Benzinga's Option Alert Recap From March 20

Benzinga Pro provides its subscribers with real-time alerts of potentially market-moving options activity.

Here's a recap of the options alerts from Monday, March 20, 2017. All time stamps are in Eastern Time.


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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  • 4:52:04pm: BKD Brookdale Senior Living Apr 14.0 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.20: 1500 traded vs 8656 OI: Earnings 5/8 After Close (est) $12.16 Ref
  • 4:50:17pm: SCS SteelCase Apr 15.0 Puts Sweep: 960 @ ASK $0.35: 997 traded vs 263 OI: Earnings tmrrw After Close $16.20 Ref
  • 4:45:13pm: GPRO GoPro Jul 8.0 Puts Sweep: 4758 @ ASK $1.11: 4761 traded vs 2397 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close $8.72 Ref
  • 4:39:58pm: GPS Gap Mar 31st 23.5 Calls Sweep: 522 @ ASK $0.56: 2745 traded vs 18 OI: Earnings 5/18 After Close $23.52 Ref
  • 4:18:31pm: KBH KB Home Apr 18.0 Puts Sweep: 1863 @ ASK $0.35: 13k traded vs 645 OI: Earnings 3/23 After Close $19.41 Ref
  • 4:09:25pm: AFSI Amtrust Financial Jun 22.5 Calls Sweep: 725 @ ASK $0.45: 1556 traded vs 132 OI: Earnings 5/2 Before Open (est) $16.99 Ref
  • 3:37:51pm: GPRO GoPro Apr 7th 8.5 Calls: 705 @ ASK $0.37: 1006 traded vs 1045 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close $8.61 Ref
  • 3:18:58pm: MPC Marathon Pet Apr 45.0 Puts Sweep: 2000 @ ASK $0.25: 2560 traded vs 18k OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open (est) $50.41 Ref
  • 3:16:12pm: SHLD Sears Jun 13.0 Calls: 3110 @ ASK $0.21: 4004 traded vs 459 OI: Earnings 5/25 Before Open (est) $9.09 Ref
  • 3:15:04pm: GSAT Globalstar Jul 2.0 Calls Sweep: 511 @ ASK $0.20: 2058 traded vs 1222 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close (est) $1.54 Ref
  • 2:37:05pm: PYPL PayPal Apr 42.5 Put; 3481 @Bid @$0.48; Ref=$43.15
  • 2:30:44pm: FDC First Data Jan18 22.0 Calls Sweep: 800 @ ASK $0.299: 800 traded vs 490 OI: Earnings 4/25 Before Open (est) $15.51 Ref
  • 2:23:04pm: TWTR Twitter Apr $14 Put; 2110 @Bid @$0.16; Ref=$15.03
  • 2:12:37pm: HIG Hartford Fin Mar 31st 48.0 Puts Sweep: 636 @ ASK $0.51: 1710 traded vs 9 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close (est) $48.57 R
  • 2:11:47pm: RH RH Mar 24th 36.0 Calls Sweep: 510 @ ASK $0.90: 552 traded vs 182 OI: Earnings 6/7 After Close (est) $35.97 Ref
  • 1:40:34pm: M Macy's Apr 31.0 Calls Sweep: 946 @ ASK $0.59: 1162 traded vs 1944 OI: Earnings 5/11 Before Open (est) $29.67 Ref
  • 1:20:57pm: GOOG Google Mar 24th 847.5 Puts Sweep: 602 @ ASK $4.00: 720 traded vs 116 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close $847.20 Ref
  • 1:10:46pm: NVDA Nvidia Apr 28 101 Put; 4876 @Bid @$1.45; Ref=$109.01
  • 1:01:03pm: TER Teradyne Jul $30 Call; 3010 @Bid @$2.50; Ref=$31.11
  • 12:58:14pm: YELP YELP Mar 34.5 Calls: 2002 @ BID $0.40: Ref=$34.41
  • 12:24:32pm: NKE Nike Mar 24th 58.0 Puts: 977 @ ASK $1.02: 1985 traded vs 1810 OI: Earnings tmrrw After Close $58.55 Ref
  • 12:22:10pm: CMCSA Comcast Mar 31st 38.5 Calls Sweep: 925 @ ASK $0.097: 1000 traded vs 218 OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open $37.72 Ref
  • 12:08:10pm: SBUX Starbucks Mar 24th 56.0 Calls Sweep: 1404 @ ASK $0.28: 2398 traded vs 1984 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close (est) $55.88 R
  • 11:39:14am: KBH KB Home Apr 18.0 Puts Sweep: 7000 @ ASK $0.295: 7400 traded vs 645 OI: Earnings 3/23 After Close $19.39 Ref
  • 11:36:26am: CY Cypress Semi Apr 14.0 Calls Sweep: 1500 @ ASK $0.598: 1682 traded vs 7847 OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open (est) $14.12 Ref
  • 11:22:45am: FEYE FireEye Jun 12.0 Calls Sweep: 962 @ ASK $1.27: 10k traded vs 3438 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close (est) $11.74 Ref
  • 10:51:32am: WFM Whole Foods May $27 Put; 2850 @Bid @$0.68; Ref=$29.83
  • 10:48:45am: MU Micron Mar 31st 30.0 Calls: 13500 @ ASK $0.14: 15k traded vs 38k OI: Earnings 3/23 After Close $26.15 Ref
  • 10:34:54am: MCD McDonalds Mar 24th 131 Calls Sweep: 1281 @ ASK $0.19: 1554 traded vs 490 OI: Earnings 4/25 Before Open $129.13 Ref

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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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