热卷日报：震荡偏弱-20260119

Report Industry Investment Rating - The report suggests a cautious and bullish approach, recommending buying on dips [6]. Core Viewpoints - The current output pressure of hot-rolled coils is not significant. The anti-involution policy still holds expectations, providing strong support at the lower end. The weekly-on-week recovery of apparent demand remains strong year-on-year, indicating strong resilience in off-season demand. The warming sentiment of winter storage may drive a wave of demand. Although the total inventory is relatively high, there has been continuous destocking recently, and if this trend continues, the pressure will ease. The hot-rolled coil futures have currently fallen below the 5-day and 10-day moving averages, and attention should be paid to the support around the 30-day moving average in the medium term. However, it has not completely broken out of the oscillation range [6]. Summary by Relevant Catalogs Market行情回顾 - Futures prices: The trading volume of the main hot-rolled coil futures contract on Monday decreased compared to the previous trading day. It showed a weak oscillation during the day, falling below the 5-day and 10-day moving averages in the short term. It closed at 3,299 yuan/ton, down 25 yuan or 0.75%. The intraday low was 3,291 yuan, and the high was 3,340 yuan. The open interest decreased by 12,645 lots, and the trading volume was 486,769 lots [1]. - Spot prices: The price of hot-rolled coils in the mainstream Shanghai area was reported at 3,290 yuan/ton, down 10 yuan from the previous trading day [2]. - Basis: The basis between futures and spot was -9 yuan, with futures slightly at a premium to the spot [3]. Fundamental Data - Supply: As of January 15, the weekly output of hot-rolled coils increased by 28,500 tons to 3.0836 million tons compared to the previous week. Year-on-year, it decreased by 118,300 tons. The output has rebounded for three consecutive weeks, mainly due to improved profitability of steel mills, increased production enthusiasm, the transfer of hot metal from building materials to plates by some steel mills, and the resumption of production after the end of annual maintenance [4]. - Demand: As of January 15, the weekly apparent consumption increased by 58,200 tons to 3.1416 million tons compared to the previous week. The apparent demand rebounded significantly this week, up 5,100 tons year-on-year. The demand data is at a high level in recent years, with demand still showing resilience, mainly driven by accelerated exports and rigid procurement in the manufacturing industry. The willingness of end-users to stock up actively is weak, and speculative demand is also weak [4]. - Inventory: As of January 15, the total inventory decreased by 58,000 tons to 3.6233 million tons week-on-week (the social inventory decreased by 50,100 tons, and the steel mill inventory decreased by 7,900 tons). The total inventory continued to be destocked, indicating that the current demand for hot-rolled coils has resilience. The total inventory is at a high level in the past five years. If destocking can continue, the pressure on prices will decrease [4]. - Policy: The new regulations on the export license management of steel products will cause short-term fluctuations in exports, increase supply, and put pressure on prices. In the long term, it will promote industrial upgrading, structural optimization, and competitiveness improvement. The Central Economic Work Conference in December proposed a proactive fiscal policy and a moderately loose monetary policy, and listed the in-depth rectification of involution-style competition as a key task for 2026, which is beneficial to prices and industry profitability. Efforts will be made to stabilize the real estate market and expand domestic demand [5]. Market Driving Factor Analysis - Bullish factors: Decrease in supply output, expectation of the start of winter storage demand, rush for export market, policy support ("14th Five-Year Plan", infrastructure investment), and strong iron ore as a furnace charge [6]. - Bearish factors: The resumption of production of steel mills in January exceeded expectations, seasonal weakening of demand, insufficient manufacturing orders, and inventory accumulation suppressing prices [6].