NIFTY
22,997
close of Thu 15 Oct
future
22,993
the future is 4 points below the index
at the money
23,000
strikes 50 apart
heaviest call
24,000
+1,003 from spot
heaviest put
22,500
−497 from spot
puts to calls
1.53
on open interest, whole chain
expiry
19 Oct
4 days away

Option chain · NIFTY

CSVas of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

10 strikes either side of the money. the heaviest call strike is 24,000 and the heaviest put strike is 22,500 — one of them sits outside this band and is pinned to the edge with its distance, rather than clipped.

CallsStrikePuts
What happenedPriceChange in OIOpen interestOpen interestChange in OIPriceWhat happened
short covering468.25−10,14,78020,92,22022,500wall1,29,37,015+60,69,57019.75short build-up
short covering425.65−8,81,9854,61,89022,55033,97,940+7,85,07024.10short build-up
short covering374.65−28,74,62515,86,84522,60077,35,000+23,04,05528.90short build-up
short covering332.35−21,75,0308,51,11022,65040,78,035+20,67,32534.80short build-up
short covering286.80−63,46,27527,03,09022,7001,10,81,980+69,51,62042.30short build-up
short covering246.30−29,07,84012,68,80022,75049,37,205+41,25,94051.60short build-up
short covering209.40−46,41,32524,58,82022,80085,41,975+70,19,22063.90short build-up
short covering172.45−19,10,74012,42,34522,85050,33,860+46,85,59077.65short build-up
short covering141.05−15,96,40044,27,21522,90079,03,220+74,09,22096.20short build-up
short covering112.25−7,66,74023,82,31522,95034,29,335+32,58,450117.55short build-up
short covering88.40−30,88,60582,10,99523,000at the money58,33,425+49,63,465142.35short build-up
long build-up67.25+10,14,65033,07,00523,05011,22,940+10,38,180172.00short build-up
long build-up50.55+14,26,10065,83,39523,10011,96,520+9,64,275205.10short build-up
long build-up36.90+3,44,24024,46,92523,1502,10,275+1,81,610241.20short build-up
short covering26.85−8,69,70068,21,49023,2003,94,940+2,88,080280.55short build-up
long build-up19.10+11,03,31030,23,34523,2501,20,250+86,645323.25short build-up
long build-up13.85+24,99,38073,45,97523,3001,96,430+56,225367.05short build-up
long build-up10.15+10,81,34028,52,59023,35037,180+28,990414.40short build-up
long build-up7.70+15,69,68554,94,90523,4001,94,415+50,700457.80short build-up
long build-up6.20+4,57,60019,10,28523,4501,48,265+1,42,740505.40short build-up
short covering5.15−4,05,47094,01,92523,5002,59,805−15,340559.75long unwinding
—1.40+9,50,17099,84,455wall24,00020 strikes away1,83,040−24,8951,050.55long unwinding
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How often price has come this far

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30
How far outA strike aboveA strike belowIts own price impliedEither sidePast cases
0.25×80 in 10071 in 10084 in 100100 in 1001,563
0.50×64 in 10058 in 10069 in 10099 in 1001,563
0.75×50 in 10046 in 10055 in 10089 in 1001,563
1.00×38 in 10035 in 10043 in 10072 in 1001,563
1.25×27 in 10026 in 10032 in 10053 in 1001,563
1.50×18 in 10020 in 10024 in 10038 in 1001,563
2.00×9 in 10011 in 10012 in 10020 in 1001,563
3.00×1 in 1003 in 1002 in 1004 in 1001,563

How often price has actually come to a strike that many implied moves from where it started, beside what the option’s own price implied at the time, over the contracts this board's own expiry belongs with (3-7 days to expiry). That implied figure is for ONE side, so it is what each of the two side columns is read against; the last count is for either side and has no figure beside it, because the chance of reaching one of two is not twice the chance of reaching one. Over this history, a strike that far above was reached about 38 times in 100, over 1,563 past cases; its own price implied about 43.

What the premium has done as expiry came

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

Calls

How far out of the money15 sessions left7 sessions left2 sessions left
at the money80%65%47%
in the money89%79%74%
1 to 2% out of the money71%52%22%
2 to 4% out of the money59%32%8%
more than 4% out of the money43%13%3%

How much of the premium was still there, measured from 30 sessions before expiry on the same contract — never across a roll, where the change of contract would show up as decay. At at the money and 7 sessions left, about 65% of the premium was still there, over 890 past cases; a quarter of the time it was worth more than when it was written.

Puts

How far out of the money15 sessions left7 sessions left2 sessions left
at the money48%17%4%
in the money71%52%43%
1 to 2% out of the money47%14%2%
2 to 4% out of the money41%12%2%
more than 4% out of the money42%16%4%

How much of the premium was still there, measured from 30 sessions before expiry on the same contract — never across a roll, where the change of contract would show up as decay. At at the money and 7 sessions left, about 17% of the premium was still there, over 898 past cases; a quarter of the time more than 96% was still there.

Where open interest moved most

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

Calls — biggest changes

22,700−63,46,275short covering
22,800−46,41,325short covering
23,000−30,88,605short covering

Puts — biggest changes

22,900+74,09,220short build-up
22,800+70,19,220short build-up
22,700+69,51,620short build-up

How the chain is positioned

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30
calls, open interest12,53,71,935−1,54,39,970puts, open interest19,14,03,875+8,73,26,720max pain22,900implied move1.00%to expiry

puts outweigh calls by about 1.53 to 1 across the chain.

cheapdear
option prices are dearer than 50 of the past 252 sessions
fewer putsmore puts
more puts against calls than on all but 2 sessions in 100 of the past year

What the front future did

CSVas of Thu 15 Oct 15:30
SessionCloseChangeOpen interestWhat it reads as
Thu 15 Oct22,985+336.3−14,43,260short covering
Wed 14 Oct22,649−186.3+3,900short build-up
Tue 13 Oct22,835+448.3−2,56,295short covering
Mon 12 Oct22,387−226.1−2,39,200long unwinding
Fri 9 Oct22,613+319.4−1,94,155short covering

Price and open interest read together, on the nearest contract that has not expired. A session where the contract changed carries no change, because the two contracts are different instruments at different prices.

What the board is, and is not

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

Open interest and its change are the exchange's end-of-session numbers. The action beside each strike names what the price and the open interest did together — long build-up, short build-up, long unwinding, short covering — and is a description of the session, not a forecast. The heaviest call and put strikes are shown even when they sit outside the displayed band, marked as such, because clipping them to keep the row count tidy would hide the two numbers the board exists for.

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For NIFTYthe money is at 23,000; the heaviest call strike is 24,000 and the heaviest put strike is 22,500; puts outweigh calls by about 1.53 to 1 across the chain; whether the heaviest strike has acted as a barrier was tested and did not hold up