IYM has been perking up but metals drags it down. This suggests: Long IYM shares Short XME using options - a synthetic short (buy the puts and sell the calls - same strike) Ratio of deltas should be around 3 short XME deltas to each long IYM delta
This a bearish trade on XME using a 10/9/15 vertical put spread. Go long the 10/9 $17 put and short the 10/9 $16, with a limit order at $0.31 per contract. The max gain per contract is $69, and the max loss per contract is $31, for slightly more than a 2:1 risk/reward ratio. Hold until expiration.