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

TOMDF Run Continues

Todos Medical, Ltd. TOMDF

We have been tracking TOMDF since Tuesday morning in the premarket, when we included it in our extended watchlist. At the time, it was trading for as little as .0413 per share, and while it had a solid session that day, the gains hadn’t quite yet cracked the double-bag threshold.

Yesterday, after another really good performance, that mark was attained and then some. TOMDF has gone on to hit a new high of .17 for us, which works out to a big gain of 312%

The company’s rapid (2-10min) COVID-19 point-of-care test has been the primary reason for the stock’s huge moves. We will stay updated on the progress of the company getting the tests put into action, and will be interested to see if more upswings are on the horizon as a result.


Options Recaps

We signaled a range of options in the GILD chain in yesterday morning’s report. with the GILD Weekly $79-81 Calls. Thanks to a pretty good day for the markets, all things considered, we witnessed some very nice moves out of those targets.

Weekly $79-81 Calls
$79:
 3.44-8.00 (+133%)
$80: 2.68-7.42 (+177%)
$81: 2.49-6.05 (+143%)
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Fresh Ideas:
CRWD Weekly $47.50-50 Calls & 03/27 $52-53.50 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
TNXP, NBP, WTRH, BLPH, AMTX, PIXY, CEMI

Panic Buying/Selling Goes Viral

Co-Diagnostic Inc. CODX – Review

The last time we mentioned CODX in one of our reports was toward the end of last month, and at the time the coronavirus was not inspiring as much fear as it is presently, but the stock had still already begun to trade high volume and edge upward.

Now, with the CDC warning of a potential pandemic, even as some public officials attempt to downplay the significance, fear-buying has driven up stocks like CODX, which happened to be the #2 gainer on the NASDAQ yesterday. It enabled new highs for us, and we’ve now seen CODX run from a low of 1.52 up to 10.89 in just over a month’s time! That’s a fantastic increase of 616%

The stock has broken $14 in the premarket, so our observed range stands to increase significantly today.


Vaxart Inc. VXRT

Speaking of coronavirus plays, we signaled VXRT on January 31st and promptly provided an update this month on the 4th, and it too has enjoyed a fear-powered run up the chart.

Our initially observed low on this play was .956, and as of yesterday’s new high of 1.91 that works out to an upswing of 99% With the stock on the verge of hurtling upward into blue skies, (over $2 in the premarket) we’re going to want to continue to keep an eye peeled for further activity.


Fresh Options Ideas:
SQ Weekly $78-80.50 Calls
MAR Weekly $120-117 Puts 


Extended Watchlist:
PXYN, MRNA, TNXP, INO, LMPX, SIX, 

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: SPY Explodes

SPDR S&P500 (ETF) SPY – Options Update

We have got a very brief update for today’s newsletter concerning our fresh options trading idea from yesterday morning in the SPY Chain. We cautioned readers that after Friday’s market sell-off, we looked to be in line for a  ‘dead-cat bounce’ for stocks, and that is exactly what occurred.

Our idea was to track the SPY Weekly $287-288.50 Calls as the markets reversed, and not only did we get the rebound we were after, but the gains persisted throughout the entirety of the session.

That made for some truly spectacular profit possibilities, especially the $288 Calls, which produced an epic intraday upswing: 

SPY Weekly $287-288.50 Calls
$287 Calls – Range: .17-1.35 – Max Gain: 694%
$287.50 Calls – Range: .05-.91 – Max Gain: 1720%
$288 Calls – Range: .01-.43 – Max Gain: 4200%
$288.50 Calls – Range: .01-.07 – Max Gain: 600%
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Updated Idea: 
We would like to update this SPY idea to stay close to the action, and will be tracking the
SPY 08/28 $288.50-290.50 Calls through today and into tomorrow.


Extended Watchlist:
USLV, PZZA, TNXP, JNJ, PIR, OSTK

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: PEP Surges & More

PepsiCo, Inc. PEP

Pepsi had a solid across the board beat following its premarket earnings release yesterday, and we seized opportunity to include the  PEP Weekly $124-125 Calls in our morning report.

A five-dollar intraday run by the stock allowed for some very nice opportunities to profit in our pair of targets. The $124 Calls ran from .72-3.40 for a big 372% rip, while the $125’s traded from .32 to 2.45; a gain of 666%


Verb Technology, Inc. VERB

This stock is a newcomer to the NASDAQ, having only recently uplisted from the OTCQB, which has been the subject of a selloff over the past six weeks. That was kicked into another gear earlier this month when the company announced that its move to the NASDAQ would be accompanied by a $20M offering at roughly half the market price at the time.

Now that it has fallen well below the offering price, and indicators are suggesting a rebound may be in order, we are going to flag this play for observation in the days and weeks ahead.


FRESH OPTIONS IDEAS
United Rentals Inc. URI Weekly $134-136 Calls
Union Pacific Corp. UNP $167.50-175 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
MARA, AMRS, BGNE, GOGO, TNXP, NSPR

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