OPTIONS UPDATES
Activision Blizzard. Inc. ATVI – To follow up with our idea from Wednesday morning in our premarket report, the ATVI Weekly $42-43.50 Calls, we wanted to provide one more update after another big move from the stock pushed our highlighted targets to new highs yesterday, and registered a really impressive two-day swing.
The following moves are the overall increases from the lows we observed on Wednesday:
$42 Calls – 1.32-4.50 (+241%)
$42.50 Calls – .98-4.00 (+308%)
$43 Calls – .70-3.50 (+400%)
$43.50 Calls – .44-3.05 (+593%)
Today, we are going to turn our attention to a slightly higher strike area, the ATVI Weekly $44.50-46 Calls*.
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AstraZeneca plc AZN – The AZN Weekly $38-39.50 Calls were on our radar yesterday morning as our fresh options idea, and despite the lower end of that range being pushed too far in the money, we still saw some solid moves out of the $39’s and $39.50’s.
The $39’s ran from .55-.90 for a gain of 64%, while the $39.50’s cruised from a low of .19 to hit .55; a big-time intraday pop of 189% We want to continue to watching this chain as well, with the 39.50’s, and also rolling up to include the $40 and $40.50’s*.
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FRESH IDEAS:
SPY Weekly $274.50-276 Calls*
CGC Weekly $46.50-48 Calls*
EA Weekly $107-109 Calls*
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*Trading Weekly contracts on Friday should not be attempted unless you are an expert level trader with disposable funds.
Invacare Corp. IVC – Recap
Also appearing in yesterday’s report, was IVC, which we tagged in our extended watchlist. The stock made a good move on the day, which warrants further observation in coming sessions.
From a low of 7.21 IVC reached 9.54, which was good for an intraday rise of 32% which made it the second highest gainer on the NASDAQ for Thursday. We’ll continue to monitor this one as well.
Extended Watchlist:
ARSN, CBAY, SLDB, ICON, NGL, ADMA