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1. Report Industry Investment Rating - The report recommends a "Sell Call" investment strategy for the glass industry [3][4] 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report - Last week, glass futures rose significantly, with the weekly line closing as a medium阳线. The energy - chemical sector was active, and the market speculated on the rising costs of three production fuels: natural gas, coal, and petroleum coke. The basis in the Shahe and Hubei regions was at a historically low level, and some low - priced goods still had selling hedging opportunities. The daily melting volume decreased slightly, and the national inventory decreased slightly but remained higher than in previous years. The downstream started to pick up goods, and the glass production and sales were good. The cost and downstream consumption of soda ash had no obvious changes. The war between the US and Iran and downstream开工 jointly pushed up prices, but the former had little indirect impact on glass production costs, and the latter was mainly for rigid - demand procurement with insufficient terminal orders. Technically, the position decreased while the price rose, and the short - side power collapsed. It is expected that the market will fluctuate at a high level, and attention should be paid to the opportunity of selling out - of - the - money call options under high volatility [3] 3. Summary by Directory 01 Investment Strategy - Main Logic: The glass futures market was affected by energy - chemical factors, with cost increases and changes in basis, supply, inventory, and demand. The war and downstream开工 influenced prices, and technically, the market showed signs of high - level fluctuations. It is recommended to pay attention to selling out - of - the - money call options [3] - Operation Strategy: Sell call options [4] 02 Market Review: Spot Price Increase - Spot Price: As of March 13, the market price of 5mm float glass was 1,070 yuan/ton (+20) in North China, 1,100 yuan/ton (+10) in Central China, and 1,250 yuan/ton (+20) in East China. The futures price of the glass 05 contract closed at 1,135 yuan/ton last Friday, up 48 yuan from the previous week [10][11] 03 Market Review: Negative Basis Expansion - Soda Ash - Glass Spread: As of March 13, the futures price of soda ash was 1,277 yuan, and the futures price of glass was 1,135 yuan, with a spread of 142 yuan/ton (-13) - Basis: The basis of the glass 05 contract was - 55 yuan/ton (-28) last Friday - Contract Spread: The 05 - 09 spread was - 113 yuan/ton (-6) last Friday [12][16] 04 Profit: Spot Price Increase, Gross Margin Improvement - Natural Gas Process: The cost was 1,574 yuan/ton (+6), and the gross margin was - 324 yuan/ton (+14) - Coal - Gas Process: The cost was 1,173 yuan/ton (-1), and the gross margin was - 103 yuan/ton (+21) - Petroleum Coke Process: The cost was 1,099 yuan/ton (+6), and the gross margin was 1 yuan/ton (+4) - Fuel Prices: On March 13, the industrial natural gas price in Hebei was 4.31 yuan/m³, the CIF price of US 3% sulfur shot coke was 175 US dollars/ton, and the price of Yulin steam coal was 592 yuan/ton [20] 05 Supply: Slight Decrease - The daily melting volume of glass was 147,785 tons/day (-550) last Friday, with 208 production lines in operation. There were changes in production lines, including cold - repairs, restarts, new ignitions, and product conversions [22][24] 06 Inventory: Turning to Decrease - As of March 13, the inventory of 80 glass sample manufacturers nationwide was 7,584.9 ten thousand weight boxes (-378.8). The inventory in North China was 1,268 ten thousand weight boxes (-130.6), in Central China was 947 ten thousand weight boxes (-65), in East China was 1,408.1 ten thousand weight boxes (-38), in South China was 1,056.2 ten thousand weight boxes (-0.4), in Southwest China was 1,376 ten thousand weight boxes (-19), the Shahe factory inventory was 377 ten thousand weight boxes (-97), and the Hubei factory inventory was 684 ten thousand weight boxes (-21) [26] 07 