Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided. 2. Core View - The report focuses on the tin market, showing that long - position funds faced obstacles, leading to a price increase followed by a decline [1]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Fundamental Tracking - **Futures and Spot Electronic Disk Data**: - The closing price of the Shanghai Tin main contract was 359,050 with a daily increase of 2.93%, and the night - session closing price was 355,170 with a - 0.28% change compared to the previous day. The closing price of the LME Tin 3M electronic disk was 44,650 with a 0.34% increase [1]. - The trading volume of the Shanghai Tin main contract was 459,909, an increase of 134,924 from the previous day, and the position was 43,969, an increase of 2,774. The trading volume of the LME Tin 3M electronic disk was 180, a decrease of 9, and the position was 13,988, an increase of 53 [1]. - The inventory of Shanghai Tin was 6,780, a decrease of 306, and the inventory of LME Tin was 5,405, a decrease of 15. The cancellation warrant ratio of LME Tin was 6.57%, a decrease of 0.38% [1]. - **Spot and Price Difference Data**: - The price of SMM 1 tin ingot was 355,950, an increase of 14,900 from the previous day; the average price of Yangtze River Non - ferrous 1 tin was 357,300, an increase of 15,200 [1]. - The LME Tin (spot/three - month) spread was - 65, a decrease of 35; the spread between the near - month contract and the first - continuous contract was 162,370, unchanged; the spread between the spot and the futures main contract was 8,480, an increase of 750 [1]. - **Industry Chain Key Price Data**: - The price of 40% tin concentrate in Yunnan was 343,950, an increase of 14,900; the price of 60% tin concentrate in Guangxi was 347,950, an increase of 14,900 [1]. - The price of 63A solder bar was 237,250, an increase of 9,500; the price of 60A solder bar was 227,250, an increase of 9,000 [1]. 3.2 Macro and Industry News - The memory market has entered a "super bull market" with a 40% - 50% increase expected in Q1 [2]. - Eight departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology aim to accelerate the industrialization and commercialization of new terminals such as AR/VR wearable devices and brain - computer interfaces [2]. - The People's Bank of China carried out 110 billion yuan of outright reverse repurchase operations on January 8 [2]. - The US will "distribute on commission" Venezuelan oil and requires Venezuela to cut economic ties with China and Russia [2]. 3.3 Trend Intensity - The tin trend intensity is 0, indicating a neutral trend. The range of trend intensity is [- 2,2], with - 2 representing the most bearish and 2 representing the most bullish [2][3]