NIFTYBANKNIFTYSENSEXthe day with its strikes, then the week and the month — and every expiry on the option-chain page
SENSEX
74,295
close of Fri 18 Sep
change
−0.03%
74,295 – 74,728
trend, this timeframe
falling
falling
the last swing was up; a pullback is in progress
a normal move
639
points, one day

Sixty sessions with the levels that have held, and the heaviest option strikes on the same price scale — the monthly expiry, Thu 24 Sep, 6 days to go.

SENSEX74,295 −0.03%fallingDay's range 433 pointsPCR 1.22Momentum strongly fallingRegime trending down
60 sessions · daily candles · the levels that have heldR1 75,474 · weekly tooWeekly R 74,534 · last weekly swingS1 73,981 · still formingWeekly S 73,220 · last weekly swingbroke up through 77,492broke down through 76,259broke up through 78,283broke down through 76,82374,295 close25 Jun14 Jul30 Jul17 Aug2 Sep
Open interest by strikeMonthly expiry · Thu 24 Sep · 6 days to go · PCR 1.22
calls writtenputs written74,50074,500 calls — 8,46,060 contracts open75,00075,000 calls — 5,01,640 contracts open74,60074,600 calls — 3,19,140 contracts open74,50074,500 puts — 10,09,000 contracts open74,60074,600 puts — 4,82,820 contracts open74,40074,400 puts — 4,61,400 contracts open74,295

Levels

  • R175,474on the weekly chart too
  • S173,981the low of the last ten sessions — still forming

R is resistance above the close, S is support below it, nearest first. Chosen by how often price has turned there and whether the weekly and monthly charts agree.

The day and the week

Day range433 pts
74,29574,728

closed at the low end of its day, 433 points below the high

Fell early, then recovered — 0.65% lower over the 5 sessions.

Where the option writers sit

Heaviest calls
74,500
Heaviest puts
74,500
Most option value expires at
74,600
PCR (puts against calls)
1.22

The strikes with the most open contracts on each side, and the strike where the most option value would expire worthless.

The last five sessions
SENSEX −0.65% over the week
Fri 11 Sep — fallingTue 15 Sep — fallingWed 16 Sep — fallingThu 17 Sep — fallingFri 18 Sep — falling11 Sep18 Sep
In plain words

Fell early, then recovered — 0.65% lower over the 5 sessions. All five sessions were falling.

The last session: 433 points from low to high; closed at the low end of its day, 433 points below the high.

The last weekly swing

71,546 on 2 Apr to 79,367 on 24 Apr, up 10.9% — and before it, 86,159 on 5 Dec to 71,546 on 2 Apr, down 17.0%.

R375,456reached 12 MayR274,995reached 8 Apr · from the earlier swingR174,534reached 12 MayS173,220not reached74,295where it closed

These are the levels of the two swings named above. R1 is the first one above today's close, S1 the first below. "Reached" means price has already traded through it.

What such levels have done
Price usually goes through these levels rather than back from them.
  • Closed straight through within ten sessions: 178 of 242 first touches.
  • Fell a full day's range back from one: 117 of the same 242.
  • Often on the very same touch — which is why a level can look like it held and price still ends up past it.
The Fibonacci number is not what makes it work.
  • Lines at ordinary fractions of the same swings — 0.30, 0.45, 0.55, 0.70, 0.85 — behaved the same.
  • Price went through 71% of those, against 74% of the Fibonacci ones.
  • It is the swing that matters, not the ratio.
Once price is cutting through a swing, it has tended to keep going.
  • After a close pushed half a day's range past the middle of the swing:
  • Reached the next level down within ten sessions: 39 of 49.
  • Within twenty sessions: 42 of 49.
  • A count of what has happened before, not a promise about this week.

Where SENSEX stands — day, week and month

the timeframes are not reading the same way.

Day

falling
74,294.96

lower highs and lower lows

Where in the swing
the last swing was up; a pullback is in progress
Momentum
strongly falling
Range
about as wide as usual
Compression
the compression rule reads: a move up out of the range
tightwide
73,981 – 76,883

over the next five sessions, the typical move has been about 1.0× a normal day's range; one in ten went beyond 2.8×

Week

rising
74,294.96

higher highs and higher lows

Where in the swing
the last swing was up; a pullback is in progress
Momentum
mixed
Range
about as wide as usual
Compression
the compression rule reads: a move up out of the range
tightwide
73,981 – 79,143

over the next few weeks, the typical move has been about 0.9× a normal week's range; one in ten went beyond 2.4×

Month

sideways
74,294.96

inside a range, neither side taken

Where in the swing
the last swing was down; a bounce is in progress
Momentum
mixed
Range
a wider stretch than usual
Compression
the compression rule reads: a move down out of the range
tightwide
71,546 – 86,159

over the next few months, the typical move has been about 0.9× a normal month's range; one in ten went beyond 1.9×

For NIFTYthe timeframes are not reading the same way; day falling; week rising; month sidewaysfalling
The picture

SENSEX · daily

DayWeekMonthFri 18 Sep 2026
put wall 68,000low 73,950low 74,134 ×1high 74,245 ×1call wall 74,500high 74,741high 75,111 ×2high 75,124 ×20.786 77,0720.618 77,2680.5 77,4050.382 77,542down through 76,823up through 78,283down through 76,259up through 77,492up through 76,627down through 74,134down through 76,259up through 77,636up through 75,850down through 72,55874,295 close25 Mar28 Apr27 May25 Jun24 Jul21 Aug120 sessions

Dashed grey: reference levels. Dotted violet: the heaviest option strikes. Dotted amber: extension and retracement levels. The shaded band is the recent range; triangles mark recorded breaks and confirmed formations.

