Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Derivatives

Korea Stock Exchange KOSPI 200 / Equity Derivatives

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<li>The United States' tariff against Mexico and Canada, effective March 4, 2025, could disrupt global markets, with potential volatility spikes similar to early February's events.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-asx-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22901:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P/ASX 200</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ftse-100-index-ukx" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22904:1" rel="noopener">FTSE 100</a>: low implied volatility offers opportunities for protective puts, </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">KOSPI 200</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nikkei-225" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22909:1" rel="noopener">Nikkei 225</a>: an volatility premium suggests a relative value volatility arbitrage play. </li>
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The United States' tariff against Mexico and Canada, effective March 4, 2025, could disrupt global markets, with potential volatility spikes similar to early February's events.

S&amp;P/ASX 200 and FTSE 100: low implied volatility offers opportunities for protective puts, 

KOSPI 200 and Nikkei 225: an volatility premium suggests a relative value volatility arbitrage play. 


Global Option Implied Volatility - Opportunities in S&P/ASX 200, KOSPI 200, Nikkei 225, FTSE 100.

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/goodman-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:959:1" rel="noopener">Goodman Group</a> went into a trading halt and then announced results and an underwritten equity placement of A$4bn (US$2.54bn) to pursue growth opportunities across logistics and data center operations.</li>
<li>The stock has dropped since CIC's stake sale in December but still continues to handily outperform peers.</li>
<li>There will be some passive buying in the stock at the time of share settlement and more a few days later to mop up around 37% of the offering.</li>
</ul>



Goodman Group went into a trading halt and then announced results and an underwritten equity placement of A$4bn (US$2.54bn) to pursue growth opportunities across logistics and data center operations.
The stock has dropped since CIC's stake sale in December but still continues to handily outperform peers.
There will be some passive buying in the stock at the time of share settlement and more a few days later to mop up around 37% of the offering.


Goodman Group (GMG AU): Much Bigger Index Impact of US$2.5bn Equity Offering

Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>Nearing a few days left in the review period, there could be 39 adds/deletes across the S&amp;P/ASX family of indices in March.</li>
<li>Passive trackers will need to trade a lot of stock in the forecast changes, with the impact being especially large for the changes to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-asx-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22901:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P/ASX 200</a> and S&amp;P/ASX 300.</li>
<li>Except for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-asx-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22901:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P/ASX 200 (AS51 INDEX)</a> that is heavily tracked, the performance of the forecast changes to the other indices has been very stable with adds outperforming deletes bigly.</li>
</ul>


Nearing a few days left in the review period, there could be 39 adds/deletes across the S&amp;P/ASX family of indices in March.
Passive trackers will need to trade a lot of stock in the forecast changes, with the impact being especially large for the changes to the S&amp;P/ASX 200 and S&amp;P/ASX 300.
Except for the S&amp;P/ASX 200 (AS51 INDEX) that is heavily tracked, the performance of the forecast changes to the other indices has been very stable with adds outperforming deletes bigly.


S&P/​​​​​​​​​ASX Index Rebalance Preview: Changes Stable as Adds Outperform Deletes Bigly

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anz-group-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40898:1" rel="noopener">ANZ Group Holdings (ANZ AU)</a> is set to announce its First Quarter APS 330 Release on Thursday 20 February 2025.</li>
<li>Traders can trade the event through 20 February 2025 listed options (monthly expiration). Strategies discussed reflect different expectations of market reactions, with risk implications.</li>
<li>Historically, ANZ has experienced an average price move of 1.9% following profit announcements. Option markets anticipate a similar move this time.</li>
</ul>



ANZ Group Holdings (ANZ AU) is set to announce its First Quarter APS 330 Release on Thursday 20 February 2025.
Traders can trade the event through 20 February 2025 listed options (monthly expiration). Strategies discussed reflect different expectations of market reactions, with risk implications.
Historically, ANZ has experienced an average price move of 1.9% following profit announcements. Option markets anticipate a similar move this time.


