Recapping Runners, New Ideas

EXLA Resources, Inc. EXLA – Update:

We have been tracking EXLA since putting out an initial report on it on January 20th, and were talking about it once again after relaying the news the company put out the Tuesday before last. Subsequent to that report, EXLA traded for as little as .011.

With a really productive couple of weeks, the stock has risen to new highs, yesterday reaching .0275. That works out to a very impressive upswing of 150% over a rather short time frame. Stay tuned for more updates as they become necessary, and be sure to check out our initial report on EXLA.


Yesterday’s Options Plays: 

We’ve also got recaps of yesterday’s options ideas, which produced modest yet respectable intraday gain opportunities for us. We were looking at the WEBR Weekly $10 Puts, the PBR Weekly $14-14.50 Calls and the GT Weekly $15.50-16.50 Calls, and here are the moves they put on display.

WEBR Weekly $10 Puts
$10: .75-1.45 (+93%)
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PBR Weekly $14-14.50 Calls
$14: .22-.35 (+59%)
$14.50: .09-.14 (+56%)
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GT Weekly $15.50-16.50 Calls 
$15.50: 1.15-1.55 (+35%)
$16: .46-.60 (+30%)
$16.50: .45-.65 (+44%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
CAR Weekly $195-200 Calls
MAR Weekly $172.50-175 Calls


United Communications Partners Inc. UCPA – Recap:

We’re always tracking a number of the stocks via our daily extended watchlists, many of which go on to make some nice moves for us. We tagged UCPA just yesterday morning in our premarket report,  and the stock made a solid move on the day. It ran from a low of .142 and reached .0258, which marked an intraday run of 82%


Extended Watchlist:
PMBY, OWUV, TONR, IPW, TSEM, RESN, MGI

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: DAL Options Idea

Delta Airlines, Inc. DAL

To start things off this morning, we’re immediately drawn to the most recognizable name on the premarket earnings calendar for the day. Delta has been beaten back over the past few weeks, to the point of approaching heavily oversold territory, especially as the PPS fell below the 50DMA for the first time since the second week of February.  When that did occur, the stock launched into a month-long bullish pattern. All of this is plainly evident on the chart snapshot below.

With this morning’s beat on earnings as a catalyst, we’ll look for a similar pattern to emerge this time around, and begin tracking the DAL 04/13 51.50-53 Calls.


Extended Watchlist:
RESN, DCIX, CBI, MDR, CHFS, OSTK, RIOT, EYEG, AKER

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: DE Review & More

Deere & Co. DE – Options Review

We were following a group of ideas in the DE options chain last week, and saw some really nice activity both before and after the Thanksgiving holiday. Despite only a half-day of trading on Friday,  our targets, the Deere & Co. DE Weekly $143-146 Calls,  enjoyed new highs on the day.

We mentioned to our readers that despite seeing multi-bag gains prior to the holiday, it appeared as if they were in line for further moves to the upside, and we were absolutely correct. The following figures represent our observed lows from Wednesday morning, and the subsequent ranges to Friday’s impressive new highs:

DE Weekly $143-146 Calls
$143 Calls –
Range:  .82-4.80 – Max Gain: 485%
$144 Calls – Range:  .50-3.82 – Max Gain: 664%
$145 Calls – Range:  .30-2.80 – Max Gain: 833%
$146 Calls – Range: .19-1.86 – Max Gain: 879%

To throw into contrast the kind of success we’ve had over the past few weeks with our options trading ideas, keep in mind that these gains are mild compared to some of the ones we’ve seen!


Marathon Patent Group, Inc. MARA

We slated MARA for observation a few weeks ago back on November 2nd, and at the time, we’d witness a low of 1.19 in the stock. Despite shortened holiday weeks being traditionally subdued, that did not apply to MARA last week as it streaked to some very pleasing new highs. On Friday’s short day, the stock ran all the way up to 6.04, marking an increase of 408% for the month of November.

This morning, it gapped up like crazy, seeing a high of 16.99 in premarket trading, which extended that range to a walloping 1328% The stock did come back down to Earth, but is still trading higher than Friday’s highs, so we’re very curious to see how the start to this fresh and full trading week is going to play out for MARA.


VelocityShares 3x Long Nat Gas ETN (UGAZ)

We also want to begin tracking the activity in UGAZ, a Natural Gas ETN. Not only is this Note approaching heavily oversold territory after having just set a new annual low on Friday, but we’re heading into the thick of the cold weather season, when such heating fuels go into much higher demand.

We’re already seeing a gap up this morning, and will put  UGAZ on an extended term bottom watch. A hypothetical return to its prices from early this summer would approach a double-bagger on the chart from here.


Extended Watchlist:
OHRP, ROKU, RESN, CPRX, NOG, WPCS, MDGS