Options Recaps, 4 New Chances

Thursday’s Movers:

We carried on our good fortunes yesterday, with our premarket report. for Thursday including four potential plays, two to the bullish side, and two to the bearish. We saw intraday upswings from all of our targets, but with the way things went for the markets, ultimately it was the bears who posted the more impressive numbers on the day.

Our interests for the session were the META Weekly $512.50-517.50 Calls, the SPY 08/01 $552-553 Calls, the ARM Weekly $130-128 Puts, and the QCOM Weekly $182.50-177.50 Puts. These were the daily performances in each of them:

META Weekly $512.50-517.50 Calls
$512.50:
 7.38-16.62 (+125%)
$515: 6.21-14.78 (+138%)
$517.50: 5.29-12.76 (+141%)
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SPY 08/01 $552-553 Calls
$552:
 2.26-3.70 (+64%)
$553: 1.68-2.96 (+76%)
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ARM Weekly $130-128 Puts
$130:
 1.86-12.00 (+545%)
$129: 1.68-10.00 (+495%)
$128: 1.35-9.35 (+593%)
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QCOM Weekly $182.50-177.50 Puts
$182.50:
 7.91-20.95 (+165%)
$180: 4.80-18.76 (+291%)
$177.50: 3.34-15.84 (+374%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
INTC Weekly $23-22 Puts*
SPY 08/02 $536-534 Puts*
AAPL Weekly $220-215 Puts*
AMZN Weekly $170-165 Puts*

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


Extended Watchlist: 
XCUR, VSEE, AKAN, MKDW, BJDX, ADAP

Wednesday’s Winners, 4 Fresh Targets

Another Bang-Up Session:

We are cruising right along this week, on yet another excellent run, having not missed on any of our daily options ideas so far as we passed the halfway point. We included a trio of possibilities in yesterday’s premarket report. and the results came in positive across the board on those contract sets. We have just been in the swing of things lately, and were happy to keep it going for another day.

Our three possible targets for Wednesday were the AMD Weekly $149-152.50 Calls, the ANET Weekly $327.50-332.50 Calls, and the SBUX Weekly $78-80 Calls. We witnessed the following results out of those plays:

AMD Weekly $149-152.50 Calls
$149:
 .95-1.78 (+87%)
$150: .79-1.50 (+90%)
$152.50: 1.81-4.21 (+133%)
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ANET Weekly $327.50-332.50 Calls
$327.50:
 9.32-20.82 (+123%)
$330: 7.41-19.50 (+163%)
$332.50: .6.85-16.80 (+145%)
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SBUX Weekly $78-80 Calls
$78: 1.10-1.89 (+72%)
$79: .51-1.20 (+135%)
$80: .33-.67 (+103%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
META Weekly $512.50-517.50 Calls
SPY 08/01 $552-553 Calls*
ARM Weekly $130-128 Puts
QCOM Weekly $182.50-177.50 Puts

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


Extended Watchlist: 
RDHL, BBLG, RCM, BFI, KXIN, MDJH

5 Big Ideas to Finish Out the Trading Week

Thursday Review:

It was another good day for us on Thursday, keeping up a solid run we’ve been having this week with a vast majority of the picks issued. In yesterday’s premarket report, we went with three possibilities from the morning’s earnings calendar, and from all three we saw some pretty nice intraday upswings. Things should play similarly today, as we’ve got another big slate of earnings reporters in the calendar.

Yesterday’s runners were the CAT Weekly $350-347.50 Puts, the HON Weekly $195-200 Calls, and the META Weekly $425-417.50 Puts. Here were the best moves we witnessed in those plays for the session::

CAT Weekly $350-347.50 Puts
$350
: 11.59-18.30 (+58%)
$347.50: 7.01-9.55 (+36%)
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HON Weekly $195-200 Calls
$195: .25-.83 (+232%)
$197.50: .10-.30 (+200%)
$200: .04-.12 (+200%)
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META Weekly $425-417.50 Puts
$425
: 1.33-6.20 (+366%)
$422.50:1.08-5.03 (+366%)
$420: .83-4.14 (+399%)
$417.50: .62-3.30 (+432%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
INTC Weekly $33-32 Puts*
MSFT Weekly $415-420 Calls*
GOOG Weekly $175-180 Calls*
SPY 04/26 $506-508 Calls*
SNAP Weekly $13.50-14 Calls*

