Friday’s Moves, 4 Ideas to Start the Week

Friday Review:

We had a heck of a Friday, closing out an excellent trading week on a characteristically strong note. Our premarket report. contained a trio of possible plays, and we saw good moves out of them all. Unsurprisingly, the gains in our SPY targets were the most impressive, with some seriously eye-popping runs that rivaled or exceeded some of the best we’ve seen in 2026 so far!

In all, we had the SPY 05/15 $741-739 Puts, the AMAT Weekly $435-430 Puts, and the RBC Weekly $610-620 Calls. Here were the best moves made by each of those targets:

SPY 05/15 $741-739 Puts
$741:
.16-4.04 (+2425%)
$740: .07-3.13 (+4387%)
$739: .04-2.15 (+5275%)
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AMAT Weekly $435-430 Puts
$435: .26-.85 (+227%)
$432.50: .02-.54 (+2600%)
$430: .02-.17 (+750%)
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RBC Weekly $610-620 Calls
$610:
3.51-5.83 (+66%)
$620: .51-2.85 (+458%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
SPY 05/18 $740 Calls*
BIDU Weekly $140-142 Calls
RYAAY 06/18 $65 Calls
BRC 06/18 $75 Calls

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


Extended Watchlist:
QUCY, SBFM, GOVX, VRAX, NXXT, HCAI, LABT, HIVE, CREG, AIM, RAMP

Thursday’s Activity, 3 Targets for Friday

Thursday’s Plays:

We got back a good set of results for the ideas we placed on watch in Thursday’s premarket report. We signaled interest in five possible plays, and saw some good activity during the session. As usual, it was our SPY targets that outshone the rest of the field by a significant margin, and it wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect that to be the case today as well.

Yesterday’s movers were the SPY 05/14 $743-745 Calls, the CSCO Weekly $115 Calls, the MFC Weekly $39 Puts, the VIK Weekly $85 Calls, and the NVMI Weekly $500 Puts:

SPY 05/14 $743-745 Calls
$743:
1.90-6.50 (+242%)
$744: 1.33-5.60 (+321%)
$745: .89-4.65 (+422%)
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CSCO Weekly $115 Calls
$115:
2.15-3.72 (+73%)
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MFC Weekly $39 Puts
$39: .90-1.85 (+105%)
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VIK Weekly $85 Calls
$85: 3.80-5.50 (+45%)
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NVMI Weekly $500 Puts
$500: 1.36-3.30 (+143%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
SPY 05/15 $741-739 Puts*
AMAT Weekly $435-430 Puts*
RBC Weekly $610-620 Calls*

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


Extended Watchlist:
HCWB, TDIC, AUUD, MRNO, SLE, BIYA, EDBL, GEMI, JZXN, UCB, PIII

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