Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Event-Driven

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Exchange holidays: Early October holidays in China (Golden Week) and South Korea (Chuseok) may dampen market activity, while India’s Diwali on 21–22 October brings the traditional Muhurat trading session.</li>
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Earnings season begins in the final third of October across India, Japan, China/Hong Kong, and South Korea, alongside key central bank meetings and the TOPIX rebalance on 30 October.</li>
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Why Read: Plan ahead and take into account known market events when making investment and trading decision.</li>
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Exchange holidays: Early October holidays in China (Golden Week) and South Korea (Chuseok) may dampen market activity, while India’s Diwali on 21–22 October brings the traditional Muhurat trading session.

Earnings season begins in the final third of October across India, Japan, China/Hong Kong, and South Korea, alongside key central bank meetings and the TOPIX rebalance on 30 October.

Why Read: Plan ahead and take into account known market events when making investment and trading decision.


Earnings Kickoff Dominates October 2025 Key Events

Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

A full service Thai brokerage

Krungthai XSpring

Krungthai XSpring is a full service broker. The company provides a wide range of investment services such as Securities Brokerage, Derivative Agent Business, Securities Borrowing and Lending, Securities Trading, Underwriting, Financial Advisory, Wealth Advisory, Private Fund Management and International Markets Securities Trading. 

In terms of credibility, Fitch Ratings has assigned Krunghtai XSpring a long-term rating of AA- and a national short-term rating of F1+ with stable outlook.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The SET came under profit-taking pressure amid a lack of new catalysts, while a sharp drop in DELTA added to the drag.</li><li>Fund outflows were a key factor weighing on the index, in addition to DELTA’s sharp decline.</li><li>We do not anticipate a deep correction in the index and believe it will eventually rebound.</li></ul>

The SET came under profit-taking pressure amid a lack of new catalysts, while a sharp drop in DELTA added to the drag.Fund outflows were a key factor weighing on the index, in addition to DELTA’s sharp decline.We do not anticipate a deep correction in the index and believe it will eventually rebound.

Krungthai XSpring Technical Eng. SEPTEMBER 29, 2025

Equity Derivatives

Ping An Insurance (H) / Equity Derivatives

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Context: Volatility cones provide a straightforward framework to evaluate whether options are trading cheap or rich. This Insight provides volatility analysis for eight prominent Hong Kong stocks</li>
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Highlights: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ping-an-insurance-grp-co-of-china-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12880:1" rel="noopener">Ping An Insurance (H) (2318 HK)</a>stands out with historically low implied volatility across the term structure. <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 (9988 HK)</a>is rich in November and December contracts.</li>
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Why Read: Spot opportunities, assess regime shifts, and manage risk effectively — volatility cones turn complex data into actionable insights for traders and investors.</li>
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Context: Volatility cones provide a straightforward framework to evaluate whether options are trading cheap or rich. This Insight provides volatility analysis for eight prominent Hong Kong stocks

Highlights: Ping An Insurance (H) (2318 HK)stands out with historically low implied volatility across the term structure. Alibaba (9988 HK)is rich in November and December contracts.

Why Read: Spot opportunities, assess regime shifts, and manage risk effectively — volatility cones turn complex data into actionable insights for traders and investors.


Volatility Cones: Ping An (2318 HK) And Alibaba (9988 HK) Stand Out

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 157 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 59.8% as of Sep 26th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 2.9ppt week-on-week, led by communication services, information technology, financials and offset by real estate, materials.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Cosco Shipping, Zijin Mining, Anjoy Foods, Goldwind, Haier Smart Home, ICBC.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 157 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 59.8% as of Sep 26th.
The average A-H premium changed by 2.9ppt week-on-week, led by communication services, information technology, financials and offset by real estate, materials.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Cosco Shipping, Zijin Mining, Anjoy Foods, Goldwind, Haier Smart Home, ICBC.


A-H Premium Weekly (Sep 26th): Cosco Shipping, Zijin Mining, Anjoy Foods, Goldwind, Haier Smart Home

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 19th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Pop Mart Intl, CSPC Pharma, Hua Hong Semiconductor.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 19th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight short changes in Pop Mart Intl, CSPC Pharma, Hua Hong Semiconductor.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Pop Mart Intl, CSPC Pharma, Hua Hong Semiconductor

China

BYD Company Limited manufactures automotive products. The Company produces ordinary passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and other products. BYD also operates battery making, rail transportation construction, and other businesses.

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Gaudenz Schneider

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Volatility cones for eight prominent Hong Kong stocks highlight opportunities in cheap implied volatility in Ping An Insurance, Meituan, and...

Gaudenz Schneider

A-H Premium Weekly (Sep 26th): Cosco Shipping, Zijin Mining, Anjoy Foods, Goldwind, Haier Smart Home

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Cosco Shipping, Zijin Mining, Anjoy Foods, Goldwind, Haier...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest Weekly: Pop Mart Intl, CSPC Pharma, Hua Hong Semiconductor

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 19th and highlight short interest changes in Pop Mart Intl, CSPC...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Earnings Kickoff Dominates October 2025 Key Events

October 2025 kicks off earnings season – reports from Fast Retailing (9983 JP), ICICI Bank (ICICIB IN) & more – alongside holidays and central bank...

Gaudenz Schneider

Krungthai XSpring Technical Eng. SEPTEMBER 29, 2025

Fund outflows were a key factor weighing on the index, in addition to DELTA’s sharp decline. We do not anticipate a deep correction in the index...

Krungthai XSpring

Volatility Cones: Ping An (2318 HK) And Alibaba (9988 HK) Stand Out

​Volatility cones for eight prominent Hong Kong stocks highlight opportunities in cheap implied volatility in Ping An Insurance, Meituan, and...

Gaudenz Schneider

A-H Premium Weekly (Sep 26th): Cosco Shipping, Zijin Mining, Anjoy Foods, Goldwind, Haier Smart Home

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Cosco Shipping, Zijin Mining, Anjoy Foods, Goldwind, Haier...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest Weekly: Pop Mart Intl, CSPC Pharma, Hua Hong Semiconductor

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 19th and highlight short interest changes in Pop Mart Intl, CSPC...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Volatility cones for eight prominent Hong Kong stocks highlight opportunities in cheap implied volatility in Ping An Insurance, Meituan, and...