Brother Xi Series Episode 5 — Holding China National Petroleum and China National Offshore Oil Corporation, both hitting the daily limit.

StrawberryIce · 2026-03-03T14:34:21+00:00

The article mainly shares the author's short-term stock trading strategy, emphasizing chasing hot topics and buying low to sell high, as well as timely portfolio adjustments to respond to market fluctuations. Today's operations involve three stocks, two of which hit the daily limit. Despite the overall market decline, energy and defensive sectors performed strongly, with capital flowing from growth tracks to undervalued defensive and energy sectors, indicating clear market divergence. The trading approach for tomorrow focuses on oil refining and shipping as the main themes, recommending risk control and a low-buy strategy.

StrawberryIce

2026-03-03 14:34:21

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Hello everyone, I’m new here. Let me first introduce my style: of course, I focus on short-term trading, chasing hot topics and popular stocks. But how I chase them varies from person to person. My approach is to buy as low as possible, but when there’s no opportunity, I will also go all-in when the moment calls for it. Because opportunities are fleeting, and good stocks are unique. If you don’t buy the strongest stock today and switch to another, the result could be heaven or hell. I will share real trading screenshots and explain my understanding and reasons for my actions in detail. I hope my content can bring you positive energy. [Taogu Ba]
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🔥 Today’s Personal Trades:

Yesterday I sold all my Yunnan Energy Control stocks. This morning, they surged, and I felt a bit regretful—lacked vision. But after the close, I saw the market and haha.

Today I bought three new stocks, two hit the daily limit, and one is slightly down.
They are: China National Petroleum, China National Offshore Oil, and Hunan Gold. The market dropped sharply today, with 4,807 stocks falling green. I managed to hold two stocks with gains at the limit, couldn’t help but give myself a pat. Currently, the strongest logic remains oil and related derivatives. Gold has already surged significantly, so I can’t play it. Hunan Gold’s cost basis is low, so the chance of losing money is relatively small.

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🔥 Today’s Short-term Review:

Core Market:
Extreme structural tearing, sentiment at freezing point, liquidity siphoning. The 1 Index and volume-price: high-volume pullback from the top, Shanghai Index opened strong and fell 1.43% (4122.68 points), hitting a ten-year high during the day then plunging; Shenzhen Composite down 3.07%, ChiNext down 2.57%, STAR Market down 5.38%. The market showed extreme divergence: Shanghai opened high and closed low, with a clear pattern of strong Shanghai and weak Shenzhen, large-cap support, and widespread decline.
Volume and structure: total turnover of 31.6 trillion yuan (increased volume), net outflow of 92.65 billion from main funds, northbound net inflow of 4.12 billion; ratio of advancing to declining stocks 643:4807 (~1:7.5), 86 stocks hit the limit up, 90 stocks hit the limit down, 1,438 stocks fell more than 5%. The market’s loss-making effect is intense.
Volume-price logic: high-volume decline at the top indicates profit-taking and active risk avoidance by funds. Not a volume decline but a sharp adjustment with aggressive rebalancing, liquidity shifting from growth sectors to energy/protection sectors.
Deep Breakdown of Strong Sectors:
Energy + Defensive sectors, siphoning the entire market
a. Oil & Petrochemicals / Oil & Gas (absolute main line, approx. 8% gain, historic rally)
Catalysts: Middle East conflict escalation + Strait of Hormuz blockade expectations, international oil prices surged over 20% in two days, domestic crude oil/fuel oil futures hit the daily limit.
Logic: performance elasticity (rising oil prices → profit growth) + risk hedging (stable cash flow) + valuation recovery in China’s specific stocks, forming a triple resonance.
Leaders & key stocks:
Core leaders: China National Petroleum, China National Offshore Oil, Sinopec (all 2-day limit up, first time in history), China National Petroleum hit a nearly 17-year high, China National Offshore Oil also hit a record high.
Oil services/exploration: Intercontinental Oil & Gas (6 days 4 limit-ups), Tongyuan Petroleum (20cm), CNOOC Services, Zhunyou Co., Ltd., Sinopec Oilfield Services, all surged.
Gas & substitutes: Shufa Gas (3 consecutive limit-ups), Blue Flame Holdings (2 consecutive limit-ups), benefiting from gas price linkage.
Funds: net inflow of 19.6 billion in this sector, pulling liquidity from the entire market, creating a liquidity black hole, suppressing non-mainline sectors.

b. Shipping / Oil Transport (second strongest, linked to main line, approx. 5% gain)
Catalysts: rerouting of oil shipping → longer routes + VLCC freight rate jump, driven by events and economic recovery, directly tied to oil main line.
Leaders: COSCO Shipping (8 days 5 limit-ups), COSCO Shipping Energy, COSCO Shipping South.
c. High Dividend Defensive Stocks (Banks / Gold, main support)
Logic: risk aversion + low valuation + high dividends, acting as “ballast” for the market, absorbing some outflow funds.
Leaders: ICBC, CCB, ABC (all rising against the trend); Hunan Gold, Western Gold (limit-up), gold sector shows divergence, only leaders effectively hedge risks.

