Blue Horseshoe Stocks: EYES, BIOC Recaps, RSHCQ & More

Biocept, Inc. BIOC

BIOC continued to roll for the third straight day yesterday since we tagged the play in Monday’s extended watchlist. We witnessed a trading ramnge from 3.90-4.91, which marked an intraday move of 26% on nearly 12x its monthly average volume.

Calculated from the low of 1.71 which we observed on Monday, yesterday’s high represented an overall increase of 187% in a span of just three sessions.


Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.  EYES

We added EYES into the mix in Tuesday’s report, and it too continued to trend up yesterday. The stock traded in a daily range from 11.25 to 14.75, a healthy 31% intraday run.

From our observed low of 9.55 on Tuesday, yesterday’s high was equal to a 54% session-over-session move.


RadioShack Corp. RSHCQ

We want to update our readers on RadioShack today, which despite its ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, has been a winning selection for us this year. We first jumped on it in our report published on the morning of February 9th, whereupon we witnessed a low of .1251 and on Tuesday, the stock hit .37, which comes out to a twelve-session increase of 196%

Yesterday we received word of the approval from a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge to auction off roughly 2,000 RadioShack stores, with an initial bid of $200M having been entered by the Standard General hedge fund.

Lawyers for RadioShack claim that the company has received bids on the leases of more than 200 of the 1,100 locations slated for immediate shutdown, including interest from a unit of GameStop Corp. >> View Article

We’ll be interested to monitoring RSHCQ as events continue to unfold in coming weeks.


Yesterday’s Extended Watchlist Movers 

We also had a number of plays from yesterday’s extended watchlist make notable moves:

Legend Oil & Gas, Ltd. LOGL enjoyed an early pop, running straight out of the gate from a low of .0038 to as high as .0049; good enough for a quick intraday scalp of up to 29%

BenefitFocus, Inc. BNFT produced a substantial spike for a stock trading in its price range, rising steadily from its low 32.15 to hit 37.94, a gain of 18%

SFX Entertainment, Inc. SFXE also recorded a modest intraday increase of 14% as it traded in a range from 4.36 to 4.95. It’s worth mentioning that while the CEO of SFXE is attempting to take the company private, the board has come under investigation regarding the equitability of the proposed terms of that deal. Anyone considering SFXE should make themselves fully aware of that situation as it unfolds. >>> GO TO PR


Extended Watchlist:
ELX, PVA, ATOS, FRO, NXTD, GOGO(Signed deal with Delta)

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: RSHCQ Recap, FLSR, PEP Options & More


RadioShack Corp. RSHCQ
Our close coverage of RSHCQ has really come through for us as the stock performed very well on Monday and then again yesterday. Our initial alert came at a low of .1251 on Monday morning.

Yesterday the stock made its way up from a daily low of .1461 all the way up to .2145. That was an intraday spike equaling 47%, and measuring from Monday’s low, an overnight increase of 71% so cheers go out to any of our readers who were following this play to some fantastic short-term gains!

As we stated in our previous reports, we plan to keep a close eye on Radio Shack as the company deals with the many complexities of Chapter 11.


New Options Ideas

PepsiCo, Inc. PEP 

In the spirit of taking as much advantage of the current earnings season as possible, we have continued to scour for potential options trading opportunities on earnings beats. PEP is standing out on our radar screen this morning, with Wall St. expectations having been exceeded.

PEP is showing a healthy chart currently in an ascending wedge pattern, and the stock is in the process of breaking all-time highs so we’re also entering blue-sky territory with this one.

Along with its Q4 figures, Pepsi also revealed that it would be initiating a share buyback program to run through 2018 where the company intends to buy back up to $12B of its own stock, which bodes well for the long-term health of the beverage and snack giant. >> View PR

To potentially take advantage of the current conditions with PEP, we’re going to be looking at Calls in the $99-100 range. Yesterday the $99’s closed at .62, the $99.50’s at .46, and the $100’s at .33. After what we expect will be a significant gap-up followed by some measure of profit-taking we will be looking to get ourselves positioned for what could be a strong rebound in those contracts.

We can also keep watch over the Feb. 20th $102 Calls (Last Trade: .23) for a potential swing-trade into next week.

First Solar, Inc. FSLR

Yesterday upon receiving word that Apple, Inc. had negotiated a solar deal with FSLR worth nearly $850M, FSLR went crazy, running into the close and continuing to climb in after-market trading as well as gapping up in today’s premarket action.

As a result of these circumstances, we’re going to be monitoring the FSLR $48 Weekly Calls (Closed 1.51) for what has the potential to be a very nice, rapid gain opportunity.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA – Reminder

We also want to take a minute to reiterate our longer-term options strategy regarding BABA.  Yesterday we outlined the March 20th $95 Calls (Closed: .85)  We could see those open a bit higher today as BABA is looking like it wants to gap up to slightly this morning.


Extended Watchlist:
AERO, AKAM, NVIV, LGBI