农产品期权策略早报：农产品期权-20251104

1. Report Investment Rating - No investment rating for the industry is provided in the report. 2. Core Viewpoints - The agricultural products sector includes beans, oils, agricultural by - products, soft commodities, grains, and others. The overall performance shows that oilseeds and oils are weakly volatile, oils and agricultural by - products maintain a volatile market, soft commodity sugar has a slight fluctuation, cotton is weakly consolidating, and grains such as corn and starch are weakly and narrowly consolidating. The recommended strategy is to construct an option portfolio strategy mainly based on sellers, as well as spot hedging or covered strategies to enhance returns [2]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Futures Market Overview - The report presents the latest prices, price changes, price change rates, trading volumes, volume changes, open interests, and open interest changes of various agricultural product futures contracts, including soybeans, soybean meal, palm oil, etc. For example, the latest price of the A2601 soybean contract is 4,083, with a price change of - 9 and a change rate of - 0.22% [3]. 3.2 Option Factors - Volume and Open Interest PCR - The volume and open interest PCR of different agricultural product options are provided. Volume PCR and open interest PCR are used to describe the strength of the option underlying market and the turning point of the market respectively. For instance, the volume PCR of soybean option is 1.16, with a change of 0.34, and the open interest PCR is 1.14, with a change of 0 [4]. 3.3 Option Factors - Pressure and Support Levels - The pressure and support levels of each agricultural product option are analyzed from the perspective of the strike prices with the largest open interest of call and put options. For example, the pressure level of soybean option is 4,200, and the support level is 4,050 [5]. 3.4 Option Factors - Implied Volatility - The implied volatility data of different agricultural product options are presented, including at - the - money implied volatility, weighted implied volatility, and its change, annual average implied volatility, call and put implied volatility, historical volatility, and the difference between implied and historical volatility. For example, the at - the - money implied volatility of soybean option is 11.535, and the weighted implied volatility is 12.26, with a change of - 0.46 [6]. 3.5 Option Strategies and Recommendations 3.5.1 Oilseeds and Oils Options - Soybean: The soybean price is stable with a slight upward trend. The implied volatility of soybean option is below the historical average. The recommended strategies include constructing a neutral call + put option selling combination strategy and a long collar strategy for spot hedging [7]. - Soybean Meal: The domestic soybean weekly crushing volume has decreased. The implied volatility of soybean meal option is below the historical average. The recommended strategies include constructing a bearish call + put option selling combination strategy and a long collar strategy for spot hedging [9]. - Palm Oil: The production of Malaysian palm oil is expected to face pressure, and the export growth rate has narrowed. The implied volatility of palm oil option is below the historical average. The recommended strategies include constructing a bearish call + put option selling combination strategy and a long collar strategy for spot hedging [9]. - Peanut: The peanut oil price is stable. The implied volatility of peanut option is at a relatively high historical level. The recommended strategy is a long collar strategy for spot hedging [10]. 3.5.2 Agricultural By - product Options - Pig: The average price of pigs in some regions has increased slightly, but the market may face downward pressure in the future. The implied volatility of pig option is above the historical average. The recommended strategies include constructing a bearish put spread strategy, a bearish call + put option selling combination strategy, and a covered call strategy for spot [10]. - Egg: The inventory of laying hens has decreased. The implied volatility of egg option is at a relatively high level. The recommended strategies include constructing a bearish put spread strategy and a bearish call + put option selling combination strategy [11]. - Apple: The price of apple futures has increased due to poor fruit quality. The implied volatility of apple option is above the historical average. The recommended strategies include constructing a bullish call + put option selling combination strategy and a long collar strategy for spot hedging [11]. - Jujube: The physical inventory of jujube has increased. The implied volatility of jujube option has rapidly risen above the historical average. The recommended strategies include constructing a bearish wide - straddle option selling combination strategy and a covered call strategy for spot hedging [12]. 3.5.3 Soft Commodity Options - Sugar: The spot price of sugar in Guangxi has decreased, and the basis has weakened. The implied volatility of sugar option is at a relatively low historical level. The recommended strategies include constructing a bearish call + put option selling combination strategy and a long collar strategy for spot hedging [12]. - Cotton: The China Cotton Price Index has increased, and the basis is volatile. The implied volatility of cotton option is at a relatively low level. The recommended strategies include constructing a bearish call + put option selling combination strategy and a covered call strategy for spot hedging [13]. 3.5.4 Grain Options - Corn: The supply of corn in the origin is increasing, and the trading enthusiasm of traders is weakening. The implied volatility of corn option is at a relatively low historical level. The recommended strategy is a bearish call + put option selling combination strategy [13].