60 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

  • Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (NYSE:GPMT) shares climbed 214.7% to $7.08. JMP Securities upgraded Granite Point Mortgage from Market Perform to Market Outperform and announced a $10 price target.
  • AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MITT) gained 127.7% to $5.83 after gaining 20% on Wednesday.
  • MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) surged 105.7% to $2.3450 after surging around 217% on Wednesday.
  • New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:NYMT) shares rose 76.2% to $2.15 after jumping about 20% on Wednesday. The US Senate passed a $2 trillion stimulus to support the economy amid coronavirus disruption.
  • Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (NYSE:IVR) shares rose 65.4% to $4.8801 after gaining 17% on Wednesday.
  • Redwood Trust, Inc. (NYSE:RWT) shares surged 59.5% to $6.14 after climbing 49% on Wednesday.
  • Dynex Capital, Inc. (NYSE:DX) gained 50% to $14.69.
  • Ready Capital Corporation (NYSE:RC) gained 43% to $7.00.
  • Ladder Capital Corp (NYSE:LADR) rose 42% to $5.26 after the US Senate passed a $2 trillion stimulus to support the economy amid coronavirus disruption.
  • Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation (NYSE:CHMI) gained 41.6% to $8.88.
  • Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLRY) shares surged 41.3% to $7.12.
  • BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:BKCC) gained 37.7% to $3.03.
  • Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation (NYSE:WMC) shares climbed 37% to $4.01.
  • TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. (NYSE:TRTX) rose 36.8% to $4.6650 after declining 21% on Wednesday.
  • Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. (NYSE:CLNC) shares gained 36% to $4.7502.
  • Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ABR) shares rose 35.8% to $6.86.
  • Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE:CIM) surged 35% to $12.57.
  • Capstead Mortgage Corporation (NYSE:CMO) gained 35% to $5.09.
  • Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NYSE:ARI) shares climbed 34.6% to $10.14.
  • Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE:GOL) rose 34.5% to $5.85.
  • Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:STWD) surged 33.4% to $13.66.
  • Newtek Business Services Corp. (NASDAQ:NEWT) shares climbed 32.3% to $17.53.
  • BroadVision, Inc. (NASDAQ:BVSN) surged 31.4% to $3.9293.
  • Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYSE:BXMT) rose 31% to $22.02.
  • Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (NYSE:ORC) gained 31% to $3.61.
  • Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (NYSE:ACRE) shares rose 30.6% to $7.51.
  • Triumph Group, Inc. (NYSE:TGI) gained 30% to $8.29.
  • Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE:ESNT) rose 29% to $31.71.
  • Service Properties Trust (NYSE:SVC) rose 27.2% to $7.35.
  • Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRX) shares climbed 26.2% to $0.7698 after gaining 27% on Wednesday.
  • Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN) gained 26% to $24.75.
  • PlayAGS, Inc. (NYSE:AGS) surged 26% to $3.79.
  • AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVEO) gained 26% to $3.84.
  • Signet Jewelers Ltd. (NYSE:SIG) rose 25% to $9.16 after the company reported better-than-expected results for its fourth quarter.
  • Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PK) climbed 23% to $11.09.
  • Nautilus, Inc. (NYSE:NLS) gained 22.3% to $2.4699.
  • Capitala Finance Corp. (NASDAQ:CPTA) rose 20.8% to $3.3698.
  • BioSig Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:BSGM) shares jumped 20% to $4.63.
  • Viomi Technology Co., Ltd (NASDAQ:VIOT) gained 20% to $5.68 after the company reported Q4 EPS and sales results up from last year. The company also announced a $10 million share buyback.
  • Gladstone Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:GAIN) climbed 19% to $9.15.
  • Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) rose 18% to $13.68.
  • Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE:CPE) rose 17.2% to $0.7062 after gaining 17% on Wednesday.
  • Slack Technologies Inc (NYSE:WORK) gained 14% to $29.50 after the company reported connected users increased from 10.5 million to 12.5 million over a 9-day span.
  • Invitae Corporation (NYSE:NVTA) shares rose 12.3% to $16.43 after surging over 20% on Wednesday.
  • Carnival Corporation & Plc (NYSE:CUK) rose 10.5% to $15.01 after rising 13% on Wednesday.
  • Grifols SA – ADR (NYSE:GRFS) rose 7.4% to $19.08 after the company announced it has entered into a formal collaboration with the US government to produce a treatment for the Coronavirus.


Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

Losers

  • XpresSpa Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:XSPA) fell 28% to $0.23. XpresSpa Group priced its 8.75 million common stock offering for gross proceeds of $1.79 million.
  • Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ:ASTC) fell 26.2% to $2.99. Astrotech shares jumped 265% on Wednesday after the company announced it is developing its BreathTest 1000 screening instrument for lung diseases including Coronavirus and Pneumonia.
  • Capricor Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CAPR) shares dropped 19.3% to $1.63 after rising 15% on Wednesday.
  • HyreCar Inc. (NASDAQ:HYRE) fell 15.4% to $1.71. HyreCar reported a loss for its fourth quarter.
  • Sigma Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGLB) shares tumbled 14.3% to $2.4591. Sigma Labs reported Q4 results on Wednesday.
  • Biocept Inc (NASDAQ:BIOC) shares fell 11.9% to $0.3084 after reporting Q4 results.
  • Liquid Media Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:YVR) dipped 11.2% to $2.0157.
  • AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AMN) dropped 11.1% to $53.47.
  • Akers Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKER) fell 10% to $2.1399.
  • Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ:CCRN) shares declined 9.1% to $7.42.
  • Sientra, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIEN) dropped 8.1% to $2.2057.
  • Carvana Co. (NYSE:CVNA) fell 7.2% to $58.01 after surging over 22% on Wednesday.
  • Novus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:NVUS) fell 5.5% to $0.3591 after the company registered for a common stock offering of roughly 7.24 million shares.
  • Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ:BYND) shares fell 5.5% to $69.02. Goldman Sachs downgraded Beyond Meat from Neutral to Sell and lowered the price target from $129 to $39.

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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