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Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Viewpoints - The energy - chemical sector includes energy, alcohols, polyolefins, rubber, polyesters, alkalis, and others. Strategies mainly involve constructing option portfolios with sellers as the main part, along with spot hedging or covered strategies to enhance returns [3][9]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Futures Market Overview - The report provides the latest prices, price changes, price change rates, trading volumes, volume changes, open interests, and open interest changes of various energy - chemical futures contracts such as crude oil, liquefied gas, and methanol [4]. 3.2 Option Factors - Volume and Open Interest PCR: The report presents the volume PCR and open interest PCR of different option varieties, which are used to describe the strength of the option underlying market and the turning point of the underlying market respectively [5]. - Pressure and Support Levels: It shows the pressure points, support points, and their offsets of various option varieties from the perspective of the strike prices with the largest open interest of call and put options [6]. - Implied Volatility: The report provides the at - the - money implied volatility, weighted implied volatility, and its changes, annual average, call and put implied volatilities, historical volatility, and the difference between implied and historical volatilities of different option varieties [7]. 3.3 Strategies and Recommendations - Crude Oil Options: The fundamental situation is that the demand of US refineries has stabilized and rebounded, shale oil production has changed little, and OPEC's short - term supply is flat. The market has shown a weak trend recently. Directional strategies suggest constructing a bear spread of put options; volatility strategies recommend selling a call + put option combination with a short bias; spot long - hedging strategies involve constructing a long collar strategy [8]. - Liquefied Gas Options: The warehouse receipt volume has increased slightly this week, supply has increased, and demand has weakened. The market shows a bearish trend. Directional strategies suggest constructing a bear spread of put options; volatility strategies recommend selling a call + put option combination with a short bias; spot long - hedging strategies involve constructing a long collar strategy [10]. - Methanol Options: Inventory has decreased. The market has shown a weak trend. Directional strategies suggest constructing a bear spread of put options; volatility strategies recommend selling a call + put option combination with a short bias; spot long - hedging strategies involve constructing a long collar strategy [10]. - Ethylene Glycol Options: Polyester load has decreased, and port inventory has increased. The market has shown a weak trend. Directional strategies suggest constructing a bear spread of put options; volatility strategies recommend a short - volatility strategy; spot long - hedging strategies involve holding a spot long position + buying a put option + selling an out - of - the - money call option [11]. - PVC Options: Factory and overall inventories have increased. The market has shown a weak trend. Directional strategies suggest constructing a bear spread of put options; spot long - hedging strategies involve holding a spot long position + buying an at - the - money put option + selling an out - of - the - money call option [11]. - Rubber Options: Tire factory operating rates and inventory conditions are presented. The market has shown a weak consolidation trend. Volatility strategies recommend selling a call + put option combination with a neutral bias [12]. - PTA Options: PTA load is low. The market has shown a trend of rebound and then decline. Volatility strategies recommend selling a call + put option combination with a neutral bias [12]. - Caustic Soda Options: The average utilization rate of caustic soda production capacity has increased. The market has shown a weak bearish trend. Directional strategies suggest constructing a bear spread combination; spot long - hedging strategies involve constructing a long collar strategy [13]. - Soda Ash Options: Factory inventory has decreased. The market has shown a low - level weak oscillation trend. Directional strategies suggest constructing a bear spread combination; volatility strategies recommend a short - volatility combination; spot long - hedging strategies involve constructing a long collar strategy [13]. - Urea Options: Enterprise inventory has decreased, and port inventory has increased. The market has shown a short - term weak trend. Volatility strategies recommend selling a call + put option combination with a neutral bias; spot long - hedging strategies involve holding a spot long position + buying an at - the - money put option + selling an out - of - the - money call option [14].