Trade Of The Week: XLF - Saturday, Aug. 7

Options Portfolio Manager – Investors Alley • Aug 7, 2021 at 6:33 PM EDT

The short-term trade could be related to renewed investor interest in banks after comments from the central bank concerning higher rates.

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On the day of the FOMC meeting results last week, there was quite a bit of unusual options activity in Financial Select Sectors SPDR Fund (XLF). XLF, the most heavily traded financial sector ETF, traded about 2.5x its normal options volume.

67% of the activity was in calls, which is generally a bullish signal. The largest trade was an over 45,000 block of calls that expire on July 2nd. The short-term trade could be related to renewed investor interest in banks after comments from the central bank concerning higher rates.

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