橡胶甲醇原油：多空交投谨慎，能化震荡整理

1. Report's Industry Investment Rating - No information provided in the report 2. Core Views of the Report - Rubber: On Thursday, the domestic Shanghai rubber futures contract 2605 showed a trend of decreasing trading volume, reducing positions, fluctuating weakly, and slightly closing lower. The intraday price center dropped slightly to around 16,450 yuan/ton, and the price closed 0.51% lower at 16,450 yuan/ton. The premium of the May - September spread narrowed to 95 yuan/ton. The rubber market has entered a stage of divergence between bulls and bears. As the Spring Festival holiday approaches, trading by both sides has become more cautious. It is expected that the Shanghai rubber futures will maintain a volatile consolidation trend in the future [6]. - Methanol: On Thursday, the domestic methanol futures contract 2605 showed a trend of decreasing trading volume, reducing positions, fluctuating weakly, and slightly closing lower. The price reached a maximum of 2,259 yuan/ton and a minimum of 2,230 yuan/ton, and finally closed 0.45% lower at 2,231 yuan/ton. The discount of the May - September spread narrowed to 30 yuan/ton. Dominated by the weak supply - demand fundamentals, trading by both sides has become more cautious, and methanol futures may maintain a volatile consolidation trend [6]. - Crude Oil: On Thursday, the domestic crude oil futures contract 2604 showed a trend of increasing trading volume, reducing positions, fluctuating strongly, and slightly closing higher. The price reached a maximum of 486.4 yuan/barrel and a minimum of 476.2 yuan/barrel, and finally closed 0.19% higher at 476.8 yuan/barrel. As the geopolitical risks in the Middle East have heated up again, the premium of crude oil has become prominent. Attention should be paid to the dynamics of the external market during the Spring Festival holiday and the geopolitical risks in the Middle East [7]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Industry Dynamics Rubber - As of February 8, 2026, the total inventory of natural rubber in bonded and general trade in Qingdao was 606,800 tons, a month - on - month increase of 15,100 tons or 2.55%. The bonded area inventory was 99,000 tons, an increase of 1.38%, and the general trade inventory was 507,800 tons, an increase of 2.78%. The inbound rate of the bonded warehouses decreased by 0.58 percentage points, and the outbound rate increased by 0.15 percentage points. The inbound rate of general trade warehouses increased by 1.24 percentage points, and the outbound rate decreased by 0.47 percentage points [9]. - As of February 5, 2026, the capacity utilization rate of China's semi - steel tire sample enterprises was 72.09%, a month - on - month decrease of 2.23 percentage points and a year - on - year increase of 59.45 percentage points. The capacity utilization rate of all - steel tire sample enterprises was 60.45%, a month - on - month decrease of 2.02 percentage points and a year - on - year increase of 47.20 percentage points. The capacity utilization rate of tire sample enterprises will further decline, with many all - steel tire enterprises gradually entering the Spring Festival holiday around February 10, and semi - steel tire enterprises mostly shutting down from February 13 to February 15 [9]. - In January 2026, China's automobile production and sales were 2.45 million and 2.346 million respectively. The production increased by 0.01% year - on - year, and the sales decreased by 3.2% year - on - year. Month - on - month, they decreased by 25.7% and 28.3% respectively. Specifically, the passenger car market declined. In January, the production and sales of passenger cars were 2.062 million and 1.988 million respectively, a year - on - year decrease of 4.1% and 6.8% respectively, and a month - on - month decrease of 28.4% and 30.2% respectively. The commercial vehicle market continued to improve. In January, the production and sales of commercial vehicles were 388,000 and 359,000 respectively, a year - on - year increase of 29.9% and 23.5% respectively, and a month - on - month decrease of 6.8% and 15.6% respectively [10]. - In January 2026, China's Logistics Prosperity Index (LPI) was 51.2%, a slight month - on - month decline of 1.2 percentage points, still in the expansion range above 50%. Driven by the recovery of logistics prosperity, in January 2026, China's heavy - truck market sold about 100,000 vehicles (wholesale basis, including exports and new energy), basically the same as in December 2025 and a significant increase of about 39% compared with 72,200 vehicles in the same period last year. It is expected that the wholesale sales of the heavy - truck industry will increase slightly year - on - year in the first quarter of this year [10]. Methanol - As of the week of February 6, 2026, the average domestic methanol operating rate remained at 87.98%, a slight week - on - week increase of 0.95%, a slight month - on - month increase of 1.60%, and a significant increase of 11.78% compared with the same period last year. The average