Deep - Processing: Downstream Start - up - Production and Sales Rate: On March 12, the comprehensive production and sales rate of float glass was 125% (+30%) - LOW - E Glass: On March 13, the start - up rate of LOW - E glass was 41.6% (+7.9%) - Order Available Days: At the beginning of February, the order days of glass deep - processing were 6.35 days (-2.95) [30] 08 Demand: Decrease in Sales During the Spring Festival - Automobile: In February, China's automobile production was 1.672 million vehicles, a month - on - month decrease of 778,000 vehicles and a year - on - year decrease of 431,000 vehicles. The sales volume was 1.805 million vehicles, a month - on - month decrease of 541,000 vehicles and a year - on - year decrease of 324,000 vehicles - New - Energy Automobile: In February, the retail volume of new - energy passenger vehicles in China was 464,000 vehicles, with a penetration rate of 44.9% [39] 09 Demand: Real Estate Data Decreased Year - on - Year - Real Estate: In December, China's real estate completion area was 208.94 million m², a year - on - year decrease of 18%; the new construction area was 53.13 million m² (-19%); the construction area was 38.24 million m² (-47%); and the commercial housing sales area was 94 million m² (-17%) - Transaction Area: From February 2 to March 8, the total transaction area of commercial housing in 30 large - and medium - sized cities was 1.17 million square meters, a month - on - month decrease of 18% and a year - on - year decrease of 28% - Development Investment: In December, the real estate development investment was 419.7 billion yuan, a year - on - year decrease of 37% [45] 10 Soda Ash: Price Increase - Spot Price: As of last weekend, the mainstream market price of heavy soda ash was 1,275 yuan/ton (+15) in North China, 1,250 yuan/ton (+15) in East China, 1,225 yuan/ton (0) in Central China, and 1,375 yuan/ton (0) in South China - Futures Price: The soda ash 2605 contract closed at 1,277 yuan/ton (+35) last Friday - Basis: The basis of the soda ash Central China 05 contract was - 52 yuan/ton (-35) last Friday [46][48] 11 Cost - End Soda Ash: Chemical Product Price Increase - Soda Ash Profit: As of last Friday, the ammonia - soda process cost of soda ash enterprises was 1,294 yuan/ton (-21), and the gross margin was - 27 yuan/ton (+56); the co - production process cost was 1,640 yuan/ton (-18), and the gross margin was 166 yuan/ton (+169) - Other Prices: Last Friday, the market price of synthetic ammonia in Hubei was 2,336 yuan/ton (+322), and the ex - factory price of wet ammonium chloride of Xuzhou Fengcheng was 500 yuan/ton (+100) [52][53] 12 Cost - End Soda Ash: Inventory Remained Flat - Soda Ash Production: Last week, the domestic soda ash production was 809,200 tons (a week - on - week increase of 2,200 tons), including 428,300 tons of heavy soda ash (a week - on - week decrease of 4,000 tons) and 380,900 tons of light soda ash (a week - on - week increase of 6,200 tons). The loss was 120,900 tons (a week - on - week decrease of 2,300 tons) - Warehouse Receipt Quantity: At the end of last week, the soda ash warehouse receipts on the exchange were 2,263 (a week - on - week decrease of 1,057) - Inventory: As of March 13, the national in - factory inventory of soda ash was 1.9317 million tons (a week - on - week decrease of 15,500 tons), including 918,100 tons of heavy soda ash (a week - on - week decrease of 1,800 tons) and 1.0136 million tons of light soda ash (a week - on - week decrease of 13,700 tons) [61][63][66] 13 Cost - End Soda Ash: Apparent Demand Increase - Apparent Consumption: Last week, the apparent demand for heavy soda ash was 430,100 tons, a week - on - week increase of 21,800 tons; the apparent demand for light soda ash was 394,600 tons, a week - on - week increase of 48,700 tons - Production and Sales Rate: Last week, the production and sales rate of soda ash was 101.92%, a week - on - week increase of 8.6% - Glass Factory Inventory: In February, the soda ash inventory of sample float glass factories was 19.55 days [68][71]