Happy New Year, Options Ideas for Friday

HAPPY NEW YEAR, TRADERS!

Welcome back everyone, and Happy New Year. We hope your 2026 is your best year yet! We’re not going to bother going over our last report from more than a week ago. Instead, we’re just going to hit the ground running and hash out a few options ideas for today’s session.

We should see some major earnings drops start to occur later next week, but for now we’ll rely on volume trades, and the like. Here’s what we’ll be looking at for the first session of the year:

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 01/02 $684-686 Calls*

INTU Weekly $662.50-665 Calls*
TSLA Weekly $450-455 Calls*
TSM Weekly $310-312.50 Calls*

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


Extended Watchlist:
UAVS, DVLT, CHOW, IRWD, NCL,

Friday’s Results, 3 New Ideas

Good Outing on Friday:

Friday played out quite well for us in terms of the intraday movement of the options targets we formulated for the session’s premarket report. We had an array of three possibilities laid out, and each of them posted some impressive upswings on the day, most of which were double-baggers or better.

We had the INTU Weekly $660-665 Calls, the ROST Weekly $165 Calls, and the GAP Weekly $24.50 Calls. These were the moves they posted for Friday:

INTU Weekly $660-665 Calls
$660: 
9.71-15.59 (+61%)
$665: 5.53-11.37 (+106%)
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ROST Weekly $165 Calls
$102: 2.17-9.33 (+330%)
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GAP Weekly $24.50 Calls
$102: .23-.83 (+261%)
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BJ Weekly $90 Calls
$102: .65-1.85 (+184%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 11/24 $662-663 Calls*
TSLA Weekly $395-400 Calls

INSP 12/19 $100-110 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
IVP, ENLV, VSA, ATON, CJET, DVLT, GELS, CNVS,

Thursday’s Huge Runners, 4 Plays for Friday

Big Moves on Thursday:

We really liked the results from Thursday morning’s premarket report, and were really impressed with the massive runs we saw from a couple of our targets. We highlighted five possible plays in total, and saw appreciable intraday upswings in every single one of them. Among them, were a seven, and an eleven-bagger!

Our focal points for the session were the NVDA Weekly $195-197.50 Calls, the PANW Weekly $195 Puts, the WMT Weekly $101-102 Calls, the NTES Weekly $130 Puts, and the BBWI Weekly $18-17.50 Puts. The best intraday swings on each of those targets were as follows:

NVDA Weekly $195-197.50 Calls
$195:
2.13-3.75 (+76%)
$197.50: 1.35-2.42 (+79%)
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PANW Weekly $195 Puts
$195: 
1.38-11.38 (+724%)
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WMT Weekly $101-102 Calls
$101: 
2.40-6.50 (+171%)
$102: 1.50-5.85 (+290%)
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NTES Weekly $130 Puts
$130: 
.08-.98 (+1125%)

BBWI Weekly $18-17.50 Puts
$18: 2.00-2.72 (+36%)
$17.50: 1.50-2.05 (+37%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
INTU Weekly $660-665 Calls*
ROST Weekly $165 Calls*
GAP Weekly $24.50 Calls*
BJ Weekly $90 Calls*

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


Extended Watchlist:
NWE, IVDA, MNDR, NVRI, SHPH, AZTA, INUV, SCAG, LXUH, HURA

Kicking Off the Short Trading Week

Friday’s Solid Plays:

We fared quite well with the potential options trading targets we included in our premarket report on Friday. We put up three ideas, and saw some really nice intraday moves from each of those plays. It finished off a really solid week of good ideas for us.

We had the INTU Weekly $707.50-715 Calls,  the DECK Weekly $105-100 Puts, and the ROST Weekly $135-130 Puts on watch, and here were the best upswings they exhibited during Friday’s session:

INTU Weekly $707.50-715 Calls
$707.50:
12.26-24.47 (+99%)
$710: 6.39-13.77 (+115%)
$712.50: 4.80-10.82 (+125%)
$715: 3.22-9.58 (+197%)
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DECK Weekly $105-100 Puts
$105: 2.50-4.25 (+70%)
$100: .15-.50 (+233%)
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ROST Weekly $135-130 Puts
$135: .74-5.64 (+662%)
$130: .30-1.95 (+550%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 05/27 $584-586 Calls*
OKLO Weekly $49-50 Calls
DJT Weekly $27-28 Calls

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


Extended Watchlist:
INFA, QBTS, UEC, DNN, WRD, PONY, GRAL

Thursday’s Figures, 3 Fresh Targets

Recap of Thursday’s Ideas:

Once again on Thursday, we managed to cobble together a solid grouping of possible options plays in our premarket report. We were bullish across the board with all three target ranges, and with the help of a largely positive session for the markets in general, we saw some good gainers come from that group.

We had the SNOW Weekly $192.50-197.50 Calls, the ADI Weekly $227.50-230 Calls, and the URBN Weekly $69-70 Calls on the radar and they produced these intraday runs, most of which were rather impressive:

SNOW Weekly $192.50-197.50 Calls
$192.50:
 4.35-11.00 (+153%)
$195: 3.12-9.00 (+188%)
$197.50: 1.99-6.70 (+237%)
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ADI Weekly $227.50-230 Calls
$227.50: .53-1.19 (+103%)
$230: .04-.13 (+103%)
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URBN Weekly $69-70 Calls
$69: 2.71-4.72 (+74%)
$70: 2.15-3.90 (+81%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
INTU Weekly $707.50-715 Calls*
DECK Weekly $105-100 Puts*
ROST Weekly $135-130 Puts*

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


Extended Watchlist:
QBTS, OKLO, APLD, PONY, AAP, SEI

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