Thursday’s Rippers, 5 Ideas for Friday

Thursday’s Targets:

It was another solid day for us on Thursday, keeping up the same energy we’ve brought all week. We cast a pretty wide net once again, and saw some nice activity in each of the plays we outlined in the day’s premarket report. We’ll do our best to find some nice earnings plays today, to finish out the trading week on a high note.

As for yesterday’s interests, here were the biggest intraday spikes from the SPY 01/29 $696-697 Calls, the MSFT Weekly $450-447.50 Puts, the TSLA Weekly $437.50-440 Calls, the CAT Weekly $650-652.50 Calls, and the LMT Weekly $622.50-627.50 Calls:

SPY 01/29 $696-697 Calls
$696:
 .01-.26 (+2500%)
$697: .01-.08 (+700%)
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MSFT Weekly $450-447.50 Puts
$450: 9.79-28.95 (+196%)
$447.50: 8.67-26.05 (+200%)
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TSLA Weekly $437.50-440 Calls
$437.50: .64-1.41 (+120%)
$440: .48-1.07 (+229%)
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CAT Weekly $650-652.50 Calls
$650: 6.00-23.40 (+290%)
$652.50: 6.00-19.73 (+229%)
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LMT Weekly $622.50-627.50 Calls
$622.50: 4.66-11.81 (+153%)
$625: 2.46-21.40 (+770%)
$627.50: 3.42-10.21 (+199%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
WDC Weekly $285-287.50 Calls*
SNDK Weekly $650-660 Calls*
AXP Weekly $352.50-350 Puts*
TSLA Weekly $422.50-425 Calls*
MU Weekly $447.50-452.50 Calls*

*Do not attempt to trade options contracts on their day of expiration unless you are an experienced trader


Extended Watchlist:
FATBB, TCGL, FAT, VIVS, TWNP, PMN, ANL, LRHC, RPGL, CISS, LGCB

Midweek Movers, 5 Fresh Chances

Wednesday’s Winners:

Wednesday panned out to be another really solid day for us, with respect to the fresh options ideas we put out in our premarket report for the day. It wasn’t a perfect outing, with just four out of our five ideas working well, but we still consider that a very nice performance.

The day’s winners were the STX Weekly $402.50-407.50 Calls, the TXN Weekly $205-210 Calls, the GEV Weekly $685-682.50 Puts, and the SBUX Weekly $100-102 Calls. Here were the best intraday runs exhibited by each of them on Wednesday:

STX Weekly $402.50-407.50 Calls
$402.50:
 18.17-46.87 (+158%)
$405: 7.82-47.00 (+501%)
$407.50: 10.74-41.90 (+290%)
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TXN Weekly $205-210 Calls
$205:
 3.75-11.10 (+196%)
$108: 2.24-9.27 (+314%)
$108: 1.35-7.28 (+439%)
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GEV Weekly $685-682.50 Puts
$685: 4.55-16.99 (+273%)
$682.50: 4.01-16.50 (+312%)
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SBUX Weekly $100-102 Calls
$100: .99-1.43 (+44%)
$101: .70-1.05 (+50%)
$102: .53-.81 (+53%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 01/29 $696-697 Calls*
MSFT Weekly $450-447.50 Puts
TSLA Weekly $437.50-440 Calls
CAT Weekly $650-652.50 Calls
LMT Weekly $622.50-627.50 Calls

*Do not attempt to trade options contracts on their day of expiration unless you are an experienced trader


Extended Watchlist:
ZSTK, SER, DCX, HCTI, XPON, VENU, TRX, APRE, NAMM, KRRO, DDC, HCTI, XPON

Monday’s Movers, 4 Fresh Plays

Monday’s Activity:

We had a pretty good start to the trading week on Monday. We formulated an array of three potential options trading ideas in our premarket report for the session, and saw positive movement in each of them. All in all, a respectable way to kick things off on a Monday.

We had the NFLX Weekly $100-101 Calls, the MSFT Weekly $482.50 Calls, and the GPCR 12/19 $40 Calls on watch. The GCPR Calls were by far the most impressive, recording a five-bagger on the day:

NFLX Weekly $100-101 Calls
$100:
.58-.83 (+43%)
$100.50: .53-.73 (+38%)
$101: .43-.60 (+40%)
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MSFT Weekly $482.50 Calls
$482.50:
6.75-11.80 (+75%)
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GPCR 12/19 $40 Calls
$40: 8.19-55.00 (+572%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
FERG Weekly $240 Puts
CNM Weekly $52.50 Calls
OLLI Weekly $115 Puts
ASO Weekly $49-50 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
CHR, SNTI, NCPL, COR, XCUR, ATMC, XCUR, NCPL, ATMV, ALEX, VOR, GIPR,

Friday’s Activity, 3 New Ideas

Friday’s Runners:

We closed out the trading week on Friday in decent form, after having signaled a range of three possible options plays in our premarket report for the session. We ended up seeing some pretty good intraday movement from two out of three of those opportunities. Not the perfect performance we expect from ourselves, but the gains we did see were pretty impressive.

Our winning targets were the ULTA Weekly $567.50-572.50 Calls, and the DOCU Weekly $67-66 Puts, and these were the largest intraday upswings recorded by each set:

ULTA Weekly $567.50-572.50 Calls
$567.50: 
6.50-35.80 (+451%)
$570: 11.49-40.11 (+249%)
$572.50: 5.44-38.48 (+607%)
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DOCU Weekly $67-66 Puts
$67: .62-1.50 (+142%)
$66: .17-.61 (+259%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
NFLX Weekly $100-101 Calls
MSFT Weekly $482.50 Calls
GPCR 12/19 $40 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
JFBR, PAVS, CETX, WVE, CFLT, MTVA, KYMR, SSP, CFLT

Thursday in Review, 4 Fresh Plays for Friday

Yesterday’s Highlights:

The ideas we included in Thursday’s premarket report turned out quite well for the most part. While the intraday runs exhibited by the META calls we were observing weren’t overly impressive, we did see some excellent moves out of the two other sets of ideas we formulated.

Our designated interested for the day were the ABBV Weekly $195-197.50 Calls, the META Weekly $770-775 Calls, and the MSFT Weekly $557.50-552.50 Puts, and these were the best intraday increases they recorded:

ABBV Weekly $195-197.50 Calls
$195
: .83-2.42 (+192%)
$197.50: .40-1.10 (+175%)
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META Weekly $770-775 Calls
$770: 8.63-16.11 (+87%)
$772.50: 6.79-8.45 (+24%)
$775: 5.64-7.00 (+24%)
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MSFT Weekly $557.50-552.50 Puts
$557.50: 10.12-21.44 (+112%)
$555: 6.32-22.11 (+250%)
$552.50: 4.04-20.15 (+399%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
AAPL Weekly $210-212.50 Calls*
REGN Weekly $562.50-567.50 Calls*
AMZN Weekly $217.50-215 Puts*
SYK 08/15 $380-370 Puts

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


Extended Watchlist:
MWYN, NAMM, TNON, FDMT, RAYA, BTAI, MSW, FIG, CPS, RDDT, ANTE

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