Group 1: Investment Ratings - No report industry investment rating is provided in the content Group 2: Core Views - The Shanghai nickel futures market continues to fluctuate, with fundamental support still present. Nickel ore production and shipping in the Philippines are not significantly affected by rainfall, and domestic arrival inventories remain high. The new energy sector remains supportive, with tight supply and expected continued strength. Ferronickel prices are also strong, and stainless steel maintains a volatile trend. The report suggests paying attention to the impact of the US dollar index, interest - rate cut expectations, and increased export difficulties [4][5] - There are both positive and negative factors in the nickel and stainless - steel markets. Positive factors include the potential revision of the HPM formula in Indonesia, shortening of the nickel ore quota license period, increasing September interest - rate cut expectations, and continuous de - stocking of stainless steel. Negative factors involve high pure nickel inventories, rising seasonal nickel ore inventories, Sino - US tariff disturbances, uncertainties in EU stainless - steel import tariffs, and the implementation of anti - dumping duties on Chinese stainless - steel thick plates by South Korea [6] Group 3: Price and Volatility Forecasts Nickel - The predicted price range for Shanghai nickel is 118,000 - 126,000 yuan/ton, with a current 20 - day rolling volatility of 15.17% and a historical percentile of 3.2% [2] Stainless Steel - The predicted price range for stainless steel is 12,500 - 13,100 yuan/ton, with a current 20 - day rolling volatility of 7.51% and a historical percentile of 0.8% [2] Group 4: Risk Management Strategies Nickel Inventory Management - To hedge against potential price declines and inventory devaluation, sell Shanghai nickel futures (NI main contract) with a 60% hedging ratio and sell call options (over - the - counter/on - exchange options) with a 50% hedging ratio [2] Procurement Management - To lock in production costs in case of rising raw material prices, buy Shanghai nickel forward contracts (far - month NI contracts) according to the procurement plan, sell put options (on - exchange/over - the - counter options) according to the procurement plan, and buy out - of - the - money call options (on - exchange/over - the - counter options) according to the procurement plan [2] Stainless Steel Inventory Management - To hedge against potential price declines and inventory devaluation, sell stainless - steel futures (SS main contract) with a 60% hedging ratio and sell call options (over - the - counter/on - exchange options) with a 50% hedging ratio [3] Procurement Management - To lock in production costs in case of rising raw material prices, buy stainless - steel forward contracts (far - month SS contracts) according to the procurement plan, sell put options (on - exchange/over - the - counter options) according to the procurement plan, and buy out - of - the - money call options (on - exchange/over - the - counter options) according to the procurement plan [3] Group 5: Market Data Nickel - The latest price of Shanghai nickel main - continuous contract is 120,850 yuan/ton, with a 0% month - on - month change; Shanghai nickel continuous - first contract is 120,700 yuan/ton, down 1.18% month - on - month; Shanghai nickel continuous - second contract is 120,880 yuan/ton, down 1.12% month - on - month; Shanghai nickel continuous - third contract is 121,110 yuan/ton, down 1.12% month - on - month; LME nickel 3M is 15,105 US dollars/ton, down 1.12% month - on - month. Trading volume is 75,006 lots, down 25.20% month - on - month; open interest is 81,612 lots, up 0.96% month - on - month; warehouse receipts are 22,304 tons, down 1.31% month - on - month; the basis of the main contract is - 710 yuan/ton, down 52.0% month - on - month [7] Stainless Steel - The latest price of stainless - steel main - continuous contract is 12,915 yuan/ton, with a 0% month - on - month change; stainless - steel continuous - first contract is 12,860 yuan/ton, up 0.04% month - on - month; stainless - steel continuous - second contract is 12,950 yuan/ton, up 0.19% month - on - month; stainless - steel continuous - third contract is 12,955 yuan/ton, down 0.31% month - on - month. Trading volume is 115,463 lots, up 5.43% month - on - month; open interest is 123,168 lots, down 0.01% month - on - month; warehouse receipts are 98,288 tons, down 0.25% month - on - month; the basis of the main contract is 620 yuan/ton, down 13.29% month - on - month [9] Group 6: Industry Inventory - Domestic social nickel inventory is 39,930 tons, an increase of 460 tons compared to the previous period; LME nickel inventory is 221,094 tons, an increase of 3,024 tons; stainless - steel social inventory is 918.7 tons, a decrease of 10.1 tons; ferronickel inventory is 29,266.5 tons, a decrease of 3,844.5 tons [10][11]