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Good Start to the Week, 4 New Targets

Solid Start to the Week:

We got off to a really good start on Monday with respect to the options ideas we formulated for our premarket report yesterday. After last week’s perfect run, we did what we had to do to at least put us in the mix to potentially do it again this week. We signaled interest in tracking four bearish ideas as the market downturn continued, and all four yielded notable intraday upswings for us.

Those four target ranges were the TSLA Weekly $192.50-185 Puts, the SPY 08/05 $512-509 Puts, the NVDA Weekly $93-91 Puts, and the AAPL Weekly $200-195 Puts. These were the biggest moves they registered during Monday’s trading: :

TSLA Weekly $192.50-185 Puts
$192.50: 3.09-5.65 (+83%)
$190: 2.53-4.88 (+93%)
$187.50: 2.09-4.04 (+93%)
$185: 1.72-3.41 (+98%)
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SPY 08/05 $512-509 Puts
$512: 3.00-7.14 (+138%)
$511: 2.87-6.76 (+136%)
$510: 2.59-6.56 (+153%)
$509: 2.34-6.03 (+158%)
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NVDA Weekly $93-91 Puts
$93: 1.25-2.58 (+106%)
$92: 1.09-2.30 (+111%)
$91: .98-2.05 (+109%)
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AAPL Weekly $200-195 Puts
$200: .99-3.45 (+248%)
$197.50: .75-2.76 (+268%)
$195: .57-2.24 (+293%)
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Fresh Options Ideas:
CSX Weekly $30-35 Calls
PLTR Weekly $26-26.50 Calls
CAT Weekly $327.50-332.50 Calls
UBER Weekly $62-64 Calls

*Only experienced traders should attempt to trade contracts on their day of expiration

Extended Watchlist:
VBIV, ATPC, LYT, TENX, SGMO, VSEE, XPON, ASII, RONN, KLNG, INKW

Fresh Options Ideas & More

Options Ideas – Form-4 Plays:

We do typically like to stick with options plays that coincide with big name earnings reporters, but we always like to scan for Form-4’s (insider transactions) and formulate ideas in those instances where we like the chart setup.

We’ve got a couple of potential targets which fit that bill with huge amounts of shares being soaked up in ASAN last week, and a large $10M block being purchased in PFSI yesterday. These transactions give us at least a reasonable confidence that those involved believe that the future looks brighter than the present.

ASAN 01/21 $110-120 Calls
PFSI 12/17 $65 Calls

Options Ideas – Earnings Plays:

Of course we don’t want to leave out our bread and butter, so we’ve also taken a look at what the earnings calendar has to offer this morning.

Build-A-Bear and Ambarella are a couple in that category that our catching our eye today, so we’ll hash up some ideas for those as well:

BBW 12/17 $17.50 Calls
AMBA Weekly $197.50-207.50 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
OP, ARDX, VBIV, AUVI, SLHG, WORX, TGTX, FNMA, FMCC, INND, APHLF, ZNOG, CGAC, BTZI, IWAL, HVCW

Bottom Plays for the New Year

Conn’s Inc. CONN – Potential Bottom-Play

We hope everyone enjoyed their day off yesterday. We expect a very subdued finish to this holiday shortened week, if history is any indicator, we’ve got just a brief idea to submit this morning. It’s a longer-term recovery play, so if you’re not getting around to reading this report right away, no big deal, We’re going to be tracking this one for awhile.

The CONN chart shows the heavily oversold stock currently sitting at a firmly established bottom with a large gap on the chart to the upside. This is the precise setup we’re always looking out for, and we are going to place the CONN 04/17 $13-16 Calls on watch along with the stock itself into the New Year.
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Other Possible Bottom-Bounce Candidates:
AKRX, SIEB, MITO

Extended Watchlist:
OWCP, VBIV, PRVB, TCCO

T Options & More

Intel Corp. INTC – Recap

To close out the trading week on Friday, we submitted a final daytrading idea for the Intel options chain. Our targets of interest were the INTC Weekly $52.50-54 Calls, and with the help of a solid day for stocks in general, and an upswing on the chart of more than 2.50, we saw some nice moves out of those contracts.

The total possible daily profits that were available to ourselves and our readers by way of INTC were as follows:

$52.50 Calls – Range: 1.41-4.15 – Max Gain: 194%
$53 Calls – Range: 1.16-3.61 – Max Gain: 211%
$53.50 Calls – Range: .67-3.48 – Max Gain: 419%
$54 Calls – Range: .50-2.59 – Max Gain: 418%

AT&T Inc. T – Fresh Idea

After this morning’s earnings beat, along with a board shakeup and new capital allocation plan that involves the sale of billions in assets over the next year, T is among top options day-trade candidates, as it is surging in the premarket.

We’re going to tag the T Weekly $37-38.50 Calls for observation as we kick off what promises to be a very interesting week for stocks and options alike!

Extended Watchlist:
ARSN, FTWS, SUTI, VBIV, TTS, INPX

Blue Horseshoe Stocks: Options Review

Nike Inc. NKE

The first of two fresh options ideas submitted in our report in yesterday’s premarket, our NKE targets provided us with some good opportunities early on in the session.

It was the NKE Weekly $89-91 Calls, and despite low volume in the $90.50’s, the rest of those targets worked out just fine. Here are the total possible intraday gains that were on the table.

$89 Calls – Range: 1.69-2.69 – Max Gain: 59%
$89.50 Puts – Range: 1.32-2.06 – Max Gain: 56%
$90 Calls – Range: .99-1.77 – Max Gain: 79%
$91 Calls – Range: .55-1.10 – Max Gain: 100%

SPDR S&P500 (ETF) SPY

By now, our regular readers should know that the SPY is often our go-to target for on-the-fly options ideas. It’s a market analog that has rarely failed us in the past.

Yesterday’s idea of the SPY Weekly $296-297 Calls was no exception to this. Here are the single-session gins that were possible with these ideas.

$296 Calls – Range: 1.06-2.70 – Max Gain: 155%
$296.50 Puts – Range: .85-2.32 – Max Gain: 173%
$297 Calls – Range: .67-1.95 – Max Gain: 146%

The SPY is gapping up again this morning. We’d expect to see these gains extended, and will expand our track list to include the $297.50 and $298 Calls as well.

Fresh Options Ideas:
KBH Weekly 10/18 $32-33 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
PIRS, AREX, EYRN, DHT, STNG, GMO, VBIV