Tag: WSRC

Killer Day for Options, Fresh Plays

Endless Options Runners: 

Our prowess with options trading continued to assert itself on Tuesday, with four out of the four selections we made in our premarket report posting significant gain chances for ourselves and our readers. If you follow our picks regularly, you know complete miss is incredibly rare for us. It’s far more common that we sweep the entire board with good ideas, and that’s exactly how Tuesday’s session played out.

We were tracking the VZ Weekly $39.50-38.50 Puts, the RTX Weekly $96-95 Puts, the JNJ Weekly $170-165 Puts, and the MMM Weekly $115-116 Calls, and all four sets produced gains that ranged from pretty darn good, to eye-popping. Here’s the breakdown on the moves that were recorded:

VZ Weekly $39.50-38.50 Puts
$39.50: .10-.53 (+430%)
$39: .07-.30 (+328%)
$38.50: .03-.16 (+433%)
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RTX Weekly $96-95 Puts
$96: .73-2.10 (+188%)
$95: .01-.67 (+6600%)
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JNJ Weekly $170-165 Puts
$170: .95-4.10 (+331%)
$167.50: .26-2.04 (+684%)
$165: .10-.80 (+700%)
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MMM Weekly $115-116 Calls
$115: 1.59-2.87 (+489%)
$116: 1.19-2.31 (+701%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
SPY 01/25 $398-396 Puts*
BA Weekly $210-205 Puts
MSFT Weekly $240-235 Puts
NEE 02/17 $80-77.50 Puts

*Please don’t attempt to trade options on their day of expiration unless you are an experienced trader with access to disposable funds!

Extended Watchlist:
VENG, WSRC, CEOS, MGUY, AAPJ, BMXI, SNOA, INPX, GMBL, FWBI, NVOS, ARDS, CDTX

Closing Out a Highly Successful Short Week

Thursday’s Big Bangers: 

Thursday’s session turned up another nice crop of movers, with regard to our premarket earnings-based options ideas. We were looking a trio of earnings plays and went bearish on them all. A lackluster day from the markets in general aided our efforts, and we were able witness some really nice runs out of our selected plays.

We were honed in on the PG Weekly $144-142 Puts, the AA Weekly $52-50 Puts, and the DFS Weekly $96-94 Puts, and most of the target contracts in question posted some serious multibag moves on the day. Here are the ranges and total possible gains to be had on the backs of those ideas:

PG Weekly $144-142 Puts
$144: .36-1.95 (+441%)
$143: .22-1.25 (+468%)
$142: .14-.81 (+478%)
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AA Weekly $52-50 Puts
$52: .75-2.40 (+220%)
$51: .39-1.62 (+315%)
$50: .21-.85 (+304%)
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DFS Weekly $96-94 Puts
$96: 1.25-2.00 (+60%)
$95: .90-1.90 (+90%)
$94: .50-1.65 (+230%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
NFLX Weekly $332.50-340 Calls*
RF Weekly $21-22 Calls*
SLB Weekly $57-58 Calls*
ALLY Weekly $27-29 Calls*
SPY 01/20 $388-390 Calls*

*Please don’t attempt to trade options on their day of expiration unless you are an experienced trader with access to disposable funds!

Extended Watchlist:
WSRC, BRLL, DRCR, KYNC, QSEP, APSI, GNS, WISA, HLBZ, APPH, LHDX, ARVL

Monday’s Opportunities, Tuesday’s Fresh Plays

Monday’s Movers:

The week got off to a slow start yesterday, with the markets dipping and a general lack of interesting earnings reports, but we still managed to find some intraday opportunities in a couple of the options ideas we had signaled for observation. We went two for three on the day in our premarket report, which wasn’t too bad under the circumstances.

The ideas that produced intraday movement for us were the SPY 12/05 $405 Calls, and the SAIC 12/16 $110-115 Calls.and those gain chances were moderate but respectable. We also have an update on another set of December 16th calls that we alerted last Monday morning. the RYAN 12/16 $40 Calls, which put together a very nice run over the past week.

SPY 12/05 $405 Calls 
$405: .26-.49 (+88%)
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SAIC 12/16 $110-115 Calls
$110: 5.30-7.80 (+47%)
$115: 2.20-4.17 (+90%)
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RYAN 12/16 $40 Calls
$40: .54-2.50 (+363%)

Fresh Options Ideas:
GTLB 12/16 $45 Calls
FERG 12/16 $115-120 Calls
SIG Weekly $60-62 Calls

Extended Watchlist:
NILIF, ICNM, WSRC, GSTC, RITE, BRLL, PVCT, SMMT, VTGN, STRY, VVNT