34 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

  • Liquidia Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:LQDA) shares climbed 32.4% to $4.6603 after Wedbush maintained an Outperform rating on the stock.
  • NewLink Genetics Corporation (NASDAQ:NLNK) gained 34.6% to $3.1350 on above-average price action. The company announced an exclusive worldwide license with Ellipses Pharma on December 23rd.
  • Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACOR) shares rose 23% to $2.36.
  • Clearside Biomedical, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSD) surged 19.6% to $3.66.
  • SilverCrest Metals Inc. (NYSE:SILV) gained 19% to $7.88.
  • Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTPH) shares jumped 18.1% to $2.8343.
  • Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. (NYSE:CANF) gained 16.8% to $3.48 after the company reported that strategic partnership with Univo to develop cannabinoid-based products is ongoing.
  • McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) surged 16.7% to $1.2370.
  • Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTI) rose 16.4% to $2.6183 after climbing 51.01% on Tuesday.
  • Acasti Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ:ACST) gained 15.4% to $2.5502 on a rebound after the stock price dropped on December 23rd after releasing news surrounding its TRILOGY 1 trial.
  • Novan, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVN) shares rose 14.6% to $3.4159.
  • SilverSun Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SSNT) shares gained 13.8% to $4.38.
  • Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLNO) surged 12.5% to $3.14.
  • Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) gained 12.4% to $18.14.
  • Technical Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:TCCO) shares gained 12.3% to $5.29 after rising 10.3% on Tuesday.
  • Equinox Gold Corp. (NYSE:EQX) gained 11.5% to $7.96.
  • Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALDX) shares climbed 9.8% to $6.24.
  • Synlogic, Inc. (NASDAQ:SYBX) gained 9.6% to $2.63.
  • BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BDSI) shares rose 7.5% to $7.09.
  • Immunomedics, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMMU) rose 6.7% to $21.86 after the company announced the FDA accepted for filing the company's BLA seeking accelerated approval of sacituzumab govitecan to treat metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

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Losers

  • Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBPH) shares fell 57.6% to $1.5326 after the company reported that it has stopped dosing of inarigivir patients in Phase 2 program.
  • Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPPI) shares dipped 56.1% to $3.8450 after the company reported that its pre-specified primary endpoint in the Phase 2 Trial of Poziotinib in the previously treated NSCLC was not met in the Cohort 1.
  • QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ:QGEN) fell 22.4% to $32.18 after the company announced it would not be acquired and it will stay a stand-alone business. Bank of America also reinstated its Underperform rating on the stock and announced a price target of $28 per share.
  • Hexo Corp (NYSE:HEXO) dropped 20.7% to $1.5550 after the company reported $25 million offering of 14.97 million shares at $1.67 per share.
  • Microbot Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:MBOT) fell 17% to $13.52 after climbing 61.03% on Tuesday. Microbot Medical, which recently unveiled a fully disposable robotic system for endovascular procedures, said it has entered into definitive agreements with certain institutional investors for the sale of 912,858 shares in a registered direct offering at a purchase price of $10.50, priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules.
  • Cassava Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAVA) fell 14.5% to $3.89 after surging 26.74% on Tuesday.
  • PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PHAS) shares declined 11.7% to $6.49 after surging 12.3% on Tuesday.
  • Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:HARP) fell 10.1% to $18.51.
  • Seadrill Limited (NYSE:SDRL) shares declined 9.5% to $2.49.
  • CLPS Incorporation (NASDAQ:CLPS) dropped 9.4% to $5.80 after climbing 46.1% on Tuesday.
  • TravelCenters of America Inc. (NASDAQ:TA) dipped 9% to $17.11.
  • Stealth BioTherapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:MITO) tumbled 7.2% to $3.75.
  • Repro Med Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:KRMD) dropped 6.7% to $5.90.
  • NIO Limited (NYSE:NIO) fell 5.5% to $2.39 after dropping 5.24% on Tuesday. NIO will report Q3 earnings next week on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019 before the market opens.

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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