Gunjan Banerji

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Options Traders Don't See This Market Rally Ending Soon · 27 Jun 2019 podcast

Yes.

You know, things have really taken a turn over the past week.

Analysts and investors I spoke to said that Chairman Powell's comments last week after the FOMC meeting and President Trump's tweet about progress on trade with China really marked a turning point where investors said, hey, we could see more gains ahead this year in the stock market.

And that's especially true ahead of the G20 meeting this week, which investors are really watching closely for a trade truce between China and the U.S.

The thinking is if the talks go well, that could spur a rally in share prices in both the U.S.

and China.

And options traders want to be prepared for that.

Again, that really ties back to the G20 meeting.

This is the kind of event that investors think could lead to a real rally or weigh on share prices quite a bit.

So they're trying to stay positioned for a possible jump in stocks that could happen after the meeting.

And as a result, they've been buying bullish options on the iShares China large cap ETF.

And that's along with bullish options on major U.S.

stock indexes as well.

But we have seen that surge significantly.

focus on Chinese equities in the past few days.

Exactly.

You know, that's one of the biggest exchange traded funds tracking the S&P 500.

So it's very frequently traded.

And in June, we've seen the ratio of bearish options traded relative to bullish ones has decreased.

And some have said that

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