Tag: ONVO

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: FB, TWTR, POWR, ONVO & More

Facebook, Inc.  FB
& Twitter, Inc. TWTR

After we included FB and TWTR in our extended watchlist yesterday, the two social media giants both made positive moves on the day. The uptrends made trading in the options chains of each of these plays a lucrative venture for the session.

For example, looking at some of the options contracts that were relatively close to the money, FB $66 calls went from .48-1.64, and $67 Calls were as low as .21 and closed at .86. TWTR $39 Calls were also moving, trading in a range from  .24 to .90. No matter what big-board stock you’re looking at options in, the heaviest action will usually be close to the money (i.e. Current market price as it relates to the “strike-price” of a given contract)

PowerSecure International, Inc. POWR

POWR was a feature in yesterday’s report, wherein we tagged the stock for its potential to fill in a huge gap on its chart that goes all the way to the $18-range. We began to see the gap beginning to fill as POWR would make a modest intraday run to a high of 9.79.

We’re going to leave this play on our watchlist as we head into the week’s end and beyond, as it still has much ground to recover. A return to pre-gap levels on the chart would still equate to gains in excess of 100% from here, and there isn’t a whole lot in the way of obvious resistance until we hit the 50DMA (12.27).

On the options side of things, we’re particularly interested in the August $10 Calls (Closed at .75 yesterday), because if POWR can test that 50DMA by 08/16, we could be looking at triple-bag gains from those contracts.

Organovo Holdings, Inc. ONVO

We placed ONVO on watch in Tuesday’s report, as we noticed that unlike some of the other players in the 3D printing industry, it had yet to show a significant uptrend on the chart, and we thought it might be due to make a move.

It appears that alert was quite timely, as the stock is beginning to rear its head,  gapping up today to the tune of 13% in premarket trading. Key resistance at the 200DMA (8.07) has been broken, and if we can hold above that mark, the next areas of resistance crop up at 8.65, and 9.35.

Comments on Today’s GoPro IPO

A large portion of the buzz on the Street today is emanating from the highly-anticipated GoPro Initial Price Offering, and we’re going to take the same stance we always take in these situations.

Our M/O when a big IPO comes out has always been to wait in the wings until we can gauge the price action. Once we get a good feel for the nature of the beast, it’s then that we’ll step in and utilize the trends to our best advantage in the options chain. This strategy served us well on both the FB and TWTR IPO’s, so we’ll continue to use it here.

Extended Watchlist:
AA, ROYL, DRWI, AGEN, UNXL

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: WAVX, APP, HEMP & Extended Watchlist

Wave Systems Corp. WAVX

WAVX hits our radar this morning as a fresh news play that is currently gapping up in pre-market trading. It will be worth putting this one on our radar in the event that the stock continues to run. The news is regarding a collaboration between WAVX, and Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU).

BOISE, Idaho and LEE, Mass., April 15, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc. (MU), a global leader in advanced semiconductor systems, and Wave Systems Corp. (WAVX), a leading provider of endpoint security, today announced they are expanding their relationship to develop solutions designed to strengthen user protection against current and emerging threats to compute and embedded platforms. >> FULL PR

American Apparel, Inc. APP

Now is the time of year when we begin speculating on the positioning of APP; our coverage of this stock goes back to 2011. Traditionally this stock performs well heading into the heavy retail season which lasts from summer through the holidays.

The stock has recently come down to a relative low just below the fifty-cent mark, and has a gap on the chart (as you can see below) to .58.

As is usually the case when we bring this play into the conversation, this is more of a long-term watchlist item that we like to continuously monitor for opportunities over extended periods of time.

Hemp, Inc. HEMP

On the heels of its announcement of record-setting revenues, HEMP made a significant move after we featured it in yesterday’s morning report.

After opening up at .085, the stock rapidly shot up roughly 18% to a dime, before running into resistance. We’d like to see the stock hold support at or above the .075 range to keep things interesting.

Extended Watchlist:
HPJ, ONVO, IDRA, HALO, PLUG, WIIM

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Marijuana Stocks & More

Transbyte Corp. ERBB
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Among others, ERBB was one cannabis play to have a bang-up session on Tuesday. After we watched it make a 23% intraday move from .012-.0147 on Monday, the stock continued to push its upper boundaries, opening at .0155 and reaching as high as .0193, an added gain of 25% It closed with strength at .019 on nearly 330M shares traded; that’s well over 3x its 3mo. average volume.

Be on the lookout for where this latest rush of momentum can carry ERBB, and aware of the possibility for bounce action in the event of any pullbacks.

Growlife, Inc. PHOT & Creative Edge Nutrition, Inc. FITX
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PHOT produced an exciting PR this morning that we wanted to share, as it it ties it to another of the cannabis stocks we’ve been following that has also produced mammoth gains this month, in FITX. It’s a development that will renew our interest in following the stories behind both of these stocks even more intently than before:

GrowLife and CEN Biotech Announce Collaboration on the World’s Largest and Most Advanced Legal Cannabis Production Facility New Canadian Facility Capable of Producing Up to 1.3 Million Pounds of Medical Marijuana Annually

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Jan. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — GrowLife, Inc. (PHOT), a diversified company operating in the legal cannabis industry which develops, markets and deploys products and services of legal cannabis, is pleased to announce that Organic Growth International, LLC (“OGI”), its previously announced joint venture with CANX USA, LLC, has entered into a series of agreements with CEN Biotech, Inc., subject to the approval of the GrowLife Board of Directors.  GrowLife currently has a 45% ownership interest in OGI, with conditions under which it can gain majority interest. CEN Biotech, working under the inspection and authority of Health Canada, has completed the extraordinary governmental processes in Canada to receive approval to begin constructing their state of the art medical marijuana facility in the City of Lakeshore, Ontario, Canada. >>> FULL RELEASE

VaporBrands International, Inc. VAPR & Hemp, Inc. HEMP
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Speaking of stocks in the marijuana sector that have joint ventures with others that we’ve covered extensively, we find VAPR. This one cropped up on our radar with a press release yesterday which ties it to another of our all-time favorite pot stocks; HEMP. The stock has been on the move for the past several sessions, so a note of caution is in order. We may find that the stock pulls back from extensive profit-taking, and in the event that occurs we will be watching closely for a bounce opportunity.

MediaTechnics Corp. MEDT
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We also want to radar MEDT, a sub-penny play that has shown a capacity for quick swings in recent weeks. Over the past three sessions the stock has moved up from .0004, to as high as .0017 during trading yesterday. In early January it made a similar move from .0004-.0012, so we have a pretty good idea of the kind of volatility to expect from this play. Triple-zero stocks are known to be high risk, but a properly timed swing can lead to rapid gains for the savvy trader.

CleanPath Resources Corp. CLNP
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This is another stock that falls into the high-risk/high-reward category of sub-penny momentum plays. The stock has been as low as .0002 as recently as Monday, and yesterday broke through a psychological barrier at .001, going as high as .0012. We are going to put this on our watchlist in the event of continued momentum pushing it past yesterday’s highs. Should it pull back into sub-.001 territory, we’ll be on the lookout for support and an eventual rebound.

Extended Watchlist:
BCAP, RIGH, ONVO, GTXI, DCTH, TSEM