SENSEX
74,316
close of Thu 15 Oct
future
74,215
the future is 100 points below the index
at the money
74,200
strikes 100 apart
heaviest call
75,000
+684 from spot
heaviest put
73,000
−1,316 from spot
puts to calls
1.45
on open interest, whole chain
expiry
22 Oct
7 days away

Option chain · SENSEX

CSVas of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

10 strikes either side of the money. the heaviest call strike is 75,000 and the heaviest put strike is 73,000 — 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 covering1,212.05−21,9402,46,78073,00012 strikes awaywall7,63,540+5,14,040197.55short build-up
short covering1,051.45−5,36037,68073,2001,54,380+1,35,940239.85short build-up
short covering978.05−2,86025,94073,30092,900+62,960263.80short build-up
long build-up898.80+3,22018,30073,40056,820+48,380289.80short build-up
short covering834.40−6,04088,26073,5002,99,600+1,74,320317.10short build-up
long build-up763.10+16,80024,84073,60049,420+44,880350.15short build-up
long build-up696.05+41,20051,32073,70070,680+66,800383.45short build-up
long build-up634.35+17,84037,10073,80081,100+76,220422.10short build-up
long build-up573.55+34,02041,60073,90071,440+67,300463.30short build-up
long build-up519.30+2,00,2403,28,02074,0004,35,160+3,15,160505.80short build-up
long build-up473.20+95,9601,05,38074,10085,060+83,600553.60short build-up
long build-up422.05+84,76091,26074,200at the money67,280+65,380603.45short build-up
long build-up382.70+86,34095,54074,30043,160+42,060656.65short build-up
long build-up341.80+37,04041,94074,40014,740+14,200714.95short build-up
long build-up303.05+2,73,5403,47,06074,50038,560+31,220775.20short build-up
long build-up266.15+28,70036,58074,6008,780+6,800846.70short build-up
long build-up235.15+65,64065,82074,7005,720+5,300916.30short build-up
long build-up205.45+1,95,8802,05,22074,8004,060+4,060988.95—
long build-up182.35+16,90020,56074,9003,440+3,4401,056.60—
long build-up157.30+1,54,4203,78,860wall75,00049,980+42,1001,135.55short build-up
long build-up137.30+18,58020,90075,1002,740+2,7401,210.90—
long build-up120.00+29,36032,92075,20020001,056.45—
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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
0.25×79 in 10077 in 10084 in 100100 in 100439
0.50×64 in 10063 in 10069 in 10099 in 100439
0.75×47 in 10054 in 10055 in 10091 in 100439
1.00×35 in 10040 in 10043 in 10072 in 100439
1.25×25 in 10029 in 10032 in 10054 in 100439
1.50×18 in 10020 in 10024 in 10037 in 100439
2.00×6 in 10011 in 10012 in 10017 in 100439
3.00×1 in 1003 in 1002 in 1004 in 100439

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 35 times in 100, over 439 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 money58%37%11%
in the money74%77%74%
1 to 2% out of the money58%26%5%
2 to 4% out of the money32%11%1%
more than 4% out of the money27%9%1%

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 37% of the premium was still there, over 50 past cases; a quarter of the time more than 90% was still there.

Puts

How far out of the money15 sessions left7 sessions left2 sessions left
at the money65%34%9%
in the money80%59%53%
1 to 2% out of the money31%28%8%
2 to 4% out of the money57%25%3%
more than 4% out of the money31%6%1%

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 34% of the premium was still there, over 54 past cases; a quarter of the time more than 94% was still there.

Where open interest moved most

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

Calls — biggest changes

74,500+2,73,540long build-up
74,000+2,00,240long build-up
74,800+1,95,880long build-up

Puts — biggest changes

73,000+5,14,040short build-up
74,000+3,15,160short build-up
73,500+1,74,320short build-up

How the chain is positioned

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30
calls, open interest42,04,680+23,12,180puts, open interest60,92,300+38,60,980max pain73,900implied move1.38%to expiry

puts outweigh calls by about 1.45 to 1 across the chain.

cheapdear
option prices are dearer than 47 of the past 252 sessions
fewer putsmore puts
more puts against calls than on all but 4 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 Oct74,115+1,178.9−2,660short covering
Wed 14 Oct72,936−504.9+4,820short build-up
Tue 13 Oct73,441+1,388.1+40long build-up
Mon 12 Oct72,053−761.5+7,320short build-up
Fri 9 Oct72,814+973.6−9,460short 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.

The 1-minute live version of this same board is on its way. It will run the identical code over the live stream, which is why this one computes nothing a replay could not reproduce.

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