot of them. We’re still in the position of being right in the thick of an active quarterly earnings season, and attempting to take full advantage.

Yesterday’s four plays that turned out to be solid intraday runners were the DDOG Weekly $88-85 Puts, the UPS Weekly $172.50-175 Calls, the LLY Weekly $490-500 Calls, and the IFF 08/18 $65-60 Puts. The gains we observed, which ranged from reasonably strong to very good, on those ideas were as follows:

DDOG Weekly $88-85 Puts
$88: 2.32-4.00 (+72%)
$87: 1.73-3.35 (+94%)
$86: 1.45-2.86 (+97%)
$85: 1.08-2.30 (+113%)
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UPS Weekly $172.50-175 Calls
$172.50: 5.40-9.15 (+69%)
$175: 3.10-6.41 (+107%)
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LLY Weekly $490-500 Calls
$490: 18.55-47.80 (+158%)
$495: 13.65-44.45 (+226%)
$500: 12.65-39.35 (+211%)
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IFF 08/18 $65-60 Puts
$65: 1.45-2.25 (+55%)
$60: .34-.60 (+76%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
CRL 08/18 $210 Calls
RBLX Weekly $35-34 Puts
SMCI Weekly $297.50-292.50 Puts

Extended Watchlist:
EBET, VTGN, ATNF, TNGX, AKAN, DBTX, GRRR, HOTH

4 Fresh Ideas for a New Trading Week

Friday Options Recap:

It was a little bit of a subdued finish to what was an otherwise fairly exciting week of trading on Friday. We had a limited slate of earnings reporters on the day, but still formed a few ideas that managed to make some early moves. The percentage gains weren’t quite on a level that would get us overexcited, but all contracts involved did make reasonable moves, with one lone exception.

Those ideas that we were tracking were the SPB 05/19 $65-70 Calls, the TSLA Weekly $175-177.50 Calls, and the SPY 05/12 $412.50-413 Calls. Here’s how their early positive movement played out in terms of total possible gains for quick traders:

SPB 05/19 $65-70 Calls
$70: .83-1.69 (+104%)
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TSLA Weekly $175-177.50 Calls
$175: .36-.60 (+67%)
$177.50: .38-.62 (+63%)
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SPY 05/12 $412.50-413 Calls
$412.50: .20-.36 (+80%)
$413: .13-.24 (+85%)
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We’ve also been tracking the IFF 05/19 $95-90 Puts since our report from this past Tuesday the 9th, and IFF continued to decline all week, leading to some really nice new highs in those targets:

IFF 05/19 $95-90 Puts
$95: 2.90-12.10 (+317%)
$90: 1.79-7.20 (+302%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 05/15 $411-412 Calls*
MNDY Weekly $145-155 Calls
SHAK Weekly $66-67 Calls
NRG 06/16 $33-34 Calls

*Trading contracts on their day of expiration should only be attempted by experienced options traders

Extended Watchlist:
SIRI, WISZ, MGOL, ALGS, OMH, LMFA, SRPT, AABB, GMPW, SEII, HDUP

Tuesday’s Movers, Today’s Earnings Plays

Tuesday’s Runners:

We fared rather well with our fresh options idea for yesterday morning’s premarket report, scoring big with two out of our three listed targets. The gains were relatively nominal as compared to some of the big multi-baggers we’re accustomed to, but four out of the six total contracts in question did at least reach double-bag status.

Those plays were the PYPL Weekly $73-70 Puts, and the IFF 05/19 $95-90 Puts, and here were the kinds of intraday runs they recorded on the session:

PYPL Weekly $73-70 Puts
$73: 3.70-7.10 (+92%)
$72: 2.88-6.10 (+112%)
$71: 1.95-5.15 (+164%)
$70: 1.43-4.19 (+193%)
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IFF 05/19 $95-90 Puts
$95: 2.90-7.30 (+152%)
$90: 1.79-3.50 (+96%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
ALC 05/19 $75-80 Calls
LI Weekly $25.50-26.50 Calls
ABNB Weekly $111-109 Puts

Extended Watchlist:
UFAB, STSS, ADXN, TCRX, ZFOX, CTIC, UPST, FRCB, TMRC

Monday’s Runners, Fresh Ideas

Options Review:

We did fairly well to start off the week yesterday morning, with two out of the three daily interests in our premarket report going on to present some good intraday opportunities. In addition to recapping those plays, we’ve also got an update on a longer-term idea we had formulated for our report on Thursday morning which has posted a significant run over the past few sessions.

Yesterday’s movers were the TSN 05/19 $57.50-52.50 Puts, and the BNTX 05/19 $105-115 Calls, and the play we signaled on Thursday was the EQNR 05/19 $27-29 Calls. Here are the kinds of potential gains we’ve seen from these targets thus far:

TSN 05/19 $57.50-52.50 Puts
$57.50: 5.30-7.70 (+45%)
$55: 4.70-6.50 (+38%)
$52.50: 2.60-4.70 (+81%)
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BNTX 05/19 $105-115 Calls
$105: 5.00-7.80 (+56%)
$110: 2.00-3.80 (+90%)
$115: .55-1.40 (+154%)
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EQNR 05/19 $27-29 Calls
$27: .95-2.40 (+153%)
$28: .33-2.25 (+581%)
$29: .17-1.17 (+588%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
PYPL Weekly $73-70 Puts
SWKS Weekly $95-92 Puts
IFF 05/19 $95-90 Puts

Extended Watchlist:
NVOS, FRCB, ENZC, LGIQ, SKFG, LADX, CLRO, MOBQ, ERYP, MTEK, ENSC

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: ADIL, AMTX Review

Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ADIL

Just as we were lauding ADIL yesterday morning on its recent bucking of the terribly bearish trend that had been building for several weeks, we get that epic one day reversal and bullish surge in the markets. It was especially fortuitous timing in the case of ADIL, being that it was already up considerably. The added boost took the stock to new heights, and added considerably to the positive movement we’ve witnessed over the past couple of weeks.

At the time of our initial alert on ADIL on the morning of the 13th, we saw trades going off as low as 2.55. As of yesterday’s new high mark set at 7.45, which represents a two week upswing of 192%

Aemetis, Inc. AMTX

As for the the other mention from yesterday’s premarket report, AMTX, it too felt the effects of the huge rally in the markets, trading up from a low of .60, up as high as .97. That worked out to an intraday push of 62%

Regardless of the market conditions, we’ll have a slot on our watch screens reserved for AMTX going forward, after the company just received a considerable round of non-toxic financing to effect the execution of the next phase of its business plan.

DVB Technologies, Inc. DVBT

Among the countless stocks that have been at or near their annual lows recently, we want to highlight DVBT, to watch going forward. There is a considerable gap on the chart which the stock has been beginning to fill. The opportunity for a considerable swing trade may be present, provided that yesterday’s activity wasn’t merely an isolated event in the midst of a continued downward trajectory for the markets in general.

In addition to the stock itself, we’ll also go ahead and signal some options to watch, specifically the DVBT 05/17 $7.50 & $10 Calls.
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Another Fresh Idea:
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. IFF 02/15 $130 & $135

Extended Watchlist:
SESN, SBGL, LILAK, PSTI, MYSZ, WFT, TVIX