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ASIANPAINT ASIAN PAINTS LIMITED

OverviewPrice & levelsF&OFinancials & peersCompanyas of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

ASIAN PAINTS LIMITED — on this desk since 21 Aug 2008.

Results meeting in 13 days Thu 29 Oct 2026, as the company announced it to NSE

implied move
3.1%
12 days to the expiry read
futures
short cover
price rose and open interest fell
basis
0.59%
the future traded 0.59% above the share
option prices
40
dearer than 40 of the past 252 sessions

Option chain

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30
CallsStrikePuts
What happenedPriceChange in OIOpen interestOpen interestChange in OIPriceWhat happened
————2,1408,500−1,5001.10short covering
————2,16017,250−1,5000.85long unwinding
—175.3402502,18045,250−2,0001.65short covering
short covering156.21−2509,2502,2002,59,500−3,5002.20long unwinding
————2,22025,000−2,5003.30long unwinding
————2,24089,750−3,2504.90long unwinding
—102.3704,5002,26091,250−3,7506.90long unwinding
—86.2707,2502,28077,000+1,7509.90short build-up
short covering75.80−2,75077,7502,300wall4,09,250+18,25013.90short build-up
long build-up61.95+4,00056,5002,3201,15,250+13,50018.90short build-up
long build-up48.00+26,5001,06,0002,340at the money1,34,750+13,25025.55short build-up
short covering36.35−15,2501,39,2502,3602,08,500+26,75033.80short build-up
short build-up26.75+2,01,5003,22,7502,38086,750+14,50044.05short build-up
short build-up19.30+20,0007,74,750wall2,4001,43,750+25056.80short build-up
long unwinding13.80−5,2501,48,7502,42064,000−3,50070.50long unwinding
short build-up9.70+1,5001,41,2502,44057,500−6,75087.15long unwinding
long unwinding6.70−7,5003,01,7502,46061,000−9,250105.40long unwinding
short build-up4.80+12,7501,27,7502,48017,0000130.14—
long unwinding3.65−97,0004,73,0002,50098,000−3,750139.35long unwinding
long unwinding2.50−2,0002,86,0002,5206,0000167.21—
long unwinding2.00−2,50053,7502,54016,7500186.39—

The options were priced for a move of about 3.1% by 27 Oct.

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Open interest

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

Short cover: price rose and open interest fell.

For this stock, 369 of 691 times the close 5 sessions later was higher.

Across every F&O stock, 50,957 of 98,536 times the close 5 sessions later was higher.

Basis, rollover and the ban

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

The future traded 0.59% above the share.

Not in the F&O ban this session; open interest stood at 31% of its market-wide limit.

Implied volatility

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30

The options were priced for a move of about 3.1% by 27 Oct; over the sessions the desk holds it ranged 1.2–7.4%.

Option prices were dearer than 40 of the past 252 sessions.

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
  • 29 Jul 2026: options priced about 6.1%; the share moved 0.4% by 30 Jul.

The futures, session by session

as of Thu 15 Oct 15:30
sessionfuturesimplied movebasisban
Thu 15 Octshort cover3.1%0.59%
Wed 14 Octlong unwind3.2%0.57%
Tue 13 Octshort cover3.2%0.05%
Mon 12 Octlong unwind3.6%0.06%
Fri 9 Octlong build3.7%0.72%
Thu 8 Octlong unwind4.2%0.81%
Wed 7 Octshort build4.1%-0.06%
Tue 6 Octlong build4.0%-0.13%
Mon 5 Octshort build4.5%-0.08%
Thu 1 Octlong unwind4.4%-0.34%
Wed 30 Sepshort build4.5%0.08%
Tue 29 Seplong build4.4%0.46%
Mon 28 Sepshort build4.5%0.24%
Fri 25 Seplong build1.3%0.28%
Thu 24 Seplong unwind1.6%0.43%
Wed 23 Sepshort build1.6%-0.20%
Tue 22 Sepshort cover2.0%0.38%
Mon 21 Seplong unwind2.0%0.40%
Fri 18 Sepshort cover2.5%0.34%
Thu 17 Sepshort cover2.9%0.04%

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.