BHARTIARTL BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED
BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED — on this desk since 2 Jan 2006.
Prices before Mon 27 Sep 2021 are not comparable with today's. A corporate action in this security carries no published ratio, so nothing before that date can be put on the same share count — it is left out rather than shown unadjusted.
Option chain
| Calls | Strike | Puts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What happened | Price | Change in OI | Open interest | Open interest | Change in OI | Price | What happened | |
| — | — | — | — | 1,660 | 4,22,750 | −8,550 | 0.80 | long unwinding |
| — | — | — | — | 1,680 | 1,61,975 | −33,250 | 0.85 | long unwinding |
| short covering | 157.26 | −1,425 | 61,275 | 1,700 | 6,84,950 | −1,48,200 | 1.00 | long unwinding |
| short covering | 134.70 | −2,850 | 1,00,700 | 1,720 | 5,33,425 | +39,900 | 1.20 | short build-up |
| short covering | 114.25 | −79,800 | 2,15,650 | 1,740 | 6,35,550 | −77,900 | 1.65 | long unwinding |
| short covering | 94.80 | −82,175 | 8,49,300 | 1,760 | 14,10,275 | −34,200 | 2.35 | long unwinding |
| short covering | 75.30 | −48,450 | 15,53,250 | 1,780 | 19,38,475 | −46,550 | 3.25 | long unwinding |
| short covering | 57.55 | −5,80,925 | 21,42,725 | 1,800 | wall26,38,625 | +4,67,875 | 5.05 | short build-up |
| short covering | 40.95 | −3,04,950 | 22,51,975 | 1,820 | 18,05,950 | −5,44,350 | 8.55 | long unwinding |
| short covering | 26.95 | −98,325 | 52,10,275wall | 1,840 | 22,50,075 | +10,62,575 | 14.50 | short build-up |
| short covering | 16.85 | −3,63,375 | 35,14,525 | 1,860at the money | 18,16,875 | +11,74,200 | 24.15 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 10.25 | +4,95,900 | 14,27,375 | 1,880 | 5,35,325 | +3,50,075 | 37.50 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 6.05 | +1,28,725 | 22,85,700 | 1,900 | 4,64,075 | +1,33,000 | 53.30 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 3.60 | +2,05,200 | 12,40,700 | 1,920 | 1,28,725 | +73,625 | 70.85 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 2.20 | +22,800 | 5,69,525 | 1,940 | 1,11,150 | +7,125 | 90.15 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 1.50 | +3,50,075 | 5,07,300 | 1,960 | 49,400 | +13,300 | 105.53 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 1.10 | +59,375 | 1,53,900 | 1,980 | 1,425 | 0 | 124.18 | — |
| short covering | 0.90 | −3,325 | 4,49,350 | 2,000 | 2,03,300 | −37,050 | 147.85 | long unwinding |
| long build-up | 0.75 | +51,300 | 74,575 | 2,020 | 1,900 | 0 | 162.89 | — |
| long build-up | 0.60 | +44,650 | 57,950 | 2,040 | 1,900 | 0 | 182.62 | — |
| long build-up | 0.60 | +1,425 | 16,625 | 2,060 | 1,425 | 0 | 202.46 | — |
The options were priced for a move of about 2.2% by 27 Oct.
Open interest
Long build: price rose and open interest rose.
For this stock, 166 of 304 times the close 5 sessions later was higher.
Across every F&O stock, 53,344 of 1,04,178 times the close 5 sessions later was higher.
Basis, rollover and the ban
The future traded level with the share.
Not in the F&O ban this session; open interest stood at 33% of its market-wide limit.
Implied volatility
The options were priced for a move of about 2.2% by 27 Oct; over the sessions the desk holds it ranged 1.0–5.3%.
Option prices were dearer than 19 of the past 252 sessions.
Puts were priced dearer than calls the same distance out.
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Implied and realised around results
- 4 Aug 2026: options priced about 4.3%; the share moved 0.4% by 5 Aug.
The futures, session by session
| session | futures | implied move | basis | ban |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct | long build | 2.2% | -0.03% | |
| Wed 14 Oct | short build | 2.2% | 0.49% | |
| Tue 13 Oct | long build | 2.3% | 0.04% | |
| Mon 12 Oct | long unwind | 2.5% | 0.05% | |
| Fri 9 Oct | short cover | 2.7% | 0.56% | |
| Thu 8 Oct | long unwind | 2.8% | -0.03% | |
| Wed 7 Oct | long build | 2.7% | 0.18% | |
| Tue 6 Oct | short cover | 2.9% | 0.13% | |
| Mon 5 Oct | short cover | 3.2% | 0.07% | |
| Thu 1 Oct | long unwind | 3.5% | 0.49% | |
| Wed 30 Sep | short build | 3.4% | 0.55% | |
| Tue 29 Sep | long build | 3.4% | 1.07% | |
| Mon 28 Sep | short build | 3.6% | 0.72% | |
| Fri 25 Sep | short build | 1.3% | 0.27% | |
| Thu 24 Sep | long unwind | 1.2% | 0.27% | |
| Wed 23 Sep | short cover | 1.3% | -0.16% | |
| Tue 22 Sep | long unwind | 1.4% | 0.19% | |
| Mon 21 Sep | long unwind | 1.8% | -0.03% | |
| Fri 18 Sep | short cover | 2.9% | -1.92% | |
| Thu 17 Sep | short cover | 2.1% | 0.00% |
After a name entered or left the ban
- 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
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.