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Thursday’s Activity, 3 Targets for Friday

Thursday’s Movers:

It has shaped up to be a pretty good trading week for us, with yesterday’s premarket report yielding some quality chances for good intraday gains. We’ve been riding high off of our continually updated SPY targets this week, and Thursday’s session was no exception to that. A couple of 1500% rippers were the results of that particular pick!

In all, we were focused in on the SPY 10/01 $765-766 Calls, the ACN Weekly $210-215 Calls, the MKC Weekly $45-50 Calls, and the AYI Weekly $300 Puts. These were the biggest runs recorded by each of those target sets:

SPY 10/01 $765-766 Calls
$765: .08-1.28 (+1500%)
$766: .05-.84 (+1580%)
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ACN Weekly $210-215 Calls
$210: 9.01-16.45 (+83%)
$215: 6.80-13.10 (+93%)
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MKC Weekly $45-50 Calls
$45: 1.05-1.35 (+30%)
$50: .10-.25 (+150%)
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AYI Weekly $300 Puts
$300: 7.10-10.50 (+48%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 10/02 $769-771 Calls*
NKE Weekly $33.50-32.50 Puts*
ON Weekly $85-86 Calls*

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

Wednesday’s Winners, 4 Fresh Ideas

Wednesday’s Activity:

Wednesday was another strong session for us, with the ideas we hashed out for the session’s premarket report producing some respectable intraday gain chances. As we were just mentioning in that report, our SPY targets are typically the most reliable of our selections, and this held true as usual, but we actually had a bigger gainer on the docket in JBL.

Our designated watchlist consisted of the SPY 09/30 $766-767 Calls, the CNXC Weekly $22.50 Puts, the JBL Weekly $312.50 Puts, the FDS Weekly $260 Puts, and the CALM Weekly $65 Puts. Thier best runs of the session were as follows:

SPY 09/30 $766-767 Calls
$766: 1.57-3.70 (+136%)
$767: 1.08-2.84 (+163%)
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CNXC Weekly $22.50 Puts
$120: .35-.55 (+57%)
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JBL Weekly $312.50 Puts
$120: 3.60-18.00 (+400%)
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FDS Weekly $260 Puts
$120: 6.31-10.20 (+62%)
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CALM Weekly $65 Puts
$120: .95-1.68 (+77%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 10/01 $765-766 Calls*
ACN Weekly $210-215 Calls
MKC Weekly $45-50 Calls
AYI Weekly $300 Puts

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

Extended Watchlist:
NIVF, RETO, TGE, CNTB, EARI, AEON, PACB, ECGI, ZBAO, BTTC

Tuesday’s Results, 4 Fresh Ideas

Tuesday’s Action:

Tuesday was another solid session for us. Like Monday, we didn’t have any eye-popping runners, but all of our selected targets displayed a respectable measure of positive intraday movement. We had lined up three possibilities in our premarket report. All three performed fairly well on the day.

We had the MKC 10/17 $70-65 Puts, the ITT 10/17 $180 Puts, and the META Weekly $717.50 Calls. on watch, and they logged the following activity:

MKC 10/17 $70-65 Puts
$70: 2.46-4.50 (+83%)
$65: .40-1.12 (+180%)
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ITT 10/17 $180 Puts
$180: 3.30-4.50 (+36%)
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META Weekly $717.50 Calls
$717.50: 5.64-8.00 (+42%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 10/08 $669-670 Calls*
PENG 10/17 $22.50 Puts
CRM Weekly $237.50-240 Calls
BULL Weekly $12.50 Puts

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

Extended Watchlist:
BURU, YYAI, PCSA, BIAF, ATON, XBIO, UPC, ADAP, XTLB

Monday’s Runners, 3 New Possible Plays

Monday’s Activity:

We fared reasonably well with the options ideas that we had outlined in our premarket report. We were coming off of an exciting Friday, and while things didn’t exactly hit a fever pitch, we saw some pretty strong intraday uptrends.

Our daily items of interest were the STZ Weekly $142 Calls, the AMD Weekly $220-225 Calls, and the PLUG 10/17 $4.00-4.50 Calls. Here was the intraday activity on those targets:

STZ Weekly $142 Calls
$142: 2.65-3.42 (+29%)
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AMD Weekly $220-225 Calls
$220: 3.50-6.18 (+77%)
$225: 2.65-4.70 (+77%)
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PLUG 10/17 $4.00-4.50 Calls
$4.00: .33-.63 (+91%)
$4.50: .22-.41 (+86%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
MKC 10/17 $70-65 Puts
ITT 10/17 $180 Puts
META Weekly $717.50 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
ZNB, COCH, PCSA, TMQ, BURU, DVLT, GLTO, CISS, BJDX

Options Review, 4 New Targets

Reviewing Tuesday’s Targets:

We had just a couple of fresh ideas on the table for our premarket report yesterday morning, and in both cases we met with solid results. We just crossed the threshold into the 4th Quarter of 2024 yesterday, and we are going through a period of fewer earnings reporters, as is common when a new quarter begins. We’ll just keep chopping wood, and bringing the best ideas we can in the meantime.

As for yesterday’s duo of possibilities, we were tracking the PAYX 10/18 $135 Calls, and the MKC 10/18 $80-85 Calls, and these were the associated intraday results:

PAYX 10/18 $135 Calls
$135: 1.74-7.27 (+318%)
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MKC 10/18 $80-85 Calls
$80: 2.67-4.85 (+82%)
$85: .40-.95 (+137%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
NKE Weekly $84-82 Puts
SPY 10/02 $568 Puts
BABA Weekly $117-118 Calls
PDD Weekly $152.50-155 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
CHPT, KXIN, API, MTC, DUO, ICCT, TIGR, ELAB, LX