21 Stocks Moving In Thursday's Mid-Day 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

  • DASAN Zhone Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:DZSI) shares rose 39.6% to $10.47 in pre-market trading.
  • Shares of Cellect Biotechnology Ltd. (NASDAQ:APOP) climbed 37.0% to $3.70 in pre-market trading, after a 1:5 reverse split of its American Depositary Shares.
  • CIM Commercial Trust Corp. (NASDAQ:CMCT) shares spiked 32.3% to $19.29 in pre-market trading, after the company announced a cash tender offer to purchase up to one‑third of its outstanding shares of Series L preferred stock at $29.12 per share.
  • Shares of Visteon Corp (NASDAQ:VC) climbed 19.2% to $100, after the company reported its third-quarter net income and sales way ahead of expectations.
  • Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares were up 17.2% to $298.48, after the carmaker announced a surprise profit of $1.86 per share, versus consensus expectations of a loss of 42 cents per share.
  • Shares of Aircastle Limited (NYSE:AYR) rose 15.4% to $27.54, after the announcement that its Board of Directors was evaluating strategic alternatives, which could include a sale of the company.
  • PTC Inc (NASDAQ:PTC) shares climbed 15.1% to $77.
  • Shares of QEP Resources Inc (NYSE:QEP) rose 13.8% to $3.55, after the company reported a third-quarter earnings beat.
  • Montage Resources Corp (NYSE:MR) shares were up 12.5% to $4.22, after the company said that its third-quarter production could exceed the high end of guidance.
  • Shares of PDS Biotechnology Corp (NASDAQ:PDSB) rose 11.9% to $3.65.

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Losers

  • Nokia Oyj. (NYSE:NOK) shares fell 21.1% to $4.03 in pre-market trading, after the company lowered its guidance for 2019 and 2020, citing digitization pressures and 5G investments.
  • Shares of TherapeuticsMD, Inc. (NASDAQ:TXMD) were down 19.0% to $2.98 in pre-market trading, after the company preannounced its third-quarter earnings.
  • Twitter, Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) shares slid 17.9% to $31.88 in pre-market trading, after the company reported its third quarter revenue and earnings short of expectations.
  • Shares of Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS) plummeted 15.6% to $4.92.
  • Acorda Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACOR) shares moved lower 14.9% to $2.30
  • Shares of Proto Labs Inc(NYSE:PRLB) were down 13.7% to $92.60. The company reported mixed third-quarter results.
  • NetGear, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR) declined 11.8% to $27.00. The company announced a third-quarter revenue mix.
  • Shares of Pacific Biosciences of California (NASDAQ:PACB) slid 11.0% to $4.69. The company’s takeover by Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) raised competition concerns.
  • eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) shares declined 9.1% to $35.63, after the company projected Holiday quarter sales short of expectations.
  • Shares of Baxter International Inc (NYSE:BAX) were down 9.0% to 80.00. The company has been named in a complaint, along with other makers and distributors of opioids.
  • Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE:ADS) declined 6.3% to 116.00

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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