Gainers
- Daxor Corporation (NYSE:DXR) shares surged 71.76 percent to close at $13.35 on Thursday after climbing 56 percent on Wednesday.
- KBS Fashion Group Ltd (NASDAQ:KBSF) gained 46.76 percent to close at $7.25 after the company disclosed a new long term contract with Kai Xin.
- Image Sensing Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISNS) shares jumped 44.26 percent to close at $4.40. Image Sensing reported Q4 earnings of $0.13 per share on revenue of $4.34 million. The company announced resignation of CFO Richard Ehrich.
- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKCA) surged 38.35 percent to close at $28.14. Ionis Pharma and Akcea reported partnership for commercialization of Inotersen for hATTR.
- Flex Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:FLKS) shares jumped 27.34 percent to close at $7.36.
- Cogint, Inc. (NASDAQ:COGT) gained 23.73 percent to close at $3.65 following Q4 results.
- Coastway Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CWAY) rose 20.89 percent to close at $27.20. HarborOne Bancorp announced plans to purchase Coastway Bancorp for $28.25 per share in common stock.
- Covenant Transportation Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVTI) shares rose 19.06 percent to close at $32.05 after the company issued Q1 guidance.
- Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ:ADAP) rose 18.78 percent to close at $10.94 following Q4 results.
- Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:AMOT) gained 17.88 percent to close at $37.64 following Q4 results.
- Ossen Innovation Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:OSN) shares jumped 16.98 percent to close at $3.10.
- Restoration Robotics, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAIR) gained 15.23 percent to close at $6.81 on Thursday.
- The Rubicon Project Inc (NYSE:RUBI) shares rose 14.53 percent to close at $1.97 after the company reported Q4 results.
- Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:RCUS) shares rose 13.33 percent to close at $17.00. Arcus Biosciences priced its IPO at $15 per share.
- Avid Bioservices, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDMO) gained 13.14 percent to close at $2.67.
- Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) shares rose 12.2 percent to close at $6.90 after reporting Q4 results.
- Sierra Metals Inc. (NYSE:SMTS) rose 12.17 percent to close at $2.58 on Thursday.
- RXi Pharmaceuticals Corp (NASDAQ:RXII) rose 12.09 percent to close at $5.10 on Thursday after rising 42.19 percent on Wednesday.
- Semtech Corporation (NASDAQ:SMTC) rose 10.89 percent to close at $38.70 after the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its fourth quarter.
- Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) rose 10.83 percent to close at $3.48.
- Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR) shares gained 10.3 percent to close at $2.57.
- Connecticut Water Service Inc (NASDAQ:CTWS) rose 9.72 percent to close at $57.68 following FY17 results. SJW Group and Connecticut Water Service agreed to combine in all-stock transaction.
- Proteostasis Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:PTI) shares gained 8.01 percent to close at $7.08 after the company disclosed that the FDA has granted orphan drug designation for PTI-428 in cystic fibrosis.
- Sunshine Heart Inc (NASDAQ:CHFS) climbed 7.54 percent to close at $4.28 on Thursday after gaining 3.38 percent on Wednesday.
- Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd (NASDAQ:GLMD) rose 6.95 percent to close at $6.62. Maxim Group upgraded Galmed Pharmaceuticals from Hold to Buy.
- 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD) rose 5.84 percent to close at $12.86 after the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter.
- Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) gained 4.75 percent to close at $93.44. Dollar General reported in-line earnings for its fourth quarter and issued a strong earnings forecast for FY18. The company’s same-store sales also exceeded expectations.
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Losers
- Solid Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:SLDB) shares dipped 64.58 percent to close at $9.32 on Thursday after the company reported a clinical hold on SGT-001 Phase I/II clinical trial for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
- J.Jill Inc (NYSE:JILL) fell 35.3 percent to close at $4.82. J.Jill reported Q4 adjusted earnings of $0.13 per share on sales of $188.7 million. The company expects Q1 adjusted earnings of $0.14 to $0.16 per share and announced the retirement of its CEO Paula Bennett.
- Yield10 Bioscience Inc (NASDAQ:YTEN) shares fell 27.27 percent to close at $2.16 on Thursday after climbing 73.68 percent on Wednesday.
- WideOpenWest Inc (NYSE:WOW) fell 23.31 percent to close at $7.04 as the company posted downbeat Q4 sales and issued a weak sales guidance for FY18.
- Selecta Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:SELB) fell 22.76 percent to close at $9.13 after reporting Q4 results.
- Asure Software Inc (NASDAQ:ASUR) declined 21.53 percent to close at $13.67 after the company posted downbeat Q4 results.
- Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:INNT) fell 20.7 percent to close at $14.10.
- iFresh Inc. (NASDAQ:IFMK) shares declined 20.38 percent to close at $5.0001 on Thursday.
- Entravision Communication (NYSE:EVC) slipped 19.84 percent to close at $5.05 following Q4 results.
- Alcentra Capital Corp (NASDAQ:ABDC) dropped 19.36 percent to close at $6.25.
- Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:WHLR) shares fell 18.25 percent to close at $3.27.
- TC PipeLines, LP (NYSE:TCP) dropped 17.93 percent to close at $40.09.
- Smart & Final Stores Inc (NYSE:SFS) dipped 17.81 percent to close at $6.00 following downbeat FY18 earnings guidance.
- Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE:EEP) declined 17.33 percent to close at $10.83 following Q4 results.
- Quintana Energy Services Inc. (NYSE:QES) fell 16.46 percent to close at $7.92. Quintana Energy Services will release Q4 financial results on March 28, 2018.
- Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SPWH) dropped 15.58 percent to close at $4.01. Sportsman's Warehouse said Wednesday CEO John Schaefer resigned from the company and will be replaced by Jon Barker, the company's president and chief operating officer.
- Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. (NYSE:EEQ) fell 15.57 percent to close at $10.30.
- Smart Sand, Inc. (NASDAQ:SND) fell 15.5 percent to close at $6.16 following Q4 results.
- Payment Data Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYDS) fell 15.35 percent to close at $1.82.
- Invuity, Inc. (NASDAQ:IVTY) declined 15.12 percent to close at $3.65. Invuity priced its 6.2 million share offering at $3.50 per share.
- IMPAC Mortgage Holdings, Inc (NYSE:IMH) slipped 14.87 percent to close at $7.90 following Q4 results.
- RYB Education, Inc. (NYSE:RYB) dropped 14.34 percent to close at $17.50 after reporting Q4 results.
- ADT Inc. (NYSE:ADT) fell 12.54 percent to close at $8.93 following Q4 results.
- HarborOne Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:HONE) declined 12.4 percent to close at $17.38. HarborOne Bancorp announced plans to purchase Coastway Bancorp for $28.25 per share in common stock.
- Bitauto Hldg Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:BITA) fell 10.52 percent to close at $27.56. Bitauto reported Q4 earnings of $0.11 per share on sales of $413.5 million. The company expects Q1 sales of $301.8 million to $309.5 million.
- Intellia Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:NTLA) fell 8.89 percent to close at $26.25.
- Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) shares fell 6.61 percent to close at $2.26 following Q4 results and Q1 guidance.
- Benefitfocus Inc (NASDAQ:BNFT) fell 5.04 percent to close at $23.55 after reporting fourth quarter earnings that fell in-line with estimates. Sales also beat estimates by $300,000, coming in at $66.8 million. The company issued downbeat first quarter and 2018 sales guidance.
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This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.