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Earnings Plays on the Move

Fidelity Intl. Information Services, Inc. FIS – Options Recap:

Our lone fresh options idea for the day in yesterday’s premarket report was in the FIS chain. The stock saw a mixed bag for the session as the company posted beats on earnings and revs in its Q2 report, while tempering guidance pulled in the other direction.

We still had some very nice intraday movement in our designated target, the FIS 09/17 $135 Calls. Those ran from 1.80 to 2.96, producing a respectable intraday upswing of 49% We feel rather certain that we will be returning to report more gains on this longer-term play, with over five weeks remaining until expiration. Stay locked in for future updates.

Catapult Solutions, Inc. CPSL:

We also wanted to provide a quick recap on CPSL, which has appeared in our watchlists a few times over the past week. We initially alerted it exactly a week ago today on the morning of July 28th.

We have now observed a very impressive move out of CPSL from a low of .0261 to yesterday’s high of .0648, which works out to a 148% run. Volume over the same period has been vastly greater than average.

Fresh Options Ideas:
EXPI 08/20 $40-45 Calls
ATVI Weekly $82-85 Calls
MCHP Weekly $147-149 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
TXTM, UAMM, WLAN, ASTA, KATX, PLPL, PBYA, BYSI, HOOD, WHLR, HTHE, WSLF

KLAC Review, Fresh Options Plays

KLA Corp. KLAC – Recap:

We signaled a range a options plays for Friday’s session in our premarket report, and while they all saw positive moves, KLAC was the clear standout, which sustained its gains over a much longer period.

We were tracking the KLAC Weekly $330-340 Calls and following the company’s earnings beat, the stock was propelled from a low of 335.56-348.16 on the day, and that facilitated some elite single-session gain opportunities for us and our readers. This comes just weeks after it was reported that hedge fund interest in the company was on the rise.

Here were the big time daily moves posted by our designated targets in the KLAC options chain on Friday:

KLAC Weekly $330-340 Calls
$330: 6.00-22.90 (+282%)
$332.50: 13.97-22.00 (+57%)
$335: 4.20-17.40 (+314%)
$337.50: 1.95-16.85 (+764%)
$340: 2.40-14.00 (+483%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 08/02 $439-441 Calls*
ON Weekly $41.50-43 Calls

*Please note that these calls expire at the end of the day today, and only advanced level traders should attempt to trade options on the day of their expiration.

Extended Watchlist:
XCUR, AGRI, EVK, BSQR, VXRT, NSAV, DNRG, RSHN, KATX, DSCR, MNGG, LEAS, NHMD

A New Earnings Season Commences

Moderna Inc. MRNA – Options Runners:

We closed out the week on Friday morning by highlighting the nice moves made by the August contracts we’ve been tracking since June 21st, the MRNA 08/20 $195-210 Calls. Additionally, we included some fresh weekly targets in the MRNA Weekly $265-$280 Calls.

Despite a rather poor day for the markets in general, Moderna continued to add impressively to its recent bullish surge. The stock has been in a general upward trend for the entire year, but that really kicked into overdrive over the past week.

Here are the new highs and total increases posted by our August calls, as well as the intraday ranges and total possible gains on the weeklies. Very impressive figures across the board:

MRNA 08/20 $195-210 Calls
$195: 23.50-93.23 (+297%)
$200: 18.00-88.85 (+394%)
$210: 13.55-78.66 (+480%)
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MRNA Weekly $265-$280 Calls
$195: 9.30-24.00 (+158%)
$200: 6.05-19.05 (+214%)
$210: 3.50-13.97 (+299%)
$195: 1.27-9.95 (+683%)

Fresh Options Ideas:

Just a reminder, another earnings season is going to heat up quickly with hundreds of companies slated to report this week, hundreds more next week, and so on. The remainder of July and much of August should yield a wealth of opportunities in that department.

This morning we’re going to be looking at a potential post-earnings play in Auto Nation and a chart play idea for Airbnb:

AN 08/20 $100-105 Calls
ABNB 09/17 $135-145 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
CYTK, NRXP, OXBR, AEHR, HIRU, LTNC, WOGI, SBES, NSAV, TXTM, KATX, CHNC

Another Huge Session of Gainers & More

Hot Options Review:

We tracked down some solid plays for yesterday morning’s premarket report, offering up our take on some potential targets we found interesting in the BBBY and STZ chains. Both companies showed heightened activity following their earnings releases, and were also pushed along by some decent intraday market momentum.

Our specific targets issued were the BBBY Weekly $29.50-31 Calls and the STZ Weekly $230-232.50 Calls, and they provided for the following single-session gain opportunities:

BBBY Weekly $29.50-31 Calls
$29.50: 2.06-9.70 (+371%)
$30: 1.26-9.25 (+674%)
$31: .74-8.29 (+1020%)
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STZ Weekly $230-232.50 Calls
$230: 5.50-8.60 (+62%)
$232.50: 3.19-6.05 (+90%)
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In Monday morning’s report we gave a couple sets of ideas in the CCIV options chain, and what we came up with was the CCIV Weekly $26 Calls and the CCIV 07/23 $27.50-28 Calls. Both the short and extended term contracts popped this week, giving us the chance to log sizable gains on these strong moves:

CCIV Weekly $26 Calls
$26: .50-3.05 (+510%)
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CCIV 07/23 $27.50-28 Calls
$27.50: 1.49-3.90 (+162%)
$28: 1.35-3.30 (+144%)

Western Sierra Resource Corp. WSRC – Recap:

We also would like to post a quick update on a stock we tagged and began tracking at the end of last week in our report on June 25th.

Subsequent to that alert, we have observed a run in WSRC from a low of .2045 up to a new high of .492. That works out to an increase of 141%, while volume significantly exceeded the 30-day moving average in each session over that span.

Earnings Related Options Ideas:
WBA Weekly $52-53.50 Calls
MU Weekly $82.50-83.50 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
ATHE, WNW, BGI, BLIN, CPOP, MEDS, CZNI, RNVA, JPEX, GCAN, TXTM, KATX, SDVI

Bullish and Bearish Options Ideas

Ehang Holdings Ltd. EH – Recap:

Things have been cooling on the options front this week as we struggle through a period of extreme low numbers of daily earnings reporters. It’s the volatility following these earnings dumps that provides us with the big gain chances we’re always after.

We have been managing to find plays here and there, however, and one of our ideas from yesterday morning, the EH Weekly $40-45 Calls, did post some solid intraday gains for us. Out of our pair of designated targets, one achieved multibag status while the other fell just a couple of percentage points short.

Here are the total moves and possible profits on the session for those plays:

EH Weekly $40-45 Calls
$40: 3.98-7.90 (+98%)
$45: 2.34-4.80 (+105%)

Fresh Options Ideas:

We’ll be flipping bearish on ORCL today, and are also taking a longer-term look at SAGE, which has fallen off a cliff this week.

SAGE 08/20 $60-65 Calls
ORCL Weekly $79-77.50 Puts

Extended Watchlist:
DPLS, KATX, APTY, RSHN, VMCS, WDLF, EFIR, HYSR, SRNW, APRE, SPI, KIN, GTEC, FORD