25 Stocks Moving In Thursday's Pre-Market Session


27% profit every 20 days?

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.


Gainers

  • Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTI) rose 61.4 percent to $3.05 in pre-market trading following positive preliminary results from its proprietary doublet in cystic fibrosis patients. PTI-801 and PTI-808 achieved statistical significance on all endpoints.
  • Yulong Eco-Materials Limited (NASDAQ:YECO) rose 52.6 percent to $15.56 in pre-market trading after climbing 571.05 percent on Wednesday.
  • Endocyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECYT) rose 51.1 percent to $23.50 in pre-market trading after the company agreed to be acquired by Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) for $24 per share.
  • China Ceramics Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:CCCL) rose 39.7 percent to $2.50 in pre-market trading after climbing 36.64 percent on Wednesday.
  • China Advanced Construction Materials Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CADC) rose 37.8 percent to $5.10 in pre-market trading after surging 62.28 percent on Wednesday.
  • AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AQB) rose 21.8 percent to $3.75 in pre-market trading after gaining 4.03 percent on Wednesday.
  • Tile Shop Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:TTS) rose 13.3 percent to $7.60 in pre-market trading after the company reported upbeat Q3 revenue.
  • The Buckle, Inc. (NYSE:BKE) rose 10.1 percent to $21.55 in pre-market trading.
  • Acorda Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACOR) rose 9.4 percent to $21.00 in pre-market trading after the company reported the FDA closed its inspections of facilities in Massachusettes without need for further action.
  • CDTi Advanced Materials Inc (NASDAQ:CDTI) rose 7.6 percent to $2.40 in pre-market trading after climbing 48.67 percent on Wednesday.
  • Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) rose 6 percent to $9.26 in pre-market trading after reporting Q3 results.
  • Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) rose 5 percent to $167.80 in pre-market trading after Reuters reported that Linde AG and Praxair merger is set to win the FTC clearance.
  • Alcoa Corporation (NYSE:AA) rose 4.7 percent to $38.40 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected revenue for its third quarter and announced a $200 million buyback.
  • Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) shares rose 3.7 percent to $42.05 in pre-market trading after the company reported upbeat earnings for its third quarter on Wednesday.

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Losers

  • Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACRS) fell 12 percent to $10.71 in pre-market trading after the company priced an 8.6 million share common stock offering at $10.75 per share.
  • Sealed Air Corp (NYSE:SEE) shares fell 10.7 percent to $31.50 in pre-market trading after the company lowered its FY18 earnings guidance and issued weak third quarter earnings guidance.
  • Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) fell 9.8 percent to $58.41 in pre-market trading after the company reported downbeat earnings for its third quarter and narrowed its FY18 adjusted earnings guidance.
  • vTv Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:VTVT) shares fell 7.4 percent to $3.39 in pre-market trading after climbing 28.42 percent on Wednesday.
  • Hi-Crush Partners LP (NYSE:HCLP) fell 6 percent to $8.65 in pre-market trading after falling 3.06 percent on Wednesday.
  • LAIX Inc. (NYSE:LAIX) fell 5.4 percent to $11.02 in pre-market trading after climbing 10.95 percent on Wednesday.
  • The Gap, Inc. (NYSE:GPS) fell 5 percent to $25.77 in pre-market trading. JP Morgan downgraded Gap from Neutral to Underweight and lowered the price target from $30 to $24.
  • Lindsay Corporation (NYSE:LNN) fell 5 percent to $91.00 in pre-market trading after posting weak Q4 earnings.
  • United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) shares fell 4.7 percent to $132.50 in pre-market trading after reporting Q3 results.
  • Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (NYSE:FMS) shares fell 4.2 percent to $39.76 in pre-market trading after dropping 16.81 percent on Wednesday.
  • Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLRY) shares fell 4.3 percent to $141.95 in pre-market after declining 6.40 percent on Wednesday.

27% profit every 20 days?

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.


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