Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Viewpoint of the Report The market is fluctuating weakly, implied volatility is rising. Consider timing to buy put options for protection [1]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Option Market Trading Overview - The total daily average trading volume of all options is 13.5785 million lots, with a total open interest of 10.3924 million lots and a total turnover of 12.963624 billion yuan [1]. 3.2 Option Volatility - The ATM - IV, IV weekly change, 20HV, HV weekly change, Skew, Skew weekly change, VIX, and VIX change of various options are presented in Table 2. For example, the ATM - IV of SSE 50 Index Option is 17.54%, with an IV weekly change of 2.29% [3]. 3.3 Option Liquidity - There are multiple charts showing the changes in total trading volume, total open interest, total turnover, total trading market value, and total open - interest market value of financial options, as well as the trading volume and open - interest proportions of each option variety [4][6][7][8]. 3.4 Option Volatility Level - Last week, there was a divergence between at - the - money implied volatility and historical volatility for various options. The current at - the - money implied volatility and the correlation coefficient between the underlying asset and at - the - money implied volatility of each option are provided. For instance, for SSE 50 Index Option, the current at - the - money implied volatility is 17.54%, and the correlation coefficient is - 79.60% [9]. 3.5 Option Market Bull - Bear Sentiment - The Put - Call - Ratio (PCR) indicator of options can reflect market bull - bear sentiment. There are multiple charts showing the PCR trends and daily环比 incremental percentages of various options [35][36]. 3.6 Market Support and Resistance Level Information - The key support and resistance levels of various option underlying assets are provided. For example, the key support level of SSE 50 Index is 3000, and the resistance level is 3000; the key support level of CSI 1000 Index is 7300, and the resistance level is 7500 [50].

1. Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided in the report 2. Core View of the Report - The volatility trends of near - and far - month options are diverging. It is advisable to consider building a protective put position for the next month when prices are low [1] 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Option Market Trading Overview - The daily average trading volume, open interest, and turnover of various financial options are presented. For example, the total daily average trading volume of all options is 1242.50 million lots, with a total open interest of 1169.28 million lots and a total turnover of 13.2349519 billion yuan [1] 3.2 Option Volatility Statistics - The implied volatility (IV), historical volatility (HV), skew, and VIX of various options on the last trading day of the week are provided. For instance, the ATM - IV of SSE 50 Index Options is 21.01% with a - 2.19% change [3] 3.3 Option Liquidity - Multiple charts show the changes in total trading volume, open interest, turnover, trading value, and the proportion of trading volume and open interest of each option variety [4][6][10] 3.4 Option Volatility Level - Comparing the at - the - money implied volatility (ATM - IV) and historical volatility (HV) of various options, there were signs of convergence last week. The current ATM - IVs of different options range from 18.21% to 46.36%. The relationship between the underlying asset and ATM - IV varies, with correlation coefficients ranging from - 44.74% to 95.63% [11][13][15] 3.5 Option Market Bull - Bear Sentiment - The Put - Call - Ratio (PCR) indicator of various options is used to reflect market bull - bear sentiment, and the PCR trends and daily环比increment percentages of different options are presented through charts [39][40] 3.6 Market Support and Resistance Levels - The key support and resistance levels of various option underlying assets are given. For example, the key support level of the SSE 50 Index is 2850, and the resistance level is 3000 [53]

Report Summary 1. Investment Rating No investment rating for the industry is provided in the report. 2. Core View The implied volatility of financial options has risen, and market sentiment has continued to heat up. The trading volume of 50ETF options has increased significantly compared to the previous week, and the put - call trading ratio has decreased, while the put - call holding ratio has increased [1][2]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalog 3.1 Financial Option Data - 50ETF options had an average daily trading volume of 1.9067 million contracts this week, a 20.55% increase from the previous week. The put - call trading ratio was 0.64, lower than the historical average, and the put - call holding ratio last week was 1.19, higher than the historical average [1][4]. - Huatai - Baorui 300ETF options had an average daily trading volume of 1.8624 million contracts and an average daily holding volume of 1.5178 million contracts [1][4]. - Southern China Securities 500ETF options had an average daily trading volume of 2.3846 million contracts and an average daily holding volume of 1.5008 million contracts [1][4]. - Huaxia Shanghai - Stock Exchange Science and Technology Innovation 50ETF options had an average daily trading volume of 2.1747 million contracts and an average daily holding volume of 2.0811 million contracts [1][4]. - Shenzhen 100ETF options had an average daily trading volume of 189,900 contracts and an average daily holding volume of 164,000 contracts [1][4]. - GEM ETF options had an average daily trading volume of 2.9074 million contracts and an average daily holding volume of 1.9249 million contracts [1][4]. - CSI 300 index options had an average daily trading volume of 134,600 lots and an average daily holding volume of 162,000 lots [1][4]. - CSI 1000 index options had an average daily trading volume of 317,000 lots and an average daily holding volume of 253,000 lots [1][4]. 3.2 Volatility - As of the close on Friday, the implied volatility of CSI 300 index options was 19.30%, a 1.29% increase from a week ago [2][5]. - The implied volatility of 50ETF options was 19.78%, a 3.60% increase from a week ago [2][5]. - The implied volatility of CSI 1000 index options was 26.01%, a 4.72% increase from a week ago [2][5].