F&O cues for Oct 21: Despite Friday's recovery, Nifty options continues to reflect cautious sentiment, with call writing outweighing put writing on Friday, said Dhupesh Dhameja of SAMCO Securities.
Financials, IT, Energy and Auto sectors account for over 52% weightage on the Nifty 50 index; here's how the Bank Nifty, IT, Energy and Auto indices are placed on the charts, and likely trend ahead.
F&O market update Oct 18: The Nifty options data suggests likely resistance for the index near 24,800 - 25,000, and support between 24,500 - 24,700; says Dupesh Dhameja of SAMCO Securities.
Short build up is seen in the Bank Nifty Futures, where we have seen 6 per cent rise in the open interest with Bank Nifty falling by 1 per cent.
Derivatives market update Oct 17: FIIs long-short ratio in index futures dropped to 0.5 its lowest point since June 07. Among stocks, ICICI General Insurance and CoForge saw short build-up yesterday.
Derivatives market update Oct 16: Among individual stocks, Deepak Nitrite, PVRInox and HPCL witness fresh long build-up; Cipla and Reliance futures see selling pressure.
Derivatives market update Oct 15: In case of Bank Nifty the max pain is seen at 51,800; with the PCR rising to 1 - tilt towards a bullish bias is observed, says SAMCO Securities analyst.
Derivatives market update Oct 11: Last time around, in June, the Nifty rallied sharply after FIIs turned this bearish and the long-short ratio dipped to near 0.5. Will history repeat?
Derivatives market update Oct 10: FIIs open positions in Bank Nifty up over 200% since the start of Oct; overall long-short ratio in index futures now at lowest level since June.
The Nifty Bank, Nifty PSU Bank indices are likely to extend the pullback in the near-term; Auto index too seems favourably placed, while the Realty index remains on weak ground, shows technical charts
Derivatives market update Oct 09: NSE F&O data shows that retail investors' are most bullish since the Lok Sabha poll outcome in June; their long-short ratio in index futures rose to 1.44.
Derivatives market update Oct 08: FIIs turn bearish on Indian stocks, long-short ratio in index futures dipped below 1 for the first time since August 14. Retail and proprietary trades turn bullish.
Derivatives market update for Oct 07: FIIs long-short ratio in index futures further falls to 1.4, down 300 bps in last 4 trading sessions; retail investors turn bullish after more than a month.
Derivatives market update for Oct 04: Data shows Balrampur Chini, Dabur, Bata India, Reliance, Axis Bank and Manappuram Finance are few of the F&O stocks that saw short build-up on Thursday.
Derivatives market update for Oct 03: Dhupesh Dhameja of SAMCO Securities sees max pain for Nifty at 25,750 and Bank Nifty at 52,900 based on the existing options data.
Derivatives market update Oct 01: FIIs continue to hold more than 4 long positions in index futures for every short bet. Proprietary trades hold 5 shorts for every bullish bet in index futures.
Derivatives market update for Sept 30: FIIs long-short ratio in index futures jumped to 4.4:1; implying more than 4 long positions in index futures for every bet on the short side.
Derivatives market update for Sept 23: FIIs net bought over 1 lakh contracts of Nifty futures and 25,878 contracts of Bank Nifty futures on Friday. Retail investors hold 2 shorts for every long bet.
Derivatives market update for Sept 20: Technically, Nifty has formed a Shooting Star-like pattern on daily scale, signalling exhaustion of buying pressure, said analyst at Asit C. Mehta Investment
Derivatives market update for Sept 19: Options data hint that short term support for Nifty is at 25,250; while upside momentum is expected above 25,500, says Sahaj Agarwal of Kotak Securities.