We saw a near-million-dollar order in Supermicro Computer (SMCI) puts hit the News Flow Scanner on Monday morning, with more to come as the day went on…
And wouldn’t you know…
Hindenburg announced a short position in the stock just before the open on Tuesday, sending shares down sharply…
These weekly expiration, $570 puts in SMCI were around $23.45 a contract at the time of purchase. After this morning’s sharp fall, those puts darn near tripled at the open — BANG!
Now, as many of you know and for the sake of full disclosure, I don’t trade options that cost that much. My bread is buttered with CHEAP options!
But that just goes to show, when you see an odd order hit either of our two scanners, chances are at least decent some news is about to…
Because someone always knows!
So what’s a ticker that we’re seeing other interesting flow into? How about the good ol’ king of meme stonks, GameStop (GME)…
We’ve seen a flurry of bullish orders for GME come in over the past few days, all expiring this week or next — GameStop reports earnings on Wednesday, Sept. 4.
Now, a BIG word of caution here…
GameStop was down over 3% before erasing more than a third of that hole late this afternoon. And there are a ton of out-of-the-money calls open in GME, which is usually a red flag that tells us a lot of people may have been flat wrong, so they may be trying to get in closer to the money to recoup some losses.
But they could easily be wrong again!
The stock is currently trading around $21 a share with market makers expecting a move of $2.14 higher or lower by expiration next week…
So always remember to respect that risk!
And don’t forget to join us for Trade the Close at 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday!
Order Flow:
*This is for informational and educational purposes only. These are not official alerts issued by Lance, but rather some interesting orders picked by the team at Lance Ippolito Trading.
There is inherent risk in trading. Trade at your own risk.
Note: If no date is listed after the month, it’s the monthly expiration (third Friday).
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*This is for informational and educational purposes only. There is inherent risk in trading, so trade at your own risk.
P.S. It’s Almost Time for the ‘Long Weekend Effect’
While most traders would normally avoid trading during weekends…
Over the past three years, we’ve been able to post gains across 290+ trade opportunities, simply by holding a trade over the weekend…
And this week, another opportunity seems to be setting up for us over the long Labor Day weekend.
And historically speaking, Labor Day Weekend has presented us with some of the best weekend opportunities…
Including 69% gain on BTU in 2022…
And 30% gain on CHWY in 2023…
This is all thanks to something I call the “Long Weekend Effect.”
Now, there were smaller wins, and some trades that did not work out… And I cannot promise future returns or against losses, as there’s always risks when it comes to trading…
But I’m confident that we can do even better with this year’s Labor Day weekend…
Which is why at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 29, I’ll be sharing the secret to trading over Labor Day…
The profits and performance shown are not typical, we make no future earnings claims, and you may lose money. From 9/17/21 through 8/25/24, the average win rate is 69.3%. The average weighted rate of return on options trades was 6.84% over a 3 day average hold time.
