Blue Horseshoe Stocks: BA, MA Updates & More

The Boeing Co. BA

We signaled some options ideas for Boeing on Wednesday morning, the BA Weekly $352.50-360 Calls. We were met with moderate-to-good intraday gains ranging from 74-188%, as we reported yesterday morning.

We have to swing back around and provide yet another update after the opportunities to profit really kicked into gear yesterday. The intraday moves and gains on the table were as follows:

$352.50 Calls – Range: 2.90-8.75 – Max Gain: 202%
$355 Calls – Range: 1.70-6.99  – Max Gain: 311%
$357.50 Calls – Range: 1.11-5.15 – Max Gain: 364%
$360 Calls – Range:  .50-4.00 – Max Gain: 700%


Mastercard, Inc. MA

We added ideas for the Mastercard chain as well in yesterday’s premarket report  with the MA Weekly $170-175 Calls. Those also turned out to provide the chances for some very nice intraday gains.

After the company beat solidly on earnings with rising revenues, the stock went on a run that was sufficient to create these moves on the day:

$170 Calls – Range: 2.00-5.00 – Max Gain: 150%
$172.50 Calls – Range: .80-2.70 – Max Gain: 238%
$175 Calls – Range:  .24-1.05 – Max Gain: 338%

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Fresh for Friday:
Sony Corp. SNE Weekly $51.50-53 Calls*

*Please do not attempt to trade weekly options on a Friday unless you are an expert level trader with disposable funds.


Extended Watchlist:
MARK, PTI, S, DECK, AIPT, TVIX, LBCC, IMUC, VKTX

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: APC Review & More

Versartis, Inc. VSAR

It isn’t just bullish activity that draws us to a stock. Any type of increase in volatility generally causes us to take note, and the rapid fashion in which VSAR is crashing this morning is about as volatile as it gets. The company failed to meet primary endpoints on its HGH study, and the stock fell through the floor, losing over 80% of its value thus far.

Regardless of the catalyst, whenever such a huge selloff occurs in such a hurried way, we go into bottom-watch mode, and wait for the eventual bounce. So we’ll have VSAR on our radars moving forward, watching for signs of solid support and subsequent rebound.


Anadarko Petroleum Corp. APC

The announcement of an enormous 10% share reduction via buyback program had exactly the effect we suspected it would yesterday, after we signaled a range of calls to observe in our premarket report.

Those targets were the APC 09/29 $47-48.50 Calls and each of them made a move to the upside. We also mentioned we’d be watching them beyond yesterday’s session, and sure enough the stock appears to want to gap up this morning and add to the gains we’ve already witnessed, which were as follows:

$47 Calls – Range: 1-1.60 – Max Gain: 60%
$47.50 Calls – Range: 1.29-1.40 – Max Gain: 9%
$48 Calls – Range:.62-.95 – Max Gain: 53%
$48.50 Calls – Range: .50-.83 – Max Gain: 66%
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Fresh Post-Earnings Options Idea:
CarMax, Inc. KMX $69.50-71.50 Calls*

*We never discuss weekly options on a Friday without going out of our way to warn our readers that trading contracts with a weekly expiration on a Friday is exceedingly risky and should only ever be attempted by expert traders!!!


Extended Watchlist:
ETRM, EBIO, S, AKTX, SBGL, CAPR, MNKD

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: MBRX Update & More

Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. LL
LL is gapping up heavily in the premarket this morning, and we want to look to take advantage of the increased volatility.

With the stock trading up into the $30-range, we’re going to be looking for a possible dip and rip setup as the session kicks off. We’ll look for LL to come down off these premarket highs before ramping back up, and our targets are going to be the LL Weekly $27.50-29.50 Calls.


Moleculin Biotech, Inc. MBRX

A lot of our regular readers will remember the excellent run we witnessed in MBRX not too long ago, after signaling interest in the stock back on the morning of June 21st. It went on to run from .96 all the way up to 3.75, which was followed by a precipitous decline back to the 1.30’s.

We re-alerted on MBRX on July 18th as it began to cycle up for another run, and the upswing it has put together over the past couple of weeks has been nearly as impressive as the first major run. The stock has run from 1.83 back up to the 3.00-mark yesterday, so we’re really going to want to be on the lookout for it to test that previous swing high if it can continue on its bullish pattern.


Extended Watchlist:
S, HUSA, CBMX, SKLN, IDXG, GOGL