Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Derivatives

China Construction Bank H / Equity Derivatives

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-construction-bank-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45:1" rel="noopener">China Construction Bank H (939 HK)</a> / <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-construction-bank-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24567:1" rel="noopener">China Construction Bank (601939 CH)</a> is scheduled to report its annual 2024 financial results on 28 March 2025, 17:00-18:15, Beijing time. 
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Expected Price Movement: Option implied movement and historically recorded movement both indicate muted price action after earnings.</li>
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Dividend Outlook: CCB has switched to semi-annual dividends, with current yields at 6.4% for H shares and 4.7% for A shares. The bank has a history of dividend increases.</li>
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China Construction Bank H (939 HK) / China Construction Bank (601939 CH) is scheduled to report its annual 2024 financial results on 28 March 2025, 17:00-18:15, Beijing time. 


Expected Price Movement: Option implied movement and historically recorded movement both indicate muted price action after earnings.

Dividend Outlook: CCB has switched to semi-annual dividends, with current yields at 6.4% for H shares and 4.7% for A shares. The bank has a history of dividend increases.


China Construction Bank (939 HK/601939 CH) Earnings on 28 Mar: Anticipated Price Move and Strategy

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<li>This Insight analyses <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> multi-leg option strategies traded over the last five trading days on the Hong Kong Exchange. Strategy highlights and volatility context are provided.</li>
<li>These traders tailor structures to risk budgets and take calculated bets. With implied volatility below its median and below realized volatility, all strategies reviewed are long volatility.</li>
<li>Almost 20% of all strategies are Calendar or Diagonal Spreads. Diagonal spreads can even earn premium in the current volatility environment. A live strategy is examined.</li>
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This Insight analyses Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK) multi-leg option strategies traded over the last five trading days on the Hong Kong Exchange. Strategy highlights and volatility context are provided.
These traders tailor structures to risk budgets and take calculated bets. With implied volatility below its median and below realized volatility, all strategies reviewed are long volatility.
Almost 20% of all strategies are Calendar or Diagonal Spreads. Diagonal spreads can even earn premium in the current volatility environment. A live strategy is examined.


Alibaba (9988 HK): Top Trades - Strategies That Stand Out.

Bank Of China Ltd (H) / Equity Derivatives

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-of-china-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:656:1" rel="noopener">Bank Of China Ltd (H) (3988 HK)</a> /<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-of-china-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24574:1" rel="noopener">Bank of China (601988 CH)</a> is scheduled to report its annual 2024 financial results on 26 March 2025, after market close.</li>
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Expected Price Movement: Option implied movement is above the historically recorded movement.</li>
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Implied Volatility, Options Strategies and Dividends: Discussion of implied volatility term structure and option strategies. Dividends are now semi-annual.</li>
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Bank Of China Ltd (H) (3988 HK) /Bank of China (601988 CH) is scheduled to report its annual 2024 financial results on 26 March 2025, after market close.

Expected Price Movement: Option implied movement is above the historically recorded movement.

Implied Volatility, Options Strategies and Dividends: Discussion of implied volatility term structure and option strategies. Dividends are now semi-annual.


Bank Of China (3988 HK/601988 CH) Earnings on 26/3: Anticipated Price Movements and Options Insights

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 remained volatile, pressured by the weaker Hang Seng and ongoing US-China trade war concerns, which have weighed on Chinese DR stocks.</li><li>However, PTT's share buyback sparked buying interest, alongside gains in banking and ICT shares while foreign investors turned to buy, enabling the index to close up 1.09% compared to the previous week.</li><li>Despite only a slight rebound, the index standing above 1,183 points and forming a positive price pattern suggests that it still has positive momentum and room for a technical rebound toward the downtrend line resistance.</li></ul>

The SET remained volatile, pressured by the weaker Hang Seng and ongoing US-China trade war concerns, which have weighed on Chinese DR stocks.However, PTT's share buyback sparked buying interest, alongside gains in banking and ICT shares while foreign investors turned to buy, enabling the index to close up 1.09% compared to the previous week.Despite only a slight rebound, the index standing above 1,183 points and forming a positive price pattern suggests that it still has positive momentum and room for a technical rebound toward the downtrend line resistance.

