KOTAKBANK KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LTD
KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LTD — on this desk since 28 Dec 2006.
Results meeting in 8 days Sat 24 Oct 2026, as the company announced it to NSE
Prices before Thu 14 Jul 2016 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 | 45.85 | −12,000 | 14,28,000 | 400 | 46,24,000 | −2,90,000 | 0.45 | long unwinding |
| short covering | 41.00 | −10,000 | 13,82,000 | 405 | 14,04,000 | −16,000 | 0.50 | short covering |
| short covering | 36.30 | −88,000 | 85,58,000 | 410 | 32,44,000 | −16,000 | 0.70 | long unwinding |
| short covering | 31.65 | −10,000 | 15,02,000 | 415 | 23,20,000 | +66,000 | 1.00 | short build-up |
| short covering | 27.40 | −7,80,000 | 38,00,000 | 420 | 41,52,000 | −16,000 | 1.40 | long unwinding |
| short covering | 22.50 | −38,000 | 30,68,000 | 425 | 25,18,000 | −3,54,000 | 2.00 | long unwinding |
| short covering | 18.35 | −34,000 | 1,17,70,000wall | 430 | 65,64,000 | +3,92,000 | 2.80 | short build-up |
| short covering | 14.30 | −2,76,000 | 84,10,000 | 435 | 43,08,000 | +6,54,000 | 4.10 | short build-up |
| short covering | 11.20 | −66,000 | 1,00,04,000 | 440 | wall79,96,000 | +8,82,000 | 5.75 | short build-up |
| short covering | 8.40 | −44,000 | 46,64,000 | 445 | 28,70,000 | +8,36,000 | 7.95 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 6.10 | +28,000 | 76,04,000 | 450at the money | 22,18,000 | +4,20,000 | 10.55 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 4.25 | +1,62,000 | 15,28,000 | 455 | 3,96,000 | +1,16,000 | 13.75 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 2.90 | +2,58,000 | 35,70,000 | 460 | 4,46,000 | +46,000 | 17.35 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 1.90 | +28,000 | 14,06,000 | 465 | 80,000 | +12,000 | 21.15 | short build-up |
| long build-up | 1.25 | +38,000 | 36,98,000 | 470 | 4,52,000 | −10,000 | 25.70 | long unwinding |
| long build-up | 0.85 | +16,000 | 1,38,000 | 475 | 8,000 | 0 | 26.63 | — |
| long build-up | 0.60 | +18,000 | 8,70,000 | 480 | 2,000 | 0 | 31.31 | — |
| long build-up | 0.21 | +18,000 | 32,000 | 485 | — | — | — | — |
| short covering | 0.30 | −2,000 | 2,90,000 | 490 | — | — | — | — |
| long build-up | 0.25 | +4,000 | 1,28,000 | 500 | — | — | — | — |
The options were priced for a move of about 3.7% by 27 Oct.
Open interest
Short cover: price rose and open interest fell.
For this stock, 331 of 664 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 41% of its market-wide limit.
Implied volatility
The options were priced for a move of about 3.7% by 27 Oct; over the sessions the desk holds it ranged 1.3–7.0%.
Option prices were dearer than 79 of the past 252 sessions.
Puts were priced dearer than calls the same distance out.
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Implied and realised around results
No results meeting with an option chain on its eve yet.
The futures, session by session
| session | futures | implied move | basis | ban |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct | short cover | 3.7% | -0.46% | |
| Wed 14 Oct | long unwind | 3.7% | 0.15% | |
| Tue 13 Oct | long unwind | 3.7% | 0.48% | |
| Mon 12 Oct | long build | 4.0% | -0.20% | |
| Fri 9 Oct | short cover | 4.0% | 0.33% | |
| Thu 8 Oct | long unwind | 4.1% | 0.25% | |
| Wed 7 Oct | long build | 4.1% | 0.16% | |
| Tue 6 Oct | long build | 4.3% | 0.07% | |
| Mon 5 Oct | short build | 4.9% | 0.64% | |
| Thu 1 Oct | short cover | 4.9% | 0.79% | |
| Wed 30 Sep | long build | 4.7% | -0.02% | |
| Tue 29 Sep | long build | 5.1% | 0.79% | |
| Mon 28 Sep | short build | 5.1% | 0.30% | |
| Fri 25 Sep | short build | 1.6% | -0.27% | |
| Thu 24 Sep | short build | 1.7% | 0.36% | |
| Wed 23 Sep | long unwind | 1.6% | 0.11% | |
| Tue 22 Sep | long unwind | 1.8% | 0.32% | |
| Mon 21 Sep | short cover | 2.1% | 0.45% | |
| Fri 18 Sep | long unwind | 2.7% | 0.95% | |
| Thu 17 Sep | short cover | 2.5% | 0.20% |
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 400 to 2,000 on 14 Jan 2026; contracts either side are compared in shares, not lots.