32 Stocks Moving In Thursday's Mid-Day Session


27% profits every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his options 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.


Gainers

  • Carver Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CARV) shares jumped 92.1 percent to $7.01.
  • iPic Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:IPIC) gained 21.6 percent to $9.73.
  • Baozun Inc. (NASDAQ:BZUN) shares jumped 18.7 percent to $53.49 after reporting Q1 results.
  • World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE) shares jumped 15.9 percent to $50.50. The company's "Smackdown Live" may not be renewed at NBCUniversal network and the company's "Monday Night Raw" program could be worth three times its current value elsewhere, according to a report for The Hollywood Reporter.
  • Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPPI) gained 14.7 percent to $ 20.46 after the company issued further details on Phase 3 ADVANCE study of ROLONTIS.
  • Motus GI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOTS) climbed 13.4 percent to $5.5009.
  • Endocyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECYT) rose 13.3 percent to $ 14.23 after the company announced presentation of Phase 2 data from prostate cancer trial of 177Lu-PSMA-617 at the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting.
  • Diana Containerships Inc. (NASDAQ:DCIX) gained 12.9 percent to $1.7499 after the company announced the sale of Post-Panamax Container Vessel for $21 million.
  • Essendant Inc. (NASDAQ:ESND) gained 12.7 percent to $12.43. Essendant confirmed receipt of unsolicited proposal from Staples of $11.50 per share in cash.
  • Blink Charging Co (NASDAQ:BLNK) rose 11.8 percent to $8.04 after surging 31.68 percent on Wednesday.
  • OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPHC) gained 11.5 percent to $5.15.
  • Flotek Industries, Inc. (NYSE:FTK) shares climbed 10.7 percent to $3.74.
  • Farmer Bros. Co. (NASDAQ:FARM) rose 7.9 percent to $25.95 after climbing 7.90 percent on Wednesday.
  • Minerva Neurosciences Inc (NASDAQ:NERV) rose 6.5 percent to $6.93 after Journal of Clinical Psychiatry published positive results of cognitive performance from Phase 2B trial of roluperidone in schizophrenia patients.
  • Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE:WPZ) rose 5.6 percent to $40.565 after The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) announced agreement to acquire all public equity of Williams Partners in a $10.5 billion deal.
  • Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) climbed 4.7 percent to $39.81. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Teradata from Hold to Buy.


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Losers

  • Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNCE) shares dipped 32.1 percent to $12.01. Abstract of the Phase 1/2 ICONIC trial that evaluated JTX-2011 monotherapy as well as in combination with nivolumab showed that the company has met its target enrolment in its combination cohorts across four solid tumor types, namely gastric cancer, triple-negative breast cancer, head and neck squamous cell cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNDX) dropped 24 percent to $8.46 after the company issued updated results from Phase 2 ENCORE trial of entinostat in combo with KEYTRUDA.
  • Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:DVAX) fell 14.5 percent to $16.55. Dynavax announced that data will be presented from its ongoing Phase 1b/2 study investigating SD-101 in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) at the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting.
  • J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) declined 11.3 percent to $2.725 after the company reported downbeat Q1 results and lowered its FY2018 guidance.
  • China Internet Nationwide Financial Services Inc. (NASDAQ:CIFS) dropped 9.8 percent to $26.00.
  • Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) fell 9.1 percent to $ 78.02. Nektar Therapeutics announced that six abstracts accepted for presentation at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.
  • Children's Place, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCE) shares fell 8.8 percent to $125.85 after reporting downbeat results for its first quarter.
  • NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTES) dropped 8.6 percent to $243.165 after reporting Q1 results.
  • Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK) fell 8.5 percent to $8.23 following Q1 earnings.
  • Blueprint Medicines Corporation (NASDAQ:BPMC) dropped 8.5 percent to $ 79.05 as the company reported 2 data presentations supporting plans for rapid development of Avapritinib.
  • Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) declined 8.3 percent to $19.82 after reporting Q1 results.
  • Sundance Energy Australia Limited (NASDAQ:SNDE) fell 8.2 percent to $5.05 following Q1 results.
  • Aircastle Limited (NYSE:AYR) declined 6.8 percent to $21.39 after announcing 7.9 million secondary offering of common shares.
  • Enduro Royalty Trust (NYSE:NDRO) shares fell 6.3 percent to $3.325 after tumbling 10.76 percent on Wednesday.
  • Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ:JACK) fell 6.2 percent to $85.7294 after the company reported downbeat results for its second quarter. Comps were down 0.1 percent in the quarter. The company sees third-quarter comps coming in flat to up 1 percent.
  • Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) fell 3.5 percent to $43.5950. Cisco reported better-than-expected results for its third quarter. The company sees fourth quarter earnings in the range of 68 cents-70 cents with sales growth of 4-6 percent.

27% profits every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his options 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.


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