weekly methanol production in China reached 2.0611 million tons, a slight week - on - week increase of 23,300 tons, a slight month - on - month increase of 18,700 tons, and a significant increase of 140,100 tons compared with 1.921 million tons in the same period last year [11]. - As of the week of February 6, 2026, the domestic formaldehyde operating rate remained at 28.69%, a slight week - on - week decrease of 1.29%. For dimethyl ether, the operating rate remained at 7.72%, a slight week - on - week increase of 0.48%. The acetic acid operating rate remained at 81.09%, a slight week - on - week decrease of 2.28%. The MTBE operating rate remained at 58.15%, a slight week - on - week increase of 0.01%. As of the week of February 6, 2026, the average operating load of domestic coal - (methanol) to olefin plants was 79%, a slight week - on - week increase of 2.47 percentage points and a slight month - on - month decrease of 2.65%. As of February 6, 2026, the futures market profit of domestic methanol - to - olefin was - 55 yuan/ton, a slight week - on - week recovery of 81 yuan/ton and a significant month - on - month recovery of 401 yuan/ton [11]. - As of the week of February 6, 2026, the methanol inventory in ports in East and South China remained at 961,400 tons, a slight week - on - week decrease of 32,400 tons, a significant month - on - month decrease of 197,900 tons, and a significant increase of 122,700 tons compared with the same period last year. As of the week of February 12, 2026, the total inland methanol inventory in China reached 340,300 tons, a slight week - on - week decrease of 28,100 tons, a significant month - on - month decrease of 110,600 tons, and a significant decrease of 159,800 tons compared with 500,100 tons in the same period last year [12]. Crude Oil - As of the week of February 6, 2026, the number of active US oil drilling rigs was 412, a slight week - on - week increase of 1 and a decrease of 68 compared with the same period last year. As of the week of February 6, 2026, the average daily US crude oil production was 13.713 million barrels, a significant week - on - week increase of 498,000 barrels per day and a slight year - on - year increase of 219,000 barrels per day, reaching a historical high [12]. - As of the week of February 6, 2026, the US commercial crude oil inventory (excluding strategic petroleum reserves) reached 428.8 million barrels, a significant week - on - week increase of 8.53 million barrels and a slight increase of 969,000 barrels compared with the same period last year. The crude oil inventory in Cushing, Oklahoma, reached 25.113 million barrels, a slight week - on - week increase of 1.071 million barrels. The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) inventory reached 415.212 million barrels, a slight week - on - week decrease of 100,000 barrels. The US refinery operating rate remained at 89.4%, a slight week - on - week decrease of 1.1 percentage points, a slight month - on - month decrease of 5.9 percentage points, and a slight year - on - year increase of 4.4 percentage points [13]. - As of February 3, 2026, the average non - commercial net long positions in WTI crude oil futures were 124,565 contracts, a significant week - on - week increase of 27,583 contracts and a significant increase of 51,751 contracts or 71.07% compared with the January average of 72,814 contracts. On the other hand, as of February 3, 2026, the average net long positions of Brent crude oil futures funds were 244,306 contracts, a significant week - on - week increase of 26,344 contracts and a significant increase of 59,860 contracts or 32.45% compared with the January average of 184,446 contracts [13]. 3.2 Spot Price Table | Variety | Spot Price | Change from Previous Day | Futures Main Contract | Change from Previous Day | Basis | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Shanghai Rubber | 16,400 yuan/ton | +200 yuan/ton | 16,450 yuan/ton | - 125 yuan/ton | - 50 yuan/ton | +125 yuan/ton | | Methanol | 2,230 yuan/ton | +5 yuan/ton | 2,231 yuan/ton | - 17 yuan/ton | - 1 yuan/ton | +17 yuan/ton | | Crude Oil | 456.4 yuan/barrel | +0.1 yuan/barrel | 476.8 yuan/barrel | +0.0 yuan/barrel | - 20.4 yuan/barrel | +0.1 yuan/barrel | [15] 3.3 Relevant Charts - Rubber: The report provides charts on rubber basis, May - September spread, Shanghai Futures Exchange rubber futures inventory, Qingdao bonded area rubber inventory, all - steel tire operating rate trend, and semi - steel tire operating rate trend [16][17][19][22][24][26]. - Methanol: The report provides charts on methanol basis, May - September spread, domestic port inventory, inland social inventory, methanol - to - olefin operating rate change, and coal - to - methanol cost accounting [28][32][34][37][39]. - Crude Oil: The report provides charts on crude oil basis, Shanghai Futures Exchange crude oil futures inventory, US crude oil commercial inventory, US refinery operating rate, WTI crude oil net position holding change, and Brent crude oil net position holding change [43][47][49][51][54].