Weekly Recap | FUTG.US -14.63%, Futu passes HKEX hearing
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FUTG.US fell 14.63% this week to close at $4.23, while the S&P 500 slipped just 0.8%, leaving the ETF about 13.83 percentage points behind the benchmark. Price action was one-way: Tuesday opened at $4.86, which marked the week’s high, then drifted lower across the next three sessions. Friday touched a low of $4.195 before settling at $4.23. The weekly range was 13.68%. Average daily volume of 558k shares ran about 31.6% below the 60-day median, pointing to thin participation.
Sector News
Company-level news around Futu Holdings dominated the week. On Monday, Futu shortened the path between on-chain assets and securities accounts, and a related entity passed the HKEX listing hearing. The same day, Moomoo Australia and New Zealand named Tapas Strickland as chief market strategist. Tuesday brought a report tying three stocks to money market cash flows as rate hike odds rose. Wednesday, US-listed Chinese stocks mostly fell overnight, with Baidu down 6.96%. Friday saw the SFC issue guidance on how investment banks should cooperate in raids, with a focus on IPO fund misappropriation and listing abuse.
The Week Ahead
US macro data dominates the calendar. Tuesday brings the New York Fed manufacturing index; prior 20.6, forecast 14.75. Wednesday is dense with retail readings: retail sales ex-autos prior -0.3, forecast 0.6; headline retail sales prior -0.6, forecast 0.9; and retail control prior -0.4, forecast 0.4. The same day also carries import prices, the NAHB housing market index (prior 35, forecast 34), and EIA crude inventories. These prints will offer the latest read on US consumption and housing, serving as external variables for sentiment around Chinese and tech-linked ETFs.
In Short
This leveraged long-Futu ETF fell more than 13 percentage points behind the S&P 500 amid a broad pullback in Chinese listings, sliding from a weekly high of $4.86 to $4.23. Company-side developments—a listing hearing pass and a shorter on-chain-to-securities path—did not reverse the price slide. Valuation metrics show no PE or PB, while the latest session’s money flow shows medium orders net buying 26.01% against 17.85% net selling, with small orders also net buyers, though this is a single-day snapshot. The near-term focus shifts to whether US retail data confirms consumer resilience and whether progress on the Futu-related listing lifts sentiment.
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