18 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Friday


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.


  • LMI Aerospace, Inc. (NASDAQ:LMIA) shares jumped 48.7 percent to $13.66 after the company agreed to be acquired by Sonaca Group for $14 per share in an all-cash transaction.
  • Atlantic Alliance Partnership Corp (NASDAQ:AAPC) shares surged 43.6 percent to $28.50. Atlantic Alliance Partnership shares have surged 77.17 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 21.82 percent in the same period.
  • TOP SHIPS Inc (NASDAQ:TOPS) shares climbed 35 percent to $4.05 after surging 37.61 percent on Thursday.
  • iFresh Inc (NASDAQ:IFMK) shares jumped 31.4 percent to $22.00.
  • MoSys Inc. (NASDAQ:MOSY) shares rose 18 percent to $2.68. MoSys shares have jumped 228.99 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 21.82 percent in the same period.
  • Arista Networks Inc (NYSE:ANET) surged 17.3 percent to $117.45 after the company reported better-than-expected results for its fourth quarter and issued a strong outlook for the current quarter.
  • Cohu, Inc. (NASDAQ:COHU) jumped 16.8 percent to $15.93 on upbeat quarterly results.
  • China XD Plastics Co Ltd (NASDAQ:CXDC) shares rose 13 percent to $4.57 after the company reported the receipt of preliminary non-binding "going private" proposal for $5.21 per share in cash by buyer consortium led by Mr. Jie Han.
  • Universal Electronics Inc (NASDAQ:UEIC) climbed 11 percent to $70.00 after the company posted in-line quarterly earnings.
  • Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGSE) shares gained 10.3 percent to $2.21 after the company issued a business update.
  • Cooper Tire & Rubber Co (NYSE:CTB) climbed 10.3 percent to $41.60 on stronger-than-expected quarterly results.
  • Timkensteel Corp (NYSE:TMST) jumped 10.2 percent to $19.52 after the company reported results for its fourth quarter.
  • Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN) rose 10 percent to $46.53 after the company was named as an acquisition target. According to the Financial Times, the American giant Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) confirmed it has offered to acquire Unilever for £112 billion, or roughly $139 billion. The Financial Times added that Unilever declined the proposal, but Kraft Heinz is willing to work with Unilever to reach an agreement.
  • Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL) shares gained 9.6 percent to $46.64 after Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) made a comprehensive proposal to Unilever.
  • TrueCar Inc (NASDAQ:TRUE) shares rose 9.1 percent to $14.46 after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 results and issued a strong sales forecast.
  • Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX) climbed 9.1 percent to $76.86 after reporting strong Q4 results.
  • Airgain Inc (NASDAQ:AIRG) shares gained 5.8 percent to $15.80 after the company posted upbeat Q4 earnings.
  • Workday Inc (NYSE:WDAY) rose 3.6 percent to $88.61. Piper Jaffray upgraded Workday from Neutral to Overweight.

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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