Big Moves on Friday, 3 Fresh Ideas

Friday’s Options Recap:

We had a good week last week, and were hoping to close it out with a slate of good ideas in our premarket report. We went with four possibilities on the day, and each of them exhibited some level of intraday upswings for us. It was a great way to close out a strong performance for the week, as all of our ideas panned out.

We were zeroed in on the AAPL Weekly $225-222.50 Puts, the AMZN Weekly $197.50-200 Calls, the INTC Weekly $23-24 Calls, and the XOM Weekly $118-119 Calls. Here were their biggest runs of the session, some of which were exceedingly impressive:

AAPL Weekly $225-222.50 Puts
$225:
 .80-3.44 (+330%)
$222.50: .17-1.43 (+741%)
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AMZN Weekly $197.50-200 Calls
$197.50: 1.31-3.20 (+144%)
$200: .41-1.34 (+227%)
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INTC Weekly $23-24 Calls
$23: .06-.59 (+883%)
$24: .01-.11 (+1000%)
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XOM Weekly $118-119 Calls
$118: .26-.63 (+142%)
$119: .10-.30 (+200%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
CEG Weekly $242.50-237.50 Puts
MAR Weekly $260-255 Puts
ZTS 11/15 $190-195 Calls


Extended Watchlist: 
STAF, NUWE, VSTE, NLSP, ADN, TNXP, EPIX

Thursday’s Activity, 4 New Ideas

Options Recap:

Things went fairly well for us on Thursday as we signaled interest in three potential plays in our premarket report. We got back good results from the two that were bearish, with some help from the markets sharp downturn on the day.

Our big movers turned out to be the MSFT Weekly $420-415 Puts, and the META Weekly $585-580 Puts. Here were the best runs they recorded during Thursday’s session:

MSFT Weekly $420-415 Puts
$420:
 6.98-13.73 (+97%)
$417.50: 5.89-11.58 (+97%)
$415: 4.45-9.45 (+112%)
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META Weekly $585-580 Puts
$585: 6.31-21.56 (+242%)
$582.50: 5.51-18.65 (+257%)
$580: 4.48-17.24 (+285%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
AAPL Weekly $225-222.50 Puts*
AMZN Weekly $197.50-200 Calls*
INTC Weekly $23-24 Calls*
XOM Weekly $118-119 Calls*

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


Extended Watchlist: 
ELAB, ATHA, PEV, COCH, VSME, LIFW,

Monday’s Runners, 3 New Chances

Decent Start to the Week:

We got things off to a fair start for the week on Monday, despite entering into another dreaded earnings dry spell. We included three ideas in yesterday’s premarket report, and while they didn’t exactly blow our doors off, we saw some good positive movement from each set on the day. We usually manage to find interesting possibilities no matter what, as is our continuing aim.

Our fresh targets for the session were the INTC Weekly $22.50-23 Calls, the TSLA Weekly $240-242.50 Calls, and the AIR 10/18 $70 Calls, and here was the intraday activity on those targets:

INTC Weekly $22.50-23 Calls
$22.50:
.50-.84 (+68%)
$23: .35-.60 (+71%)
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TSLA Weekly $240-242.50 Calls
$240: 7.34-12.53 (+71%)
$242.50: 8.91-10.73 (+20%)
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AIR 10/18 $70 Calls
$70:
 2.85-3.70 (+30%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
TSLA Weekly $252.50-255 Calls
THO 10/18 $100 Puts

SPY 09/24 $569 Calls*

*Only experienced traders should attempt to trade contracts on their day of expiration


Extended Watchlist:
TRNR, MLGO, SEEL, SLXN, MSS, JBDI, HSCS, FAAS

Friday’s Big Movers, 3 New Possibilities

Another Mistake Free Week:

We finished off last week in exactly the fashion we hoped we would. After going perfect through Thursday, each of the ideas we included in Friday’s premarket report, ended up registering multibag upswings on the day. That logs another flawless weekly run for us, which is a phenomenon that seems to occur as often as not recently.

Our targets for the day were the SPY 09/20 $570-569 Puts, the FDX Weekly $265-260 Puts, and the LEN Weekly $187.50-185 Puts. Here were their top upswings for Friday:

SPY 09/20 $570-569 Puts
$570:
1.62-3.90 (+141%)*
$569: .96-2.95 (+207%)
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FDX Weekly $265-260 Puts
$265:
4.17-11.22 (+169%)
$262.50: 2.14-8.02 (+275%)
$260: .70-5.15 (+636%)
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LEN Weekly $187.50-185 Puts

$187.50: 2.59-6.31 (+144%)
$185: .80-3.70 (+362%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
INTC Weekly $22.50-23 Calls
TSLA Weekly $240-242.50 Calls
AIR 10/18 $70 Calls

*Only experienced traders should attempt to trade contracts on their day of expiration


Extended Watchlist:
XPON, KXIN, NUKK, LGCB, TGL, BDTX, NWE, WNDW, KANT, IJJP, PHBI, LBSR

Tuesday’s Board Sweep, Trio of New Chances

Terrific Tuesday:

Another day, another flawless slate of potential targets in our premarket report. We’re working things out despite the big lull in earnings, and for yesterday’s possibilities, we went with a solid group of four target ranges. Things went our way once again, as they all recorded significant upward movement during Tuesday’s trading.

Those possible plays were the SPY 09/17 $464-465 Calls, the AVGO Weekly $164-165 Calls, the INTC Weekly $21.50-22.50 Calls, and the TSLA Weekly $227.50 Calls. We got the following upswings out of those ideas:

SPY 09/17 $464-465 Calls
$464: 
1.47-2.91 (+98%)
$465: .95-2.14 (+125%)
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AVGO Weekly $164-165 Calls
$164: 
1.63-2.31 (+42%)
$165: 1.32-1.92 (+45%)
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INTC Weekly $21.50-22.50 Calls
$21.50: 
.44-1.26 (+186%)
$22: .28-.92 (+229%)
$22.50: .17-.63 (+271%)
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TSLA Weekly $227.50 Calls 

$227.50: 6.20-9.70 (+56%)



Fresh Options Ideas:

DASH Weekly $130-131 Calls
GIS Weekly $72.50 Puts
SPY 09/18 $565 Puts*

*Only experienced traders should attempt to trade contracts on their day of expiration


Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ:GLMD) – Recap:

Also posting a really nice day yesterday was a NASDAQ play we flagged in yesterday’s extended watchlist, which made a really nice multibag run from a low of 5.34 to as high as 23.80 on the day. That marks a single-session rip of 346% for GLMD.


Extended Watchlist:
WBUY, OMEX, LUNR, PRTG, APLT, VVOS, NVVE, VVPR, PRFX,

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