Core Viewpoint - In 2024, the stainless steel industry faces challenges with prices declining, leading to inventory devaluation and profit compression for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Guangqi Capital is leveraging rights-based trading to provide customized services to help these companies navigate their operational difficulties, demonstrating the role of finance in empowering the real economy [1][2]. Industry Context - The overall economic environment in China remains stable in 2024, but SMEs are particularly vulnerable due to their smaller scale, weaker risk resistance, and intense market competition. The stainless steel sector is experiencing a downward price trend throughout the year, exacerbated by raw material cost fluctuations and supply-demand adjustments, which have left many SMEs struggling with inventory devaluation and profit compression [2]. Company Actions and Innovations - Guangqi Capital has actively engaged with SMEs in the stainless steel supply chain, providing training on futures, basis trading, options, and rights-based trading to help them manage risks effectively. Customized rights-based trading solutions have been developed to assist companies in avoiding price risks, optimizing inventory management, and enhancing operational profits [2][3]. Case Study Implementation - A notable case involved a stainless steel trader in Wuxi, who faced significant inventory pressure and anticipated continued price declines. Guangqi Capital designed a rights-based trading contract that allowed the trader to sell at a price higher than the market average, achieving a profit margin of 320 yuan per ton and a total profit of approximately 121,600 yuan [3][4][6]. Value of the Trading Scheme - The rights-based trading contract provided immediate benefits, allowing the Wuxi trader to sell at 13,320 yuan per ton, which was 220 yuan higher than the market price on the contract's initiation date. Over the contract period, the trader successfully sold 379.852 tons of stainless steel, generating a total settlement amount of 5.0596 million yuan [4][6]. Iteration of Trading Models - To address limitations in the initial rights-based trading model, Guangqi Capital introduced a "circuit breaker" rights-based trading model that offers more comprehensive risk protection by compensating for potential losses when prices fall below a set threshold. This model enhances capital efficiency and allows companies to engage in further hedging activities [7][8]. Application Effects - The implementation of rights-based trading has significantly improved inventory and procurement management for SMEs, fostering a shift in their perception of financial tools from reluctance to proactive engagement. Many companies have transitioned from tentative collaborations to stable partnerships with Guangqi Capital, leading to increased awareness and utilization of risk management tools [9].