Deep Breakdown of Weak Sectors:
Growth tracks face collective bloodbath, liquidity dries up
a. Semiconductors / AI / Computing (disaster zone, down 6%-10%)
Logic: profit-taking at high levels + risk aversion exit + liquidity siphoning. Previous gains of over 20-30% in February have put valuations under pressure, funds cannot find new targets.
Leading stocks: Cambrian, North Huachuang, Guoke Micro, Hengshuo Co., Ltd., sector net outflow of 21.8 billion, the largest in the market.
Nature: shift from “growth offense” to “defense and risk avoidance,” short-term tech sector funds retreat.
b. Military / Industrial Metals / Rare Earths (deep correction, down 5%-8%)
Logic: risk-avoidance logic invalidated + funds diverted + high-level correction. Previously benefiting from “war advantage” logic replaced by oil & gas main line, funds exiting military and non-ferrous metals.
Leading stocks: North Rare Earth, Zijin Mining, Hangya Technology, China UAV, military index down 5.38%.
c. Consumer Electronics / Photovoltaics / Media / New Energy (broad decline, down 3%-5%)
Logic: crowded sectors + earnings below expectations + fund withdrawal. No catalysts, liquidity drained, following the market down.
Leading stocks: Luxshare Precision, Sungrow, Eastmoney, CATL, all falling without resistance.
Deep Analysis of Capital Flows:
Structural shifts rather than full exit
a. Main inflow sectors (net inflow):
Petrochemicals (+19.6 billion): absolute core, funds concentrated, strongest siphoning effect.
Shipping / Oil Transport (+4.1 billion): linked to main line, funds follow oil & gas.
Banks (+3 billion), Gold (+1.5 billion): defensive inflows, significant support.
b. Main outflow sectors (net outflow):
Semiconductors (-21.8 billion), Computers (-10.1 billion): growth sectors heavily affected, large-scale withdrawal.
Industrial metals (-9.3 billion), Military electronics (-5.8 billion): high-level correction, risk-avoidance logic failed.
Conclusion: funds are reallocating structurally, shifting from high-valuation growth to low-valuation energy/defense sectors, not a market-wide bearish signal.
Core Logic and Fundamental Geopolitical-Driven Style Shift:
Middle East conflict breaks the original growth main line, funds shift from “high elasticity growth” to “low valuation defense + energy price rise,” representing a short-term style reversal.
Liquidity siphoning: Petrochemicals become the only consensus, creating a “siphon → other sectors lose blood → further siphon” negative feedback loop, causing extreme market divergence.
Sentiment freezing: prior large gains in growth sectors plus geopolitical uncertainties lead to concentrated risk aversion, rapidly driving sentiment to freezing point.

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🔥 Tomorrow’s Short-term Trading Ideas and Alternatives:

Mainline trades (Petrochemicals / Shipping, the only offensive direction)
a. Petrochemicals (core stocks): China National Petroleum, China National Offshore Oil, Sinopec (the “Three Big Oil”); Intercontinental Oil & Gas, Tongyuan Petroleum, CNOOC Services.
Entry: buy on dips, do not chase if gap-up ≥5%.
Exit: take partial profits at 5%+ gap-up (sell 50% first); reduce positions on laggards or limit-down stocks.
Indicator: monitor Intercontinental Oil & Gas’s order volume; if insufficient, lower expectations and position size.
b. Shipping / Oil Transport (linked stocks): COSCO Shipping, COSCO Shipping Energy, COSCO Shipping South.
Strategy: buy on dips, avoid chasing consecutive limit-ups; sell on pullbacks, avoid overextending.
Defensive trades (Banks / Gold, core holdings):
ICBC, CCB (banks); Hunan Gold, Western Gold (gold).
Strategy: reduce on rally, buy on dips, control drawdowns.
Personal stock picks for tomorrow:

Brief explanation:
Hotspots related to conflicts have already been heavily invested in today, so tomorrow I will mainly focus on the mainline sectors, possibly holding positions without additional trading.

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