Senior Equity Derivatives Trader

Simon Harris

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Weekly summary of vol changes and moves across Global Markets</li>
<li>Analysing ATM volatility and skew changes over the last 5 days</li>
<li>We suggest a few trades to take advantage of the implied vol surfaces</li>
</ul>


Weekly summary of vol changes and moves across Global Markets
Analysing ATM volatility and skew changes over the last 5 days
We suggest a few trades to take advantage of the implied vol surfaces


EQD | Volatility Update: Weekly Review of Vol Changes and Best Trades- Grinding to a Halt

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zjld-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36734:1" rel="noopener">ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK)</a> is looking to raise between US$775m-US$933m (including the oversubscription option) in its IPO by selling 564.3m shares at a price range of HK$10.78-HK$12.98/share.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zjld-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36734:1" rel="noopener">ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK)</a> will not get Fast Entry to any indices but should be added to the HSCI and Stock Connect in September.</li>
<li>Peer performance has not been great this year and that could weigh on the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zjld-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36734:1" rel="noopener">ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK)</a> listing.</li>
</ul>



ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK) is looking to raise between US$775m-US$933m (including the oversubscription option) in its IPO by selling 564.3m shares at a price range of HK$10.78-HK$12.98/share.

ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK) will not get Fast Entry to any indices but should be added to the HSCI and Stock Connect in September.
Peer performance has not been great this year and that could weigh on the ZJLD Group (ZJLD HK) listing.


ZJLD Group (6979 HK): Index Inclusion Possibility & Timelines

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anta-sports-products-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10261:1" rel="noopener">Anta Sports Products (2020 HK)</a> has completed a top-up placement of 119m shares at a price of HK$99.18/share, an 8.84% discount to the last close of the stock.</li>
<li>The placement has raised HK$11.8bn (US$1.52bn) and the proceeds will be used for the repayment of loans and for daily operational needs.</li>
<li>There will be small passive inflows in the stock at the close on 20/21 April and some small inflows in August/September.</li>
</ul>



Anta Sports Products (2020 HK) has completed a top-up placement of 119m shares at a price of HK$99.18/share, an 8.84% discount to the last close of the stock.
The placement has raised HK$11.8bn (US$1.52bn) and the proceeds will be used for the repayment of loans and for daily operational needs.
There will be small passive inflows in the stock at the close on 20/21 April and some small inflows in August/September.


Anta Sports (2020 HK) Placement: Limited Passive Inflows

EQD | Volatility Update: Weekly Review of Vol Changes and Best Trades- Nothing to See Here!

Chart based progressive global trading strategies, Chart Partners

Thomas Schroeder

Chart based progressive global trading strategies

Chart Partners

Chart Partners objective is to discover medium-term cycle turns and profit opportunities before they unfold, within structural trends while preserving capital with clear degrees of risk. We have real return ideas. 

Markets are dynamic and trading systems must reflect this. It is crucial to determine underlying correlations and lead-lag relationships within global markets and the impact on linked instruments. Our weekly Chartonics product gives you short-term trading strategies that can be applied within the medium and longer term macro trends that are mapped out in our strategy updates. 

Our methodology fuses global market variables and isolates drivers in trends. We specialize in FX, index trade in NY and Asia with a focus on Asian stocks. 

Technical Analysis

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<li>Hong Kong is the weak link in Asia to short. Bear wedge set to break lower after the rally failed under the 21,000 sell resistance. Similar fate for the A50.</li>
<li>ASX met sub 7,400 zone to trim. Korea 327 sell zone, starting to unwind. NKY 28,300-500 sell zone at hand.</li>
<li>A number of markets are approaching sell levels in Asia and Europe. Does the SPX rise may fall short of 4,200? Third week in April is when bull energy dissipates.</li>
</ul>


Hong Kong is the weak link in Asia to short. Bear wedge set to break lower after the rally failed under the 21,000 sell resistance. Similar fate for the A50.
ASX met sub 7,400 zone to trim. Korea 327 sell zone, starting to unwind. NKY 28,300-500 sell zone at hand.
A number of markets are approaching sell levels in Asia and Europe. Does the SPX rise may fall short of 4,200? Third week in April is when bull energy dissipates.


Hong Kong

The Hang Seng Index is a free-float capitalization-weighted index of a selection of companies from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The components of the index are divided into four subindices: Commerce and Industry, Finance, Utilities, and Properties. The index was developed with a base level of 100 as of July 31, 1964.

Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX)

EQD | Volatility Update: Weekly Review of Vol Changes and Best Trades- Grinding to a Halt

A weekly look at spot, vol and skew changes across 8 global Indices. We analyse the changes and try to identify the best trades based on the vol...

Simon Harris

ZJLD Group (6979 HK): Index Inclusion Possibility & Timelines

ZJLD could raise up to US$933m in its IPO. There are no near-term index inclusions but there will be some between Sep-Dec. Peer performance has...

Brian Freitas

Anta Sports (2020 HK) Placement: Limited Passive Inflows

Anta Sports has completed a top-up placement of 119m shs at HK$99.18, an 8.84% discount to the last close. Given the limited increase in float,...

Brian Freitas

EQD | Volatility Update: Weekly Review of Vol Changes and Best Trades- Nothing to See Here!

A weekly look at spot, vol and skew changes across 8 global Indices. We analyse the changes and try to identify the best trades based on the vol...

Simon Harris

Short HSI Bear Wedge

Hong Kong is the weak link in Asia to short. Bear wedge set to break lower after the rally failed under the 21,000 sell resistance. Similar fate...

Thomas Schroeder