Friday’s Movers, Monday’s Fresh Plays

Friday Recap:

We finished off the week on Friday in excellent form, putting the cherry on top of what was ultimately a third solid 4-day trading week in a row. We’re back in the saddle for our first full week of 2025, and we hope to make it a good one as well.

On Friday, we lofted three potential plays, the WBA Weekly $10-10.50 Calls, the DAL Weekly $65-66 Calls, and the SPY 01/10 $586-585 Puts, and here were the results they recorded:

WBA Weekly $10-10.50 Calls
$10: 
.50-2.35 (+370%)
$10.50: .25-1.50 (+500%)
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DAL Weekly $65-66 Calls
$65: .66-4.10 (+521%)
$66: .35-3.00 (+1614%)
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SPY 01/10 $586-585 Puts
$586: 2.16-7.40 (+243%)
$585: 1.73-6.43 (+272%)



Fresh Options Ideas:

NVDA Weekly $133-132 Puts
SPY 01/13 $579-577 Puts
TSLA Weekly $390-385 Puts

*Trading options contracts on their day of expiration should only be attempted by experienced traders


Extended Watchlist:
GCTK, ATPC, PHIO, XHG, SLXN, XXII

Options Recaps, 3 New Potential Targets

A Winning Wednesday:

We left off on Wednesday with a package of three possible options plays in our premarket report for the session, and ended up seeing some good results from our efforts. Each of our highlighted targets produced significant positive movement on the day:

We were focused in on the NVDA Weekly $140-141 Calls, the AYI Weekly $310-320 Calls, and the ACI Weekly $19.50-20 Calls, and here were their best upswings during Wednesday’s trading:

NVDA Weekly $140-141 Calls
$140:
1.18-2.44 (+107%)
$141: .86-1.86 (+116%)
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AYI Weekly $310-320 Calls
$310:
3.00-6.66 (+122%)
$320: 1.43-1.80 (+26%)
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ACI Weekly $19.50-20 Calls
$19.50: .10-.40 (+300%)
$20: .05-.25 (+400%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
WBA Weekly $10-10.50 Calls*
DAL Weekly $65-66 Calls*
SPY 01/10 $586-585 Puts*

*Trading options contracts on their day of expiration should only be attempted by experienced traders


Extended Watchlist:
CDT, VMAR, ZVSA, GRYP, BAER, AKYA, MVST, DTIL

Thunderous Thursday Runners, Fresh Ideas for Friday

Thursday’s Big Gainers:

We made waves in a big way yesterday, absolutely crushing all of of our daily options ideas. We finally had some big name earnings reporters to work with, and work they did! We chose a selection of five potential targets on the day, and not only did all five produce multi-bag gain chances across the board, but we had a couple of plays in there which easily exceeded the thousand-percent mark on gains!

Those fantastic plays were the DAL Weekly $36.50-37 Calls, the WBA Weekly $22.50-23 Calls, the FAST 10/20 $57.50-60 Calls, the SPY 10/12 $436-437 Calls, and the DPZ Weekly $350-345 Puts. The excellent moves they registered for the session were as follows:

DAL Weekly $36.50-37 Calls
$36.50:
 .06-.27 (+350%)
$37: .03-.11 (+267%)
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WBA Weekly $22.50-23 Calls
$22.50: .37-1.75 (+373%)
$23: .16-1.25 (+681%)
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FAST 10/20 $57.50-60 Calls
$57.50: 1.15-3.15 (+174%)
$60: .20-1.20 (+500%)
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SPY 10/12 $436-437 Calls
$436:
 .70-1.67 (+139%)
$437: .38-1.00 (+163%)
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DPZ Weekly $350-345 Puts
$350: .30-4.50 (+1400%)
$345: .15-2.21 (+1373%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
JPM Weekly $146-147 Calls*
WFC Weekly $39.50-40.50 Calls*
SGH 10/20 $20-17.50 Puts
PGR 10/20 $150 Calls

*Please use caution when trading options contracts on their expiration date. It should only be attempted by experienced traders. 


OpGen Inc. (NASDAQ:OPGN) – Recap:

Right out of the opening gate yesterday we had OPGN, which appeared in yesterday’s extended watchlist, make a very nice early morning run for us. The stock traded up from a low of 1.421 and went on to hit 3.8347. That’s an intraday pop of 170%


Extended Watchlist:
OBLG, BPTH, VS, RDHL, SFT, EH, BSFC, FOXO, GDVM, WNDW

5 Fresh Options Picks & More

Wednesday’s Winners:

We made out pretty well with regard to the options ideas we hashed out for yesterday’s premarket report, with two out of our three picks making good moves. The third was a set of BALL calls with a November expiration, and typically when we go out further like that we expect a little bit of a turnaround time on the swing, so we’ll likely be coming back for that one.

As for our quick-strike movers, we had the SPY 10/11 $434-436 Calls and the PLUG Weekly $7-8 Calls in yesterday’s report, and here were the types of intraday moves and total possible gains they produced:

SPY 10/11 $434-436 Calls
$434: 
.48-3.15 (+556%)
$435: .21-2.16 (+929%)
$436: .04-1.11 (+2675%)
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PLUG Weekly $7-8 Calls
$7.00: .41-.68 (+66%)
$7.50: .16-.30 (+88%)
$8.00: .05-.11 (+120%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
DAL Weekly $36.50-37 Calls
WBA Weekly $22.50-23 Calls
FAST 10/20 $57.50-60 Calls
SPY 10/12 $436-437 Calls*
DPZ Weekly $350-345 Puts

*Please use caution when trading options contracts on their expiration date. It should only be attempted by experienced traders. 


Tupperware Brands Corp. (NYSE:TUP) – Recap:

We’ve also got a brief update on Tupperware, which we signaled in yesterday’s extended watchlist. The stock traded for as little as 1.66 and as much as 2.33 (+40%) yesterday. In the premarket today it has progressed even further to a high of 2.99 which represents an overall increase of 80%


Extended Watchlist:
OPGN, SECO, JAGX, RSLS, VS, CPHI, SOPA, DXF, TANH, LL, ICU

Fresh Earnings and Form-4 Plays

Yesterday’s Clean Sweep:

We fared quite well yesterday morning with our first options targets of the week from our premarket report. We had presented four possibilities, and ended up seeing some pretty good intraday movement from each of them. The pickings are slim with regard to earnings reporters, but we had a relatively decent selection to work with.

We ended up tracking the WBA Weekly $30-29 Puts, the SNX 07/21 $90 Puts, the KFY 07/21 $50 Puts and the AXON 07/21 $190-195 Calls. They produced the following intraday runs, and total possible gains: 

WBA Weekly $30-29 Puts
$30:
 1.08-1.89 (+75%)
$29.50: .81-1.29 (+59%)
$29: .40-1.02 (+155%)
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SNX 07/21 $90 Puts
$90:
 2.14-5.00 (+134%)
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KFY 07/21 $50 Puts
$50:
 1.10-3.92 (+256%)
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AXON 07/21 $190-195 Calls  
$190: 7.80-9.70 (+24%)
$195: 5.00-6.40 (+28%)


Fresh Options Ideas:
AVAV 07/21 $95-100 Calls
GIS 07/21 $75-72.50 Puts
MSGE 07/21 $35 Calls


Extended Watchlist:
TOVX, OPK, KLR, DOMA, IMBI, NERV, AVTX, GNPX, BAOS

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