I've written many times about how great it was to be in on Chipotle's IPO day, holding as the stock nearly tripled over the years before I sold the last of my shares due to fear of general market conditions.  The stock has continued to do well and the company has beaten estimates 4 quarters in a row.  With a double-bump on the latest estimates, I think it will soar if they can just meet the new numbers.  Even at a mid-range 28 P/E, if Chipotle ends up on track to hit the new 4.97 number, then that puts Friday's gain over today at 6% to 140, and overall positive sentiment can easily send it higher.  Also, the strike pegger pattern is SBPCP (I'll explain this in a future article) which is usually a big up signal, although there is not much separation between the indicators.  Lastly, the most recent news out of CMG talks of increased charitable spending, which I interpret as a covert communication to the public that they are earning so much that they need to avoid taxes, so earnings should be good.  Unless they are pulling a sneaky maneuver to make earnings look so-so so they can scoop up cheap shares, which wouldn't make sense and I believe would be illegal if anyone could prove it.  They've made me big bucks in the past, I trust them, so I am taking an August options bet on CMG.