Group 1: Report Overview - The report is an early morning strategy report on energy and chemical options dated September 8, 2025, covering various types of energy and chemical options including energy, polyolefins, polyesters, alkali chemicals, etc. [2][3] - The recommended strategy is to construct option portfolio strategies mainly as sellers, along with spot hedging or covered strategies to enhance returns [3] Group 2: Underlying Futures Market Overview - The latest prices, price changes, price change rates, trading volumes, volume changes, open interests, and open interest changes of multiple underlying futures contracts such as crude oil, LPG, methanol, etc. are presented [4] Group 3: Option Factors - Volume and Open Interest PCR - The trading volumes, volume changes, open interests, open interest changes, volume PCR, volume PCR changes, open interest PCR, and open interest PCR changes of various option varieties are provided, which are used to describe the strength of the option underlying market and the turning point of the underlying market [5] Group 4: Option Factors - Pressure and Support Levels - The at - the - money strike prices, pressure points, pressure point offsets, support points, support point offsets, maximum call option open interests, and maximum put option open interests of different option varieties are given, indicating the pressure and support levels of the option underlying from the perspective of the strike prices with the largest open interests of call and put options [6] Group 5: Option Factors - Implied Volatility - The at - the - money implied volatility, weighted implied volatility, weighted implied volatility changes, annual average implied volatility, call option implied volatility, put option implied volatility, 20 - day historical volatility, and the difference between implied and historical volatility of each option variety are shown. The at - the - money implied volatility is the arithmetic average of call and put at - the - money implied volatilities, and the weighted implied volatility uses volume - weighted average [7] Group 6: Strategy and Recommendations for Different Option Types Energy - related Options Crude Oil - Fundamental factors include short - term geopolitical disturbances, long - term supply - demand negatives, and concerns about employment deterioration and economic pressure after the non - farm payroll data. The market sentiment is bearish. The price has been weak and range - bound since July, with short - term weakness in August and continued weakness in September [8] - Option factors show that the implied volatility fluctuates around the average, the open interest PCR is below 0.80 indicating a weak and volatile market, and the pressure level is 600 and the support level is 450 [8] - Strategies include constructing a short - biased call + put option combination strategy for the volatility strategy and a long collar strategy for the spot long - hedging strategy [8] LPG - The domestic supply is loose, the demand is low, and the market is weak. The price has been falling and is currently in a weak state [10] - The implied volatility has dropped significantly to around the average, the open interest PCR is around 0.60 indicating strong bearish power, and the pressure level is 5400 and the support level is 4200 [10] - Strategies are similar to crude oil, including a short - biased call + put option combination strategy and a long collar strategy [10] Alcohol - related Options Methanol - The weekly domestic methanol production has increased, and the price has shown a weak trend with some rebounds recently [10] - The implied volatility has decreased and fluctuates below the average, the open interest PCR is below 0.80 indicating a weak and volatile market, and the pressure level is 2600 and the support level is 2250 [10] - Strategies include a bearish spread combination strategy for the directional strategy, a short - biased call + put option combination strategy for the volatility strategy, and a long collar strategy for the spot long - hedging strategy [10] Ethylene Glycol - The inventory at the main port in East China has decreased to a new low in 2025. The price has shown a weak trend [11] - The implied volatility fluctuates below the average, the open interest PCR is below 0.60 indicating strong bearish power, and the pressure level is 4600 and the support level is 4400 [11] - Strategies include a short - volatility strategy for the volatility strategy and a long collar strategy for the spot long - hedging strategy [11] Polyolefin - related Options Polypropylene - The domestic polypropylene maintenance loss has increased. The price has been weak since July [11] - The implied volatility has decreased to below the average, the open interest PCR is around 0.60 indicating a weak market, and the pressure level is 7300 and the support level is 6900 [11] - Strategies include a long collar strategy for the spot long - hedging strategy [11] Rubber - related Options Rubber - The operating loads of all - steel and semi - steel tires have decreased. The price has shown a warming - up trend recently [12] - The implied volatility has dropped to around the average after a sharp rise, the open interest PCR is below 0.60, and the pressure level is 18000 and the support level is 15750 [12] - Strategies include a short - neutral call + put option combination strategy for the volatility strategy [12] Polyester - related Options PTA - The开工 rates of polyester products have changed slightly, and the supply - demand relationship has little change. The price of PTA has been weak [12] - The implied volatility fluctuates at a relatively high level above the average, the open interest PCR is around 0.60 indicating a volatile market, and the pressure level is 5000 and the support level is 4500 [12] - Strategies include a short - biased call + put option combination strategy for the volatility strategy [12] Alkali - related Options Caustic Soda - The caustic soda market was strong in August, but the price has been weak recently [13] - The implied volatility is at a relatively high level, the open interest PCR is below 0.80 indicating a volatile market, and the pressure level is 2800 and the support level is 2400 [13] - Strategies include a long collar strategy for the spot long - hedging strategy [13] Soda Ash - The supply of soda ash has increased, and the price has been in a low - level volatile state [13] - The implied volatility is at a relatively high historical level, the open interest PCR is below 0.60 indicating strong bearish pressure, and the pressure level is 1640 and the support level is 1160 [13] - Strategies include a short - volatility combination strategy for the volatility strategy and a long collar strategy for the spot long - hedging strategy [13] Other Options Urea - The supply - demand difference has decreased, and the price has been in a weak and stagnant state [14] - The implied volatility fluctuates around the historical average, the open interest PCR is below 0.60 indicating strong bearish pressure, and the pressure level is 1900 and the support level is 1700 [14] - Strategies include a short - biased call + put option combination strategy for the volatility strategy and a long collar strategy for the spot long - hedging strategy [14] Group 7: Option Charts - There are various charts for different option varieties such as crude oil, LPG, methanol, etc., including price trend charts, trading volume and open interest charts, open interest PCR and turnover PCR charts, implied volatility charts, historical volatility cone charts, and option pressure and support level charts [15][34][55]
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Wu Kuang Qi Huo·2025-09-08 02:36