Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Event-Driven

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Context: Zhongji InnoLight (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhongji-innolight" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:55331:1" rel="noopener">3308 HK</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhongji-innolight-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6986:1" rel="noopener">300308 CH</a>) reports H1 2026 results on 21 August, its first earnings announcement since the Hong Kong listing.</li>
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Highlight: With the historical median absolute move at 4.7%, options price a 5.6% earnings move. High option premiums create potential selling opportunities, but large historical tail moves warrant caution.</li>
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Positioning: Put activity dominates recent trading, with downside strikes accounting for most outstanding puts. The volatility term structure remains elevated beyond the event.</li>
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Context: Zhongji InnoLight (3308 HK, 300308 CH) reports H1 2026 results on 21 August, its first earnings announcement since the Hong Kong listing.

Highlight: With the historical median absolute move at 4.7%, options price a 5.6% earnings move. High option premiums create potential selling opportunities, but large historical tail moves warrant caution.

Positioning: Put activity dominates recent trading, with downside strikes accounting for most outstanding puts. The volatility term structure remains elevated beyond the event.


Zhongji InnoLight (3308 HK, 300308 CH): 100% Volatility Ahead of First HK Earnings

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<ul><li>Broad defensive positioning dominated options markets the week of August 10.</li><li>Put-call ratios spiked to multi-year highs across financials, industrials, and post-earnings names.</li><li>At the same time, a sharp counter-current emerged: S&amp;P 500 ETFs and several growth names saw call buying hit 52-week extremes, splitting the market into two distinct camps.</li></ul>

Broad defensive positioning dominated options markets the week of August 10.Put-call ratios spiked to multi-year highs across financials, industrials, and post-earnings names.At the same time, a sharp counter-current emerged: S&amp;P 500 ETFs and several growth names saw call buying hit 52-week extremes, splitting the market into two distinct camps.

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<ul><li>Earnings season forced options markets to extremes this week.</li><li>Put/call ratios hit 52-week records across dozens of names - often in stocks simultaneously posting double-digit gains.</li><li>The divergence between rising prices and surging put demand was the defining theme of the Aug 3-10 period.</li></ul>

Earnings season forced options markets to extremes this week.Put/call ratios hit 52-week records across dozens of names - often in stocks simultaneously posting double-digit gains.The divergence between rising prices and surging put demand was the defining theme of the Aug 3-10 period.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhongji-innolight-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6986:1" rel="noopener">Zhongji InnoLight (300308 CH / 3308 HK)</a> trades 31% below its all-time high, while the consensus price target implies upside of 35%.</li>
<li>Historical periods with volatility above 100% have produced higher average and median subsequent one-month returns than lower-volatility regimes.</li>
<li>Implied volatility above 100% is extreme by any standard, generating exceptionally rich option premiums that can be monetised through put selling, albeit with exposure to further share-price weakness.</li>
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Zhongji InnoLight (300308 CH / 3308 HK) trades 31% below its all-time high, while the consensus price target implies upside of 35%.
Historical periods with volatility above 100% have produced higher average and median subsequent one-month returns than lower-volatility regimes.
Implied volatility above 100% is extreme by any standard, generating exceptionally rich option premiums that can be monetised through put selling, albeit with exposure to further share-price weakness.


Zhongji InnoLight (3308 HK / 300308 CH): Monetising 100% Volatility Through Put Selling

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Equity Capital Markets

Zhongji InnoLight / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Zhongji Innolight has placed its dual-listed H shares at HK$980 per share, approximately a 10% discount to its A shares.  The listing will be the largest in HK since Alibaba.</li>
<li>Zhongji Innolight is the world's largest manufacturer of optical transceiver modules, holding 21.2–23.1% global market share in datacom optical modules as of 2025.</li>
<li>The company supports global cloud and AI computing infrastructure with strong hyperscaler qualification relationships with Google, Amazon, Meta, and Nvidia, its largest customers.</li>
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Zhongji Innolight has placed its dual-listed H shares at HK$980 per share, approximately a 10% discount to its A shares.  The listing will be the largest in HK since Alibaba.
Zhongji Innolight is the world's largest manufacturer of optical transceiver modules, holding 21.2–23.1% global market share in datacom optical modules as of 2025.
The company supports global cloud and AI computing infrastructure with strong hyperscaler qualification relationships with Google, Amazon, Meta, and Nvidia, its largest customers.


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United States

Lumentum Holdings Inc. operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, supplies optical and photonic products. Lumentum Holdings serves data communications and telecommunications, networking, and life-sciences markets worldwide.

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