3 Red‑Hot ETFs With Unusual Put Options Activity — Grab the Income and the Upside

分组1 - The options market experienced a slow trading day with a volume of 50.92 million, below the 30-day average of 59.63 million, indicating a cautious sentiment among investors [1] - Call options outnumbered put options by 1.5 times, suggesting that bullish sentiment remains strong in the near term [1] - ETF options accounted for 54% of the total volume, with 32 put options showing unusually high activity, having volume-to-open-interest ratios of 10.0 or higher [1] 分组2 - The SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ), and VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) have all increased by at least 10% over the past month, significantly outperforming the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), which gained only 0.7% [2] - GLD has total assets of $185.92 billion and has seen a significant price increase from $191.17 at the end of 2023 to $494.56 recently, with early Thursday trading showing prices above $500 [4] - Investors are increasingly purchasing gold as a hedge against the weakening U.S. dollar, with experts noting that dollar weakness is driving up gold prices [5]