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


Extended Watchlist:
FSRN, BLOZF, PTCO, KTRA, FRGT, BDRX, TVGN

A Winning Wednesday, 3 New Opportunities

Wednesday’s Recap:

Wednesday turned out to be another really good day for our options ideas. Four out of the five potential targets from our premarket report for the day were based off of untraded-upon earnings reports, and all four of those yielded some good intraday opportunities. The fifth was a swing-trade idea based of of some insider buying records, and we may yet come back for that one at a later date.

For today, we have the numbers yesterday’s earnings plays recorded for the session. Those were the TSLA Weekly $157.50-162.50 Calls, the BA Weekly $172.50-177.50 Calls, the BSX 05/17 $72.50-75 Calls, and the TXN Weekly $175-177.50 Calls, and their performances were as follows:

TSLA Weekly $157.50-162.50 Calls
$157.50
: 3.57-11.20 (+214%)
$160: 3.05-9.25 (+203%)
$162.50: 2.06-7.37 (+258%)
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BA Weekly $172.50-177.50 Calls
$172.50
: 1.39-3.39 (+144%)
$175: .73-2.00 (+174%)
$177.50: .37-1.10 (+197%)
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BSX 05/17 $72.50-75 Calls
$72.50: 1.70-2.72 (+60%)
$75: .65-1.60 (+146%)
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TXN Weekly $175-177.50 Calls
$175: 1.09-2.20 (+102%)
$177.50: .38-.96 (+153%)



Fresh Options Ideas:

CAT Weekly $350-347.50 Puts
HON Weekly $195-200 Calls
META Weekly $425-417.50 Puts


Extended Watchlist:
SPCB, AIRE, ILAG, PCSA, OPTN, PTCO, IGPK, LTNC, NSAV, BLQC

Big Wins Friday, 4-Pack of Fresh Picks

A Furious Friday of Gainers:

We were able to close out the trading week on Friday without adding to the total count of exactly ONE pick we missed on all week! All five of the potential options plays we included in Friday morning’s premarket report produced big time single session gain opportunities. It was a great way to finish things off for the week, which was made rather interesting by the sheer volume of earnings reporters.

Friday’s fantastic five were the META Weekly $455-465 Calls, the AMZN Weekly $167.50-172.50 Calls, the ABBV Weekly $167.50 Calls, the AAPL Weekly $185-180 Puts and the NVDA Weekly $637.50-640 Calls, and as you can see below the gains ranged from quite good, to simply excellent:

META Weekly $455-465 Calls
$455: 
5.55-30.23 (+445%)
$457.50: 3.80-25.65 (+575%)
$465: 2.51-20.70 (+724%)
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AMZN Weekly $167.50-172.50 Calls
$167.50: 
1.71-5.07 (+196%)
$170: .75-2.65 (+253%)
$167.50: .21-.88 (+319%)
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ABBV Weekly $167.50 Calls
$167.50: .26-1.94 (+646%)
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AAPL Weekly $185-180 Puts
$185: .18-.76 (+322%)
$182.50: .68-1.34 (+97%)
$180: .15-.35 (+133%)
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NVDA Weekly $637.50-640 Calls
$637.50: 3.80-28.31 (+645%)
$640: 2.80-25.95 (+827%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
TSN Weekly $57-59 Calls
CAT Weekly $325-330 Calls
NDVA Weekly $675-682.50 Calls
EL Weekly $155-160 Calls



Canopus BioPharma Inc. (OTCMKTS:CBIA) – Recap: 

We’ve also got a quick little update on CBIA, which is a stock that appeared on our extended watchlist on Friday morning. It ran from a daily low of .0004 up as high as .0009, representing a 125% upswing for the session.


Extended Watchlist:
FTCHF, CNTMF, BRLL, VAYK, YTEN, BRTX, GRDI, CHEA, ADVM

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