HCLTECH HCL TECHNOLOGIES LTD
HCL TECHNOLOGIES LTD — on this desk since 2 Jan 2006.
Prices before Thu 30 Aug 2018 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 | |
| short covering | 156.25 | −16,800 | 4,70,800 | 1,20016 strikes away | wall18,80,000 | +2,20,400 | 1.90 | short build-up |
| short covering | 135.15 | −31,200 | 12,02,800wall | 1,22014 strikes away | 10,28,000 | −36,800 | 2.45 | long unwinding |
| short covering | 98.20 | −46,400 | 3,39,600 | 1,260 | 13,23,600 | +1,12,400 | 4.50 | short build-up |
| short covering | 90.75 | −32,400 | 3,45,600 | 1,270 | 6,99,200 | +1,26,000 | 5.40 | short build-up |
| short covering | 80.15 | −42,000 | 4,88,400 | 1,280 | 9,64,000 | −28,000 | 6.45 | long unwinding |
| short covering | 70.70 | −13,600 | 2,60,000 | 1,290 | 7,53,600 | +1,30,800 | 8.05 | short build-up |
| short covering | 63.10 | −78,000 | 8,44,000 | 1,300 | 18,58,000 | +5,48,400 | 9.45 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 55.55 | +62,400 | 2,79,600 | 1,310 | 5,31,600 | +74,800 | 11.50 | short build-up |
| short covering | 47.85 | −1,08,400 | 6,66,400 | 1,320 | 5,28,400 | +1,25,200 | 13.95 | short build-up |
| short covering | 40.85 | −1,26,800 | 3,43,200 | 1,330 | 4,23,200 | +1,34,000 | 17.05 | short build-up |
| short covering | 34.45 | −3,75,200 | 3,52,000 | 1,340 | 5,34,000 | +2,58,800 | 20.60 | short build-up |
| short covering | 28.65 | −3,99,600 | 3,89,200 | 1,350 | 4,20,000 | +2,48,800 | 24.90 | short build-up |
| short covering | 23.65 | −51,600 | 4,52,800 | 1,360at the money | 4,80,400 | +3,72,400 | 29.85 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 19.25 | +33,200 | 3,50,000 | 1,370 | — | — | — | — |
| long build-up | 15.55 | +70,800 | 3,49,600 | 1,380 | 1,52,800 | +1,41,600 | 41.75 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 12.50 | +64,000 | 2,24,000 | 1,390 | 77,200 | +62,400 | 48.55 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 9.90 | +44,400 | 9,34,000 | 1,400 | 1,13,200 | +67,200 | 56.00 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 7.80 | +71,200 | 3,60,800 | 1,410 | — | — | — | — |
| long build-up | 6.30 | +41,600 | 1,87,200 | 1,420 | 8,000 | −800 | 72.55 | long unwinding |
| long build-up | 4.85 | +56,800 | 98,800 | 1,430 | — | — | — | — |
| long build-up | 3.90 | +1,21,600 | 2,38,400 | 1,440 | — | — | — | — |
| long build-up | 3.05 | +18,400 | 3,76,000 | 1,450 | — | — | — | — |
| long build-up | 2.45 | +1,600 | 2,73,200 | 1,460 | 2,400 | +1,600 | 100.90 | short build-up |
The options were priced for a move of about 3.9% by 27 Oct.
Open interest
Short cover: price rose and open interest fell.
For this stock, 254 of 490 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
The future traded 0.46% below the share.
Not in the F&O ban this session; open interest stood at 48% of its market-wide limit.
Implied volatility
The options were priced for a move of about 3.9% by 27 Oct; over the sessions the desk holds it ranged 1.7–8.5%.
Option prices were dearer than 60 of the past 252 sessions.
Puts were priced dearer than calls the same distance out.
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Implied and realised around results
- 12 Oct 2026: options priced about 6.2%; the share moved 9.0% by 13 Oct.
The futures, session by session
| session | futures | implied move | basis | ban |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct | short cover | 3.9% | -0.46% | |
| Wed 14 Oct | short cover | 4.2% | -0.72% | |
| Tue 13 Oct | short cover | 4.2% | -0.92% | |
| Mon 12 Oct | long build | 5.8% | -0.54% | |
| Fri 9 Oct | long build | 6.2% | -0.47% | |
| Thu 8 Oct | short cover | 6.8% | -0.39% | |
| Wed 7 Oct | long unwind | 6.8% | -1.09% | |
| Tue 6 Oct | short build | 6.9% | -1.12% | |
| Mon 5 Oct | short build | 7.2% | -0.65% | |
| Thu 1 Oct | long build | 7.5% | -0.04% | |
| Wed 30 Sep | short build | 7.4% | -0.44% | |
| Tue 29 Sep | short build | 7.3% | 0.52% | |
| Mon 28 Sep | long unwind | 7.2% | 0.02% | |
| Fri 25 Sep | short cover | 1.7% | 0.47% | |
| Thu 24 Sep | short build | 2.4% | 0.51% | |
| Wed 23 Sep | short build | 2.5% | 0.21% | |
| Tue 22 Sep | short build | 2.9% | 0.56% | |
| Mon 21 Sep | short cover | 3.1% | 0.45% | |
| Fri 18 Sep | short build | 3.6% | -0.66% | |
| Thu 17 Sep | long build | 3.6% | 0.32% |
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.
The lot size changed from 350 to 400 on 29 Apr 2026; contracts either side are compared in shares, not lots.