Equity Derivatives

As the global artificial intelligence (AI)-led trade moderates due to rich valuations, India will re-emerge as one of the most attractive growth markets in a slowing global environment, Karwa said

The NSE will introduce a 15-minute pre-open session for equity derivatives from December 8, aiming to improve price discovery and align futures trading with the cash market

The new framework, which will take effect from October 1, sets an intraday net position limit of ₹5,000 crore per entity in index options, compared with an end-of-day limit of ₹1,500 crore

BSE said changes related to the pre-open session in the Equity Derivatives Segment will be available for testing from October 6, 2025

The swap in the expiry dates comes amid the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi) aim to reduce retail participation in the space

FIIs long-short ratio in index futures has barely moved from 0.09 to 0.11, implying presence of heavy short bets in the August F&O series.

Foreign investors net sold ₹14,452 crore, and ₹25,831 crore in stock & index futures, respectively in July; however, F&O rollovers hint at likely optimism going ahead.

Regulator mulling steps to push long-dated derivatives contracts, boost cash market turnover

BSE shares fell 6% at open after Sebi allowed expiry day swap in equity derivatives between NSE and BSE

F&O strategy: Short-term trend of the Midcp Nifty turned weak, while it is strong for Biocon

NSE F&O data shows that RVNL, Vodafone Idea and Uno Minda are witnessing long build-up of positions; while Aditya Birla Fashion is seeing short build-up.

The NSE F&O data shows that domestic institutional investors offloaded over 36,000 contracts of index futures in the last 8 days, while the Nifty 50 index rose nearly 4 per cent.

Bank Nifty rollovers stood at 69.3 per cent, which was higher than the 3-month average and indicates positive sentiment at the counter, said Axis Securities report.

As per the data from the NSE F&O segment, foreign institutional investors now hold 3 short positions in index futures for every long trade as against 5 bearish bets held earlier.

According data from the NSE F&O segment, Tube Investments of India and PI Industries witnessed some short-covering in the week ended March 13, 2025.

Key takeaways from F&O data: Substantial PUT accumulation at the Nifty 22,000 strike solidifies this level as a reliable support base, says Dhupesh Dhameja of SAMCO Securities.

Key takeaways from F&O data: FIIs bearish; retail, DIIs hold bullish bets in index futures. Nifty, Bank Nifty options data indicates a bearish stance in the market.

FIIs were net sellers in index futures for the fourth straight day yesterday. Open positions in Bank Nifty rose by nearly 12% amid the market fall. Here's what experts have to say.

Nifty Today: An overall improvement in market breadth over the last week suggests limited downside capped within 22900

Solar Industries, NCC, Phoenix Mills, Page Industries and Trent stock futures witnessed short build-up in recent days, shows NSE derivative data. Manappuram Finance in F&O ban on Monday.