Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Derivatives

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HKEX Expands Weekly Options: Five new single-stock weeklies debut on 10 November, broadening Hong Kong’s fast-growing short-dated options market.</li>
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Why It Matters: Weeklies let traders and investors hedge or speculate around key events with precision, lower premiums, and higher gamma exposure.</li>
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Momentum: Trading volumes in existing weeklies have surged—up nearly fourfold since launch—underscoring rising investor adoption and liquidity.</li>
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HKEX Expands Weekly Options: Five new single-stock weeklies debut on 10 November, broadening Hong Kong’s fast-growing short-dated options market.

Why It Matters: Weeklies let traders and investors hedge or speculate around key events with precision, lower premiums, and higher gamma exposure.

Momentum: Trading volumes in existing weeklies have surged—up nearly fourfold since launch—underscoring rising investor adoption and liquidity.


HKEX Adds Five New Weekly Options on 10 Nov: AIA, China Mobile, Xiaomi Join Fast-Growing Line-Up

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 analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 31st.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Csop Hsi (2X Inv), TraHK HSI ETF, Akeso.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 31st.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight short changes in Csop Hsi (2X Inv), TraHK HSI ETF, Akeso.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Csop Hsi (2X Inv), TraHK HSI ETF, Akeso

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of November 7th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Xiaomi, CNOOC, SMIC, Meituan, ICBC, China Mobile, Tencent, Hua Hong Semiconductor.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of November 7th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Xiaomi, CNOOC, SMIC, Meituan, ICBC, China Mobile, Tencent, Hua Hong Semiconductor.


HK Connect Flows Weekly (Nov 7th): Xiaomi, CNOOC, SMIC, Meituan, ICBC, China Mobile, Tencent

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Big Beautiful Skew was again a no-show. But the SFC's expectation of dual counter eligibility for Connect by year-end approaches its endgame.</li>
<li>The GAC (2238 HK) reco 2wks ago worked well. One extra week was bad. Last week's reco on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cnooc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:175:1" rel="noopener">CNOOC Ltd (883 HK)</a> was a disaster. H underperformed A by 8.4%.</li>
<li>The data tables below update on a daily basis in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tools</a> section of Smartkarma. The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/south-flow-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/ah-shares-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AH Pairs Monitor</a> are both there - free - for all SK readers.</li>
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Big Beautiful Skew was again a no-show. But the SFC's expectation of dual counter eligibility for Connect by year-end approaches its endgame.
The GAC (2238 HK) reco 2wks ago worked well. One extra week was bad. Last week's reco on CNOOC Ltd (883 HK) was a disaster. H underperformed A by 8.4%.
The data tables below update on a daily basis in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor and AH Pairs Monitor are both there - free - for all SK readers.


A/H Premium Tracker (Week to 31 Oct 2025):  Beautiful Skew Behaving Badly But RMB Counters Approach

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<li>Gross SOUTHBOUND volumes rebounded to US$16bn a day over the past week (four trading days) and NET buying was decent at nearly HK$7bn a day. Very Un-beautiful skew again though.</li>
<li>The recommended name was long <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guangzhou-automobile-group-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11082:1" rel="noopener">Guangzhou Automobile Group (2238 HK)</a>.   From Monday's close to Friday's close, the stock was down 2+% and the H underperformed the A by 5.7%. Awful.</li>
<li>The data tables below update on a daily basis in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tools</a> section of Smartkarma. The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/south-flow-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Southbound Flow Monitor</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/ah-shares-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AH Pairs Monitor</a> are both there - free - for all SK readers.</li>
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Gross SOUTHBOUND volumes rebounded to US$16bn a day over the past week (four trading days) and NET buying was decent at nearly HK$7bn a day. Very Un-beautiful skew again though.
The recommended name was long Guangzhou Automobile Group (2238 HK).   From Monday's close to Friday's close, the stock was down 2+% and the H underperformed the A by 5.7%. Awful.
The data tables below update on a daily basis in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The Southbound Flow Monitor and AH Pairs Monitor are both there - free - for all SK readers.


HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (Wk To 31 Oct 2025) - Volatile Unwinding But Net SOE Buying

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China Mobile Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides cellular telecommunications and related services in the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong SAR.

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HKEX Adds Five New Weekly Options on 10 Nov: AIA, China Mobile, Xiaomi Join Fast-Growing Line-Up

Today, Weekly Options debut in Xiaomi (1810 HK), AIA Group (1299 HK), SMIC (981 HK), China Mobile (941 HK), and CNOOC (883 HK).

Gaudenz Schneider

HK Short Interest Weekly: Csop Hsi (2X Inv), TraHK HSI ETF, Akeso

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 31st and highlight short interest changes in Csop Hsi (2X Inv), TraHK...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Connect Flows Weekly (Nov 7th): Xiaomi, CNOOC, SMIC, Meituan, ICBC, China Mobile, Tencent

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Xiaomi, CNOOC, SMIC, Meituan, ICBC, China Mobile,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A/H Premium Tracker (Week to 31 Oct 2025): Beautiful Skew Behaving Badly But RMB Counters Approach

AH sees another week of non-beautiful skew as H premia or super narrow H discounts see Hs outperform, wider discounts the opposite. The SFC goal of...

Travis Lundy

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (Wk To 31 Oct 2025) - Volatile Unwinding But Net SOE Buying

HK SOUTHBOUND volumes were again slightly limited - $16bn a day vs $21bn a day two weeks prior - but net flows were still decent. For a third week...

Travis Lundy

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