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Chinese stocks have jumped to their highest level since September, and options traders are taking short-term bullish positions in the FXI exchange traded fund.
The iShares China ETF [FXI
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Today's options action centers on the May 36 calls, where one block of 10,000 was bought at $0.60, according to OptionMonster's tracking program. This was against open interest of 1,869 contracts with only 11 days for the trade to work out.
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Key National/Global ETFs:
ProShares Ultra Inverse China [FXP
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iShares MSCI Brazil Index [EWZ
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iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index [EEM
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iShares MSCI Japan Index [EWJ
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Chris McKhann is an analyst and writer for OptionMonster.
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