ANANDRATHI

ANANDRATHI — on this desk since 30 Sep 2026.

implied move
4.1%
12 days to the expiry read
futures
long build
price rose and open interest rose
basis
0.52%
the future traded 0.52% above the share
option prices
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not enough history yet

Option chain

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30
CallsStrikePuts
What happenedPriceChange in OIOpen interestOpen interestChange in OIPriceWhat happened
————1,94025,000+4,2502.85long build-up
————1,96019,000+2,0003.65short build-up
————1,98020,000+7,5001.38short build-up
long build-up148.73+25013,7502,0001,87,250−1,37,7506.40long unwinding
short covering130.30−2504,2502,02052,500+17,2508.30short build-up
short covering124.75−50019,7502,0401,24,750−12,00010.85long unwinding
short covering108.50−2,75065,5002,06083,750−16,25013.60long unwinding
short covering80.23−1,00031,5002,08044,250+1,50017.70short build-up
short covering77.60−21,7504,88,250wall2,100wall7,58,750+40,00022.65short build-up
long build-up62.45+6,50069,7502,12056,750+10,75029.35short build-up
long build-up52.30+14,5001,18,0002,140at the money1,19,500+17,00035.70short build-up
long build-up41.70+1,5001,01,0002,1603,250045.86—
short build-up24.59+3,00065,0002,180————
short covering25.70−36,0002,17,2502,2004,000+25066.35short build-up
long build-up20.00+3,25019,0002,220————
long build-up14.95+3,25046,7502,2402500102.43—
long build-up11.50+12,50021,2502,260————
long build-up8.90+5,75013,2502,280————
short covering6.60−10,7501,13,2502,3005000155.86—
long build-up5.15+5,2506,2502,320————
long build-up1.11+10,00033,5002,340————

The options were priced for a move of about 4.1% by 27 Oct.

Open interest

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

Long build: price rose and open interest rose.

For this stock, 0 of 3 times the close 5 sessions later was higher — too few to read much into.

Across every F&O stock, 53,344 of 1,04,178 times the close 5 sessions later was higher.

Basis, rollover and the ban

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

The future traded 0.52% above the share.

Not in the F&O ban this session; open interest stood at 70% of its market-wide limit.

Implied volatility

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

The options were priced for a move of about 4.1% by 27 Oct; over the sessions the desk holds it ranged 4.1–8.3%.

Puts were priced dearer than calls the same distance out.

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Implied and realised around results

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30
  • 9 Oct 2026: options priced about 7.0%; the share moved 2.4% by 12 Oct.

The futures, session by session

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30
sessionfuturesimplied movebasisban
Thu 15 Octlong build4.1%0.52%
Wed 14 Octlong build4.2%0.57%
Tue 13 Octlong build4.4%0.41%
Mon 12 Octlong build4.8%0.30%
Fri 9 Octshort build6.7%-0.08%
Thu 8 Octshort build7.0%-1.62%
Wed 7 Octshort build7.3%0.62%
Tue 6 Octlong build7.4%0.05%
Mon 5 Octlong build8.0%0.18%
Thu 1 Octlong build8.3%0.07%
Wed 30 Sepno read7.0%-0.24%

After a name entered or left the ban

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30
  • Every F&O stock, on entering the ban: 755 of 1,496 times the close 5 sessions later was higher.
  • Every F&O stock, on leaving it: 747 of 1,496 times the close 5 sessions later was higher.

Before comparing across time

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

Open interest is in shares. Traded volume is in contracts before July 2024 and in shares after, so volumes are not compared across that change.