1. Report Industry Investment Rating - The report maintains a cautiously optimistic view on the market [1] 2. Core View of the Report - Last week, the domestic stock market declined slightly, and the continuous upward trend weakened. Multiple factors, including profit - taking pressure, trade negotiation uncertainties, and the Fed's non - interest - rate - cut decision, led to the market's pullback. However, the overall decline was limited. In the long run, the current valuation of broad - based indices is still low, economic stimulus policies are taking effect, the Fed's interest - rate cut is approaching, and the RMB exchange rate remains strong, so the internal and external environment continues to improve [1] 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs Overview - The domestic stock market declined slightly last week, with major broad - based indices falling by about - 1%. Multiple factors, such as profit - taking pressure after the Shanghai Composite Index reached 3600 points, uncertainties in Sino - US trade negotiations, and the Fed's non - interest - rate - cut decision, caused the market to pull back. But there are also positive factors, like the possible extension of the trade truce and the increased probability of a Fed rate cut in September. The market sentiment remains relatively optimistic, and a cautiously optimistic view is maintained [1] Options Market - Since the overall market decline was small, the implied volatility (IV) of financial options changed little and is currently at a relatively moderate level. The IV of 50 and 300 options is around 14%, while that of CSI 1000 and ChiNext Index options is between 17% - 23%. The options position PCR is at a moderately high level [2] Strategy Outlook - The index has briefly pulled back, and the options IV is relatively moderate. It is advisable to continue holding indices with relatively low valuations, such as the CSI 300 and ChiNext Index. Given the uncertainties in Sino - US trade negotiations, if the stock position is large or some call options are already held, consider buying near - month out - of - the - money put options for hedging. A long - term optimistic view is maintained, so continue to hold far - month CSI 300 or ChiNext Index call options. Although the far - month futures discount of CSI 1000 has narrowed to some extent, the absolute value is still large, so the covered call strategy of going long on highly discounted futures and selling at - the - money or out - of - the - money call options still has some room [3] Market Overview - From July 18 - 25, 2025, various indices and ETFs showed different degrees of decline. For example, the Shanghai 50ETF closed at 2.88, down 1.37%, with an IV of 13.55%; the Shanghai 50 Index closed at 2754.13, down 1.48%, with an IV of 13.32%; the CSI 300 Index closed at 4054.93, down 1.75%, with an IV of 13.27%, etc. The trading volume and position PCR of each option also varied [4]