Group 1: Market Information - Spot prices: Shanghai Zhongtian rebar is 3200 yuan, Beijing Jingye rebar is 3140 yuan, Shanghai Angang hot-rolled coil is 3260 yuan, and Tianjin Hegang hot-rolled coil is 3160 yuan (down 1 yuan) [5] Group 2: Market Analysis Core View - Steel prices are expected to remain range-bound before the Spring Festival, lacking fundamental drivers and following macro sentiment. After the festival, steel prices will still face pressure [6] Market Conditions - Steel futures showed a weak and volatile trend today, and spot trading was generally weak. Rebar has basically entered the holiday mode, and hot-rolled coil trading was also weak with narrowed price fluctuations [6] - Last week, the output of the five major steel products increased rapidly, with hot-rolled coil increasing faster than rebar. The total steel inventory increased at an accelerated pace, with rebar inventory increasing and hot-rolled coil still decreasing. The overall social inventory pressure is greater than the factory inventory [6] - Recently, the weather has turned cold, and downstream construction sites have gradually shut down, leading to a decline in building material demand [6] - Steel exports have declined recently, but there is still a demand for inventory replenishment in the manufacturing industry before the Spring Festival. The demand for hot-rolled coil is still growing, better than the same period last year, and the pre-holiday demand performance is acceptable [6] - For raw materials, there is still a rigid demand for inventory replenishment from steel mills, providing cost support. However, steel mills will start maintenance in February, and the fundamental logic may gradually shift from inventory replenishment to winter storage. The winter demand will decline marginally, and the inventory will continue to accumulate, which also affects the upward space of steel prices [6] Trading Strategies - Unilateral: Maintain a weak and volatile trend [7] - Arbitrage: It is recommended to short the hot-rolled coil to coking coal ratio on rallies and continue to hold the short position in the hot-rolled coil to rebar spread [7] - Options: It is recommended to wait and see [8] Important News - The US ISM manufacturing PMI in January was 52.6, the highest since August 2022 [9] - On the morning of January 31st, the first batch of 88 cars of Simandou iron ore from Guinea in West Africa arrived at Xingang Yangfang Station. As of February 2nd, a total of 20,000 tons of Simandou iron ore had arrived at Xingang. This batch of iron ore comes from the first shipment of 200,000 tons of high-grade iron ore after the commissioning of the Simandou Iron Mine [9][10] Group 3: Related Attachments - The report provides multiple charts, including the base price of rebar and hot-rolled coil contracts, price spreads, and profit charts [11][14][16][18]

Group 1 - The current hot-rolled coil spot price is reported at 3313.33 CNY/ton, remaining stable compared to the previous day, with a weekly increase of 6.66 CNY/ton (0.20%) and no change over the past month [1] - On January 22, the hot-rolled futures main contract closed at 3287.00 CNY/ton, with a daily increase of 0.24%, reaching a high of 3296.00 CNY/ton and a low of 3281.00 CNY/ton, with a trading volume of 241,486 contracts [2] - The total inventory of hot-rolled products in social warehouses is 2.4054 million tons, an increase of 0.72 thousand tons from the previous week, and a year-on-year increase of 22.27% [3] Group 2 - The hot-rolled factory inventory stands at 1.1148 million tons, decreasing by 1.70 thousand tons from the previous week, with a year-on-year decrease of 1.30% [3] - On January 16, the hot-rolled futures inventory recorded 221,062 tons, an increase of 81,525 tons from the previous trading day [4] - Demand for hot-rolled products is influenced by seasonal factors, but manufacturing replenishment needs and strong January exports support demand, while increased coal production and imports provide cost support [5]