EQD | ANZ Group Holdings (ANZ AU): Anticipated Price Swings on Q1 Announcement on 20 Feb 2025

National Australia Bank / Equity Derivatives

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/national-australia-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15:1" rel="noopener">National Australia Bank (NAB AU)</a> is set to announce its First Quarter Trading Update on Wednesday 19 February 2025.</li>
<li>Traders can trade the event through 20 February 2025 listed options (monthly expiration). Strategies discussed reflect different expectations of market reactions, with risk implications.</li>
<li>Historically, NAB has experienced an average price move of 2.2% following profit announcements. Option markets anticipate a slightly larger move.</li>
</ul>



National Australia Bank (NAB AU) is set to announce its First Quarter Trading Update on Wednesday 19 February 2025.
Traders can trade the event through 20 February 2025 listed options (monthly expiration). Strategies discussed reflect different expectations of market reactions, with risk implications.
Historically, NAB has experienced an average price move of 2.2% following profit announcements. Option markets anticipate a slightly larger move.


EQD | National Australia Bank (NAB AU): Anticipated Price Swings on Q1 Trading Update on 19 Feb 2025

Australia

The S&P/ASX 200 measures the performance of the 200 largest index-eligible stocks listed on the ASX by float-adjusted market capitalization. Representative liquid and tradable, it is widely considered Australia's preeminent benchmark index. The index is float-adjusted. The index was launched in April 2000.

S&P/ASX 200 (AS51 INDEX)

Global Option Implied Volatility - Opportunities in S&P/ASX 200, KOSPI 200, Nikkei 225, FTSE 100.

US tariffs on Mexico and Canada effective 4 March as a potentially adverse market event. S&P/ASX 200 and FTSE 100 offer protective put opportunities.

Gaudenz Schneider

Goodman Group (GMG AU): Much Bigger Index Impact of US$2.5bn Equity Offering

Goodman Group is raising A$4bn via an underwritten placement. The stock has been consolidating since CIC's placement in Dec. Passives will buy 37%...

Brian Freitas

S&P/ASX Index Rebalance Preview: Changes Stable as Adds Outperform Deletes Bigly

There could be 39 changes for the S&P/ASX family in March. The forecast adds continue to outperform the forecast deletes in all indices. Huge...

Brian Freitas

EQD | ANZ Group Holdings (ANZ AU): Anticipated Price Swings on Q1 Announcement on 20 Feb 2025

ANZ Group Holdings to release First Quarter APS 330 on 20 Feb 2025. Traders can use listed options to discover option-implied price swings and...

Gaudenz Schneider

EQD | National Australia Bank (NAB AU): Anticipated Price Swings on Q1 Trading Update on 19 Feb 2025

National Australia Bank (NAB AU) to release First Quarter Trading Update on 19 Feb 2025. Traders can use listed options to strategize for...

Gaudenz Schneider

Global Option Implied Volatility - Opportunities in S&P/ASX 200, KOSPI 200, Nikkei 225, FTSE 100.

​US tariffs on Mexico and Canada effective 4 March as a potentially adverse market event. S&P/ASX 200 and FTSE 100 offer protective put opportunities.

Gaudenz Schneider

Goodman Group (GMG AU): Much Bigger Index Impact of US$2.5bn Equity Offering

Goodman Group is raising A$4bn via an underwritten placement. The stock has been consolidating since CIC's placement in Dec. Passives will buy 37%...

Brian Freitas

S&P/​​​​​​​​​ASX Index Rebalance Preview: Changes Stable as Adds Outperform Deletes Bigly

There could be 39 changes for the S&P/ASX family in March. The forecast adds continue to outperform the forecast deletes in all indices. Huge...

Brian Freitas

EQD | ANZ Group Holdings (ANZ AU): Anticipated Price Swings on Q1 Announcement on 20 Feb 2025

​ANZ Group Holdings to release First Quarter APS 330 on 20 Feb 2025. Traders can use listed options to discover option-implied price swings and...

Gaudenz Schneider

EQD | National Australia Bank (NAB AU): Anticipated Price Swings on Q1 Trading Update on 19 Feb 2025

​National Australia Bank (NAB AU) to release First Quarter Trading Update on 19 Feb 2025. Traders can use listed options to strategize for...

Gaudenz Schneider

US tariffs on Mexico and Canada effective 4 March as a potentially adverse market event. S&P/ASX 200 and FTSE 100 offer protective put opportunities.

S&P/ASX Index Rebalance Preview: Changes Stable as Adds Outperform Deletes Bigly

ANZ Group Holdings to release First Quarter APS 330 on 20 Feb 2025. Traders can use listed options to discover option-implied price swings and...

National Australia Bank (NAB AU) to release First Quarter Trading Update on 19 Feb 2025. Traders can use listed options to strategize for...