The purchase of approximately 80,600 of the May $41.5 strike calls at a premium of $1.05 per contract was tied to the sale of EEM stock at $41.22. Shares in the ETF have rallied 11% in the past two months since touching down at a six-month low of $37.05 at the beginning of February. The synthetic put established with EEM stock and options today benefits if the ETF reverses those gains during the next two months.
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