Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Derivatives

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Context: Over the past five trading days, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd-d7b798e2-202d-4e01-9a1e-799e2ae8f0c7" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK)</a> live multi-leg option strategies showcased a variety of approaches. Strategy highlights are provided.</li>
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Highlights: Diagonal Spreads continue to enjoy popularity. Strategies tend to have a short-term horizon and exhibit a slightly bearish bias.</li>
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Why read: This breakdown of complex option strategies sheds light on market sentiment and positioning. Detailed examples provide actionable insights that could inspire similar strategies,</li>
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Context: Over the past five trading days, Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK) live multi-leg option strategies showcased a variety of approaches. Strategy highlights are provided.

Highlights: Diagonal Spreads continue to enjoy popularity. Strategies tend to have a short-term horizon and exhibit a slightly bearish bias.

Why read: This breakdown of complex option strategies sheds light on market sentiment and positioning. Detailed examples provide actionable insights that could inspire similar strategies,


Alibaba (9988 HK): Top Trades and Strategic Insights from Options Trading

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Context: Analysis of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd-d7b798e2-202d-4e01-9a1e-799e2ae8f0c7" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba's (9988 HK)</a> implied volatility surface as of June 20, 2025, examining implied volatility patterns, skew structures, and open interest distribution across various expiry dates.</li>
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Highlights: One-month implied volatility at 31.6% is trading at historically cheap levels (13th percentile), while the skew shows a pronounced volatility smile favoring spreads.</li>
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Why Read: Essential for options traders and volatility strategists looking to capitalize on the historical cheapness of current implied volatility levels, particularly given the favorable skew structure for spread strategies.</li>
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Context: Analysis of Alibaba's (9988 HK) implied volatility surface as of June 20, 2025, examining implied volatility patterns, skew structures, and open interest distribution across various expiry dates.

Highlights: One-month implied volatility at 31.6% is trading at historically cheap levels (13th percentile), while the skew shows a pronounced volatility smile favoring spreads.

Why Read: Essential for options traders and volatility strategists looking to capitalize on the historical cheapness of current implied volatility levels, particularly given the favorable skew structure for spread strategies.


Alibaba (9988 HK) Options Insights: Navigating Contango and Skew for Profitable Trades

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Ying Pan

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>3690 HK: Meituan Food Delivery Daily Orders Reach 90 Million (+)</li>
<li>JD US: JD Officially Launches OTA Hotel and Travel Business with Three-Year Zero Commission Policy(+/-/-)</li>
<li>1439927D CH/4689 JP/4755 JP/4385 JP: TikTok Announces Launch of Japan E-commerce Business as Early as This Month (+/-/-/-)</li>
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3690 HK: Meituan Food Delivery Daily Orders Reach 90 Million (+)
JD US: JD Officially Launches OTA Hotel and Travel Business with Three-Year Zero Commission Policy(+/-/-)
1439927D CH/4689 JP/4755 JP/4385 JP: TikTok Announces Launch of Japan E-commerce Business as Early as This Month (+/-/-/-)


[Blue Lotus Daily-TMT Update]:3690 HK/JD US/1439927D CH/4689 JP/4755 JP/4385 JP/700 HK/NTESUS/BABAUS

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/foshan-haitian-flavouring-food-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15577:1" rel="noopener">Foshan Haitian Flavouring &amp; Food (603288 CH)</a> (FHCC), China’s leading condiments company, raised around US$1.5bn (including over-allocation) in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>FHCC is China’s leading condiments company within its main product categories of soy sauce, oyster sauce, flavored sauce, specialty condiment products and other products.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Foshan Haitian Flavouring &amp; Food (603288 CH) (FHCC), China’s leading condiments company, raised around US$1.5bn (including over-allocation) in its H-share listing.
FHCC is China’s leading condiments company within its main product categories of soy sauce, oyster sauce, flavored sauce, specialty condiment products and other products.
We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Foshan Haitian Flavouring A/H Trading - Very Strong Demand, Weak Price Momentum

Eternal Beauty Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eternal-beauty-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43725:1" rel="noopener">Eternal Beauty Holdings Limited</a> is looking to raise around US$144m in its Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>Eternal Beauty is the largest brand management company of perfumes in the combined markets of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, in terms of retail sales in 2023.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note we talk about valuations.</li>
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Eternal Beauty Holdings Limited is looking to raise around US$144m in its Hong Kong IPO. 
Eternal Beauty is the largest brand management company of perfumes in the combined markets of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, in terms of retail sales in 2023.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note we talk about valuations.


Eternal Beauty IPO - Not Expensive but Its Not Enticing Either

China

Alibaba Group Holding Limited provides online sales services. The Company provides internet infrastructure, electronic commerce, online financial, and internet content services through its subsidiaries. Alibaba Group Holding offers its products and services worldwide.

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Alibaba (BABA US)

Alibaba (9988 HK): Top Trades and Strategic Insights from Options Trading

Insights on market sentiment and actionable examples. Alibaba multi-leg option strategies show popularity of Diagonal Spreads with short-term...

Gaudenz Schneider

Alibaba (9988 HK) Options Insights: Navigating Contango and Skew for Profitable Trades

Analysis of Alibaba's implied volatility surface shows historically cheap implied volatility and favorable skew structure for spread strategies.

Gaudenz Schneider

[Blue Lotus Daily-TMT Update]:3690 HK/JD US/1439927D CH/4689 JP/4755 JP/4385 JP/700 HK/NTESUS/BABAUS

Meituan Food Delivery hits 90 million daily orders, JD launches OTA hotel and travel business with zero commission policy, TikTok to launch Japan...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Foshan Haitian Flavouring A/H Trading - Very Strong Demand, Weak Price Momentum

Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food (603288 CH) raised around US$1.5bn (including over-allocation) in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk about...

Sumeet Singh

Eternal Beauty IPO - Not Expensive but Its Not Enticing Either

Eternal Beauty Holdings Limited is looking to raise around US$144m in its Hong Kong IPO. We have looked at the past performance in our earlier...

Sumeet Singh

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Alibaba (9988 HK): Top Trades and Strategic Insights from Options Trading

Insights on market sentiment and actionable examples. ​Alibaba multi-leg option strategies show popularity of Diagonal Spreads with short-term...

Gaudenz Schneider

Alibaba (9988 HK) Options Insights: Navigating Contango and Skew for Profitable Trades

​Analysis of Alibaba's implied volatility surface shows historically cheap implied volatility and favorable skew structure for spread strategies.

Gaudenz Schneider

[Blue Lotus Daily-TMT Update]:3690 HK/JD US/1439927D CH/4689 JP/4755 JP/4385 JP/700 HK/NTESUS/BABAUS

​Meituan Food Delivery hits 90 million daily orders, JD launches OTA hotel and travel business with zero commission policy, TikTok to launch Japan...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Foshan Haitian Flavouring A/H Trading - Very Strong Demand, Weak Price Momentum

Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food (603288 CH) raised around US$1.5bn (including over-allocation) in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk about...

Sumeet Singh

Eternal Beauty IPO - Not Expensive but Its Not Enticing Either

Eternal Beauty Holdings Limited is looking to raise around US$144m in its Hong Kong IPO. We have looked at the past performance in our earlier...

Sumeet Singh

Insights on market sentiment and actionable examples. Alibaba multi-leg option strategies show popularity of Diagonal Spreads with short-term...

Analysis of Alibaba's implied volatility surface shows historically cheap implied volatility and favorable skew structure for spread strategies.

Meituan Food Delivery hits 90 million daily orders, JD launches OTA hotel and travel business with zero commission policy, TikTok to launch Japan...