Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Derivatives

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Context:<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pop-mart-international-group-l" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29016:1" rel="noopener">Pop Mart (9992 HK)</a> begins trading monthly options on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) on Monday, 13 October 2025, marking its debut in the derivatives market.</li>
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This Insight examines expected implied volatility, referencing both realized volatility trends and peer valuations for context. </li>
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Why Read: Gain early insight into Pop Mart’s option launch, including option specifications and how implied volatility could set the tone for first-day trading.</li>
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Context:Pop Mart (9992 HK) begins trading monthly options on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) on Monday, 13 October 2025, marking its debut in the derivatives market.

This Insight examines expected implied volatility, referencing both realized volatility trends and peer valuations for context. 

Why Read: Gain early insight into Pop Mart’s option launch, including option specifications and how implied volatility could set the tone for first-day trading.


Pop Mart (9992 HK): New Options Listing Poised for a Volatile Start

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 changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Oct 3rd. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD17,873m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in IHI, Nippon Steel, Nitori, Ai Robotics, Pan Pacific International, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Disco, Kintetsu, Yamada, Ihi.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Oct 3rd. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD17,873m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in IHI, Nippon Steel, Nitori, Ai Robotics, Pan Pacific International, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Disco, Kintetsu, Yamada, Ihi.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Oct 3rd): IHI, Nippon Steel, Nitori, Ai Robotics

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Sep 26th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD13,494m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Sanrio, Advantest, SoftBank, IHI, Kintetsu, Zensho, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Tokyo Electron, Nagoya Railroad, Sanrio, Advantest, Softbank, Ihi.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Sep 26th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD13,494m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Sanrio, Advantest, SoftBank, IHI, Kintetsu, Zensho, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Tokyo Electron, Nagoya Railroad, Sanrio, Advantest, Softbank, Ihi.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 26th): Sanrio, Advantest, SoftBank, IHI, Kintetsu, Zensho

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Sep 19th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD16,218m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Lasertec, Disco, Tokyo Electron, Nintendo, Fast Retailing, Sanrio, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Fujikura, Koei Tecmo, Lifedrink, Lasertec, Disco, Tokyo Electron, Nintendo, Fast Retailing.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Sep 19th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD16,218m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Lasertec, Disco, Tokyo Electron, Nintendo, Fast Retailing, Sanrio, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Fujikura, Koei Tecmo, Lifedrink, Lasertec, Disco, Tokyo Electron, Nintendo, Fast Retailing.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 19th): Lasertec, Disco, Tokyo Electron, Nintendo, Fast Retailing

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Sep 12th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD16,380m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in SoftBank, Advantest, Tokyo Electron, Disco, Sanrio, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, IHI, Timee, Furukawa Electric, Lasertec, Softbank, Advantest, Tokyo Electron, Disco, Sanrio.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Sep 12th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD16,380m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in SoftBank, Advantest, Tokyo Electron, Disco, Sanrio, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, IHI, Timee, Furukawa Electric, Lasertec, Softbank, Advantest, Tokyo Electron, Disco, Sanrio.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 12th): SoftBank, Advantest, Tokyo Electron, Disco, Sanrio

Japan

Nintendo Co., Ltd. globally develops, manufactures and sells home-use video game hardware and software in home entertainment business.  The company also produces home-game products including cards.

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Nintendo (7974 JP)

Pop Mart (9992 HK): New Options Listing Poised for a Volatile Start

Pop Mart debuts monthly options on HKEX, with insights on implied volatility expected to open at a premium amid elevated market uncertainty.

Gaudenz Schneider

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Oct 3rd): IHI, Nippon Steel, Nitori, Ai Robotics

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted IHI (7013 JP), Nippon Steel (5401 JP), Nitori (9843 JP), Ai...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 26th): Sanrio, Advantest, SoftBank, IHI, Kintetsu, Zensho

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Sanrio (8136 JP), Advantest (6857 JP), SoftBank (9984 JP), IHI...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 19th): Lasertec, Disco, Tokyo Electron, Nintendo, Fast Retailing

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Lasertec (6920 JP), Disco (6146 JP), Tokyo Electron (8035 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 12th): SoftBank, Advantest, Tokyo Electron, Disco, Sanrio

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted SoftBank (9984 JP), Advantest (6857 JP), Tokyo Electron (8035...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Pop Mart (9992 HK): New Options Listing Poised for a Volatile Start

​Pop Mart debuts monthly options on HKEX, with insights on implied volatility expected to open at a premium amid elevated market uncertainty.

Gaudenz Schneider

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Oct 3rd): IHI, Nippon Steel, Nitori, Ai Robotics

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted IHI (7013 JP), Nippon Steel (5401 JP), Nitori (9843 JP), Ai...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 26th): Sanrio, Advantest, SoftBank, IHI, Kintetsu, Zensho

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Sanrio (8136 JP), Advantest (6857 JP), SoftBank (9984 JP), IHI...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 19th): Lasertec, Disco, Tokyo Electron, Nintendo, Fast Retailing

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Lasertec (6920 JP), Disco (6146 JP), Tokyo Electron (8035 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 12th): SoftBank, Advantest, Tokyo Electron, Disco, Sanrio

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted SoftBank (9984 JP), Advantest (6857 JP), Tokyo Electron (8035...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Pop Mart debuts monthly options on HKEX, with insights on implied volatility expected to open at a premium amid elevated market uncertainty.