Trade of the Week: SMH

Options, Technology Stocks, Trade of the Week

Although the meme stocks were grabbing the headlines, there was some interesting options activity last week in VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH).  SMH is a popular ETF for tracking the chipmaker industry, with over 30,000 options trading per day on average.  On a day last week when options activity was 2x the normal amount, 65% of the activity was in puts.  That tends to be a bearish sign, however, at least one of the big put spread trades for the day appears to be a hedge against downside risk.