Earnings Plays Buck the Poor Market Trend

Options Buck the Trend:

It was another dreary day for the markets yesterday, as most stocks took a beating for the entire session. Thankfully it wasn’t too brutal for us, as two of our three daily options ideas posting significant upswings on the day. A bearish play we’ve been tracking since Monday morning’s premarket report also tacked on a solid new high as well.

Our daily targets to blast off in defiance of the overall trends on the heels of their earnings drops were the TJX Weekly $56-58 Calls, and the ZIM Weekly $66-68 Calls. Monday’s idea was the WIX Weekly $70 Puts. Here were the overall moves and total possible profits associated with those targets: 

TJX Weekly $56-58 Calls
$56: 
3.70-7.00 (+89%)
$57: 2.75-5.85 (+113%)
$57.50: 2.41-5.52 (+129%)
$58: 1.84-5.03 (+173%)
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ZIM Weekly $66-68 Calls
$66: .25-1.00 (+300%)
$67: .20-.70 (+250%)
$68: .20-.55 (+175%)
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WIX Weekly $70 Puts
$70: 2.80-8.00 (+186%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
SPY 05/20 $390-388 Puts
KSS Weekly $41-39 Puts
BJ Weekly $55 Calls
SNPS Weekly $270-280 Calls


Pacific Ventures Group, Inc. PACV – OTC Recap:

On the stock side of things, one of the OTC plays we flagged in yesterday morning’s extended watchlist
had a monster day, so we wanted to pass along a brief update on PACV’s daily performance. From a morning low of .0223, it blasted off to a high of .11, which represents an intraday run of 393%


Extended Watchlist:
INDP, SIGA, TNXP, IMAC, GTCH, INTK, ICOA, GGSM, MJWL, 

Big Time Options Gainers & More

Options Review: 

Our premarket report yesterday morning included three sets of options ideas for our readers based off of the day’s earnings calendar. As our regular readers are surely aware, we like to use the increased price action and volatility that typically comes with a big name earnings drop, to our advantage.

The targets that we were zeroed in on for the day were the CRM Weekly $215-220 Calls, the HPE 03/18 $16 Calls, and the PLUG Weekly $25-26 Calls. All three of those contract sets posted solid numbers on the day, with only one set of PLUG contracts falling just shy of producing double-bag gain opportunities.

Here were the total intraday moves and the highest possible gains that could have been achieved as a result: 

CRM Weekly $215-220 Calls
$215:
 .50-2.50 (+400%)
$217.50: .31-1.59 (+413%)
$220: .21-.95 (+352%)
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HPE 03/18 $16 Calls
$16:
 .55-1.28 (+133%)
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PLUG Weekly $25-26 Calls
$25: .58-1.03 (+78%)
$25.50: .39-.87 (+123%)
$26: .25-.54 (+116%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
KR Weekly $49.50-52 Calls
SPLK Weekly $114-116 Calls
BBY Weekly $106-108 Calls


Indonesia Energy Corp. Ltd. INDO – Recap:

We’ve also got an update for our readers this morning on INDO, a stock that we’ve been tagging in our extended watchlists since last Wednesday morning. At that time, we observed a low in the stock of 6.83. Yesterday the stock reached 15.212, marking a rise of 123% and as of this morning’s new premarket high of 23.19, we’ve now seen INDO run 240% in just over a week.


Extended Watchlist:
IMPP, AEI, KRBP, TNXP, HEXO, BILI, DPLS, ELEK, HMBL, MTRT, 

Going Bearish on Earnings Reporters

Options Review:

We’ve been back on our Midas Touch options trading business over the last several sessions, and yesterday morning was no different. We were just patting ourselves on the back for 100% accuracy on the previous session’s bangers, and we managed to do it again to start this holiday-shortened week.

We signaled ranges on a couple of plays, highlighting the SPY 11/22 $469-470 Calls, as well as going short on the CRNC 12/17 $105-95 Puts. Both turned out to be excellent notions, and the board was fully green for yet another day. The end of this week will be rather subdued, with a day off for Thanksgiving and just a half trading day for Black Friday, so it’s good we’re getting these in now.

Here are the total possible profits that could have been banked off of yesterday’s targets:

SPY 11/22 $469-470 Calls
$469:
 1.99-4.50 (+126%)
$470: .62-2.40 (+287%)
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CRNC 12/17 $105-95 Puts 
$105: 15.00-22.46 (+50%)
$100: 9.70-18.20 (+88%)
$95: 6.00-13.49 (+125%)


Fresh Options Ideas: 
URBN Weekly $35-33 Puts
DLTR Weekly $132-130 Puts
BBY Weekly $122-119 Puts


Extended Watchlist: 
ISPC, KTTA, PTPI, APVO, QLGN, AADI, TNXP, OSCI, VIZC, PUGE, TIPS, LVGI