Blue Horseshoe Stocks: GIS, FDX Options

Options Updates

The Michaels Companies, Inc. MIK – One of our fresh ideas for yesterday morning’s premarket report was a post-earnings target of the MIK 04/18 $12.50 Calls combined with a solid technical setup as a bottom-bounce play.

The stock turned in a very solid performance on the day, coming up just shy of its 50DMA, and that produced a significant gain opportunity for the contract set we designated. The $12.50 Calls traded up of a low of .60, and hit 1.35, marking an intraday run of 125% We’ll want to continue to reserve a spot on our radar for this play, and watch for the stock to continue to establish higher lows and higher highs off of its recent 52-week lows.
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StoneCo Inc STNE – We also had the STNE 04/18 $37.50 & $39 Calls highlighted in yesterday’s report, and while we didn’t see quite the same intensity of activity as the above-mentioned play, that pair of contracts did get off to a good start, with nearly a full month remaining until expiration.

The $37.50’s traded in a range from 4.60-6.20 for a 35% move, and the $39’s went from 4.20-5.00 (+19%). We’ll continue tracking these as well.
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Fresh Post-Earnings Ideas:

FedEx Corp. FDX Weekly $172.50-170 Puts
General Mills, Inc. GIS 04/18 $47.50-50 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
SCNA, NAVB, TYHT, NVRO, PIR

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: SSLJ Recap, Options & More

SSLJ.com Ltd. SSLJ
It’s been just under a couple of weeks since we slated SSLJ as a play to watch for a bottom; it was the Tuesday before lastthat we mentioned we’d have an eye on the declining stock that appeared to be ready to reverse at any time.

Friday we saw that come to pass, and the rebound that accompanied it was very impressive indeed. The stock saw a low of .64 before running as high as 1.96, carving out a 206% path and streaking up toward the massive gap that still waits to be filled.

We’re going to continue to monitor this play in the event that it fills the gap, which occupies a range of more than a dollar, and would boost our observed gains by even further.


Yum China Holdings, Inc. YUMC

We targeting some options contracts in the YUMC chain on Friday following the company’s Q2 earnings beat, selecting the YUMC 08/17 $37.50-42.50 Calls
for observation. While we didn’t get multi-bag moves, the gains that were available were still noteworthy.

$37.50 Calls – Range: 1.10-1.70 – Max Gain: 126%
$40 Calls – Range: .55-.80 – Max Gain: 1566%
$42.50 Calls – Range: .23-.35– Max Gain: 407%
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Fresh Idea:
Caterpillar, Inc. CAT Weekly $145-149 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
NVRO, TNXP, CDMO, BLMN, FDC