Equity Derivatives and Volatility Specialist, Clifton Derivatives

John Ley

Equity Derivatives and Volatility Specialist

Clifton Derivatives

Independent derivative and volatility research firm focusing on events/catalysts, earnings, relative value and cross asset volatility strategies.

Event-Driven

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<li>Complete rally mode across single stocks and sectors with the 3 highest single stock option volumes of the past 3 months recorded.</li>
<li>More than 25% of issues experience more than 100% increase in options volume. </li>
<li>We highlight names with the largest increases in both Put and Call volumes including Alibaba, Alibaba Health, AIA, China telecom and Kingdee.</li>
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Complete rally mode across single stocks and sectors with the 3 highest single stock option volumes of the past 3 months recorded.
More than 25% of issues experience more than 100% increase in options volume. 
We highlight names with the largest increases in both Put and Call volumes including Alibaba, Alibaba Health, AIA, China telecom and Kingdee.


EQD | Hong Kong Single Stock Options Weekly (Feb 10 – 14):  Strong Option Volumes Fuel Rally

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>Tencent and NetEase games showed strong during CNY, echoing strong box office showing. Express delivery data suggested robust e-commerce performance;</li>
<li>However, as a big ticket item with no subsidies support, housing market petered out quickly after CNY, which suggests recovery is still fragile;</li>
<li>Meituan's milk tea order volume jumped after introducing social gift functions. Meituan and JD.com are two beneficiaries of social gifting from the GMV angle with Tencent from the advertising angle.</li>
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Tencent and NetEase games showed strong during CNY, echoing strong box office showing. Express delivery data suggested robust e-commerce performance;
However, as a big ticket item with no subsidies support, housing market petered out quickly after CNY, which suggests recovery is still fragile;
Meituan's milk tea order volume jumped after introducing social gift functions. Meituan and JD.com are two beneficiaries of social gifting from the GMV angle with Tencent from the advertising angle.


[Blue Lotus Non-US Internet Weekly, 6/52]: Consumption Warmed Up During CNY Except Housing

Equity Derivatives

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<li>Third week in a row with declining participation in the rally.</li>
<li>Information technology the hottest sector with all names up more than double digits, all but 2 stocks closing at a 52-week high and median implied vols at 96th percentile.</li>
<li>Single Stock option volume registers the two highest days in the last 3 months but Call trading as a percentage of the total slipped week over week.</li>
</ul>


Third week in a row with declining participation in the rally.
Information technology the hottest sector with all names up more than double digits, all but 2 stocks closing at a 52-week high and median implied vols at 96th percentile.
Single Stock option volume registers the two highest days in the last 3 months but Call trading as a percentage of the total slipped week over week.


EQD | Hong Kong Single Stock Options Weekly (February 02 – 07): Rally Narrows, Info Tech Hot

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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 Bottom-Up

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<li>China announced game approval for the January batch. The number of games approved remained at a higher level than 2023.</li>
<li>The pace of China game approval appears to have accelerated to the same level as pre-tightening.</li>
<li>Tencent and CMGE received one approval for January, respectively. We also highlight perplexity of Tencent's approved game. </li>
</ul>


China announced game approval for the January batch. The number of games approved remained at a higher level than 2023.
The pace of China game approval appears to have accelerated to the same level as pre-tightening.
Tencent and CMGE received one approval for January, respectively. We also highlight perplexity of Tencent's approved game. 


Tencent/Netease: One Game Approval for Tencent in Jan and the Perplexity

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outflows, and holding by mainland investors.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into CCB, Alibaba, China Mobile, ICBC, ABC.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outflows, and holding by mainland investors.
We highlight inflows into CCB, Alibaba, China Mobile, ICBC, ABC.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (December): $10.7bn Inflows Led by Banks

China

Bilibili Inc. provides online entertainment services. The Company offers a platform that covers a wide array of genres and media formats, including videos, live broadcasting, mobile games, animation, and comics. Bilibili serves customers in China.

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EQD | Hong Kong Single Stock Options Weekly (Feb 10 – 14): Strong Option Volumes Fuel Rally

Powerful rally across stocks with exceptionally high option volumes indicating that the price action mya be getting frothy.

John Ley

[Blue Lotus Non-US Internet Weekly, 6/52]: Consumption Warmed Up During CNY Except Housing

Tencent and NetEase games shine during CNY, housing market falters post-holiday, Meituan sees boost in milk tea orders with social gifting feature.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

EQD | Hong Kong Single Stock Options Weekly (February 02 – 07): Rally Narrows, Info Tech Hot

Participation declines for the third consecutive week, with information technology sector leading the charge. Single stock option volume surges,...

John Ley

Tencent/Netease: One Game Approval for Tencent in Jan and the Perplexity

We analyzed the game approval issued by NPPA for Chinese online game players for the month of January. Game approvals for large players are slow so...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows (December): $10.7bn Inflows Led by Banks

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for December and highlighted flows for CCB, Alibaba, China Mobile, ICBC, ABC, Meituan, Kuaishou, Wuxi...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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EQD | Hong Kong Single Stock Options Weekly (Feb 10 – 14): Strong Option Volumes Fuel Rally

Powerful rally across stocks with exceptionally high option volumes indicating that the price action mya be getting frothy.

John Ley

[Blue Lotus Non-US Internet Weekly, 6/52]: Consumption Warmed Up During CNY Except Housing

​Tencent and NetEase games shine during CNY, housing market falters post-holiday, Meituan sees boost in milk tea orders with social gifting feature.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

EQD | Hong Kong Single Stock Options Weekly (February 02 – 07): Rally Narrows, Info Tech Hot

Participation declines for the third consecutive week, with information technology sector leading the charge. Single stock option volume surges,...

John Ley

Tencent/Netease: One Game Approval for Tencent in Jan and the Perplexity

We analyzed the game approval issued by NPPA for Chinese online game players for the month of January. Game approvals for large players are slow so...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows (December): $10.7bn Inflows Led by Banks

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for December and highlighted flows for CCB, Alibaba, China Mobile, ICBC, ABC, Meituan, Kuaishou, Wuxi...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Tencent and NetEase games shine during CNY, housing market falters post-holiday, Meituan sees boost in milk tea orders with social gifting feature.