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xiaomi-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24409:1" rel="noopener">Xiaomi Corp (1810 HK)</a> is looking to place 750m shares at a price range of HK$52.8-54.6/share, a 4.2-7.4% discount from last. That could raise up to HK$40.95bn (US$5.27bn).</li>
<li>There will be limited passive buying near-term. There will be more passive buying at the end of May. Then there will be passive selling early June.</li>
<li>Shorts will be hurting from the relentless move higher in the stock and there could be short covering if the stock moves lower from these levels.</li>
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Xiaomi Corp (1810 HK) is looking to place 750m shares at a price range of HK$52.8-54.6/share, a 4.2-7.4% discount from last. That could raise up to HK$40.95bn (US$5.27bn).
There will be limited passive buying near-term. There will be more passive buying at the end of May. Then there will be passive selling early June.
Shorts will be hurting from the relentless move higher in the stock and there could be short covering if the stock moves lower from these levels.


Xiaomi (1810 HK)'s US$5bn Placement: Unfavourable Index Dynamics but Strong Momentum

Hong Kong

The Hang Seng Index is a free-float capitalization-weighted index of a selection of companies from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The components of the index are divided into four subindices: Commerce and Industry, Finance, Utilities, and Properties. The index was developed with a base level of 100 as of July 31, 1964.

Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX)

China Construction Bank (939 HK/601939 CH) Earnings on 28 Mar: Anticipated Price Move and Strategy

China Construction Bank to report 2024 financial results on 28 March 2025, with muted price movement expected post-earnings and a history of...

Gaudenz Schneider

Alibaba (9988 HK): Top Trades - Strategies That Stand Out.

Analysis of Alibaba's multi-leg option strategies on the HK Exchange shows traders taking calculated bets with long volatility strategies,...

Gaudenz Schneider

Bank Of China (3988 HK/601988 CH) Earnings on 26/3: Anticipated Price Movements and Options Insights

Bank of China Ltd set to report 2024 financial results on March 26, with option implied movement higher than historical levels. Discussion on...

Gaudenz Schneider

Technical Analysis - MARCH 24, 2025

The SET remained volatile, pressured by the weaker Hang Seng and ongoing US-China trade war concerns, which have weighed on Chinese DR stocks.

Krungthai XSpring

Xiaomi (1810 HK)'s US$5bn Placement: Unfavourable Index Dynamics but Strong Momentum

Xiaomi is looking to raise US$5bn in a placement at a 4.2-7.4% discount to last. The placement in Dec 2020 did well. The net index buying is only...

Brian Freitas

China Construction Bank (939 HK/601939 CH) Earnings on 28 Mar: Anticipated Price Move and Strategy

​China Construction Bank to report 2024 financial results on 28 March 2025, with muted price movement expected post-earnings and a history of...

Gaudenz Schneider

Alibaba (9988 HK): Top Trades - Strategies That Stand Out.

​Analysis of Alibaba's multi-leg option strategies on the HK Exchange shows traders taking calculated bets with long volatility strategies,...

Gaudenz Schneider

Bank Of China (3988 HK/601988 CH) Earnings on 26/3: Anticipated Price Movements and Options Insights

​Bank of China Ltd set to report 2024 financial results on March 26, with option implied movement higher than historical levels. Discussion on...

Gaudenz Schneider

Technical Analysis - MARCH 24, 2025

The SET remained volatile, pressured by the weaker Hang Seng and ongoing US-China trade war concerns, which have weighed on Chinese DR stocks.

Krungthai XSpring

Xiaomi (1810 HK)'s US$5bn Placement: Unfavourable Index Dynamics but Strong Momentum

Xiaomi is looking to raise US$5bn in a placement at a 4.2-7.4% discount to last. The placement in Dec 2020 did well. The net index buying is only...

Brian Freitas

China Construction Bank to report 2024 financial results on 28 March 2025, with muted price movement expected post-earnings and a history of...

Analysis of Alibaba's multi-leg option strategies on the HK Exchange shows traders taking calculated bets with long volatility strategies,...

Bank of China Ltd set to report 2024 financial results on March 26, with option implied movement higher than historical levels. Discussion on...