For NIFTYlower highs and lower lows; compression rule: a move up out of the rangefalling
Where the levels are

Support and resistance

Fri 18 Sep 2026

Above

74,7410.7× a normal day0 touches
75,1111.3× a normal day2 touches · W
75,1241.3× a normal day2 touches · W

Below

74,2450.1× a normal day1 touch · W
74,1340.3× a normal day1 touch · W
73,9500.5× a normal day0 touches · W
For NIFTYnearest reference above at 74,741, about one normal day's range away; nearest reference below at 74,245, right at the level; past reference zones have not marked reversals better than chancefalling

What levels like these have done

Fri 18 Sep 2026
LevelTimes touched beforePrice came to itTurned a day’s range backClosed throughPast cases
above the close, also on a longer timeframe176 in 10065 in 10079 in 1003,962
above the close176 in 10060 in 10081 in 1002,992
above the close, also on a longer timeframe288 in 10063 in 10082 in 1001,587
above the close279 in 10064 in 10084 in 100459
above the close, also on a longer timeframe3+91 in 10058 in 10085 in 1002,231
above the close3+93 in 10070 in 10086 in 100449
below the close, also on a longer timeframe166 in 10076 in 10076 in 1004,686
below the close159 in 10075 in 10075 in 1003,915
below the close, also on a longer timeframe280 in 10071 in 10075 in 1001,817
below the close276 in 10075 in 10075 in 100460
below the close, also on a longer timeframe3+85 in 10071 in 10079 in 1002,409
below the close3+83 in 10074 in 10069 in 100513

The last two columns are counted over the touches that were REACHED, and they overlap: on one touch price can turn a day’s range back and still close beyond it inside the window. Both are shown because printing one of them would be choosing the answer. On a level like the ones in this table, price came to it 88 times in 100, over 1,587 past cases; of those it turned a day's range back 63 times in 100 and closed through 82 times in 100.

How far it has actually travelled

Fri 18 Sep 2026
Over50 sessions in 100 stayed inside75 sessions in 100 stayed inside90 sessions in 100 stayed inside
the next session0.6%1.0%1.6%
the next 5 sessions1.5%2.5%3.5%
the next 21 sessions3.2%5.3%7.1%

How far the index has actually travelled, counted over every past session. Read a row as: over that many sessions, this many in a hundred stayed inside that much either way. 75 sessions in 100 have stayed inside 2.5% either way over the next 5 sessions.

M and W formations, and their necklines

ShapeConfirmedNecklineHeightMeasured moveWhat happened
M2026-08-3175,4744.7×72,666still open
W2026-08-2479,1434.6×82,027still open
M2026-08-0775,4744.2×72,284still open
W2026-07-2978,2832.5×80,306did not reach
W2026-07-2978,6653.2×81,247did not reach
M2026-07-2276,2592.8×73,853did not reach
W2026-07-1378,6652.9×81,247did not reach
M2026-07-1073,3196.3×68,253still open
W2026-06-2978,3852.3×80,511still open
M2026-06-2373,3195.5×68,253still open
For NIFTYlower highs and lower lowsfalling

Breakouts and breakdowns

WhenWayLevelCloseHow far it wentStill beyond
2026-09-02down through76,82376,5703.4×yes
2026-08-03up through78,28378,6391.1×yes
2026-07-24down through76,25976,0600.0×no
2026-07-02up through77,49277,5021.4×no
2026-06-16up through76,62776,8080.9×no
2026-06-08down through74,13473,5240.7×no
2026-05-11down through76,25976,0151.9×yes
2026-04-15up through77,63678,1111.1×yes
2026-04-08up through75,85077,5631.7×yes
2026-03-30down through72,55871,9480.7×no
2026-03-23down through73,95072,6961.6×yes
2026-02-13down through82,92582,6270.7×yes
2026-01-08down through84,47184,1812.8×yes
2026-01-02up through85,73885,7620.3×no
2025-12-22up through85,32185,5670.7×no
2025-12-09down through84,76484,6660.9×yes
2025-11-19up through85,10685,1861.1×yes
2025-10-31down through83,95783,9391.9×yes
2025-10-16up through83,14183,4683.3×yes
2025-09-16up through82,23182,3811.5×no
For NIFTYlower highs and lower lowsfalling