Nifty closed the day 313 points lower. Let us analyse the data for the day.
FIIs sold 16996 contracts in Index Futures worth 803.13 Cr
Futures data
Retail participants added 9.08K Long contracts & squared off 3.87K short contracts FIIs squared off 1.05K Long contracts & added 15.94K Short contracts Pro traders added 8.08K Long contracts & added 3K Short contracts
Call Option data
Retail participants bought 2.46 Lakh Call options & 1.54 Lakhs Calls were shorted by them FIIs bought 10.3K Call options & 20.93K Calls were shorted by them Pro traders bought 8K Call options & 87.90 K Calls were shorted by them
Put Option data
Retail participants bought 23.75K Puts and 22.69K Put Contracts were Shorted by them FIIs bought 12.59K Puts & 12.24K Puts were Shorted by them Pro traders bought 9.2K Puts & 11.61K Puts were Shorted by them.
All in all, Retail participants have gone aggressive on the Long side.
Net long in Futures having Long :: Short ratio of 1 :: 0.94 Net Long in Call options Net Short in Put options
FIIs are Net Short Futures having Long :: Short ratio of 1 :: 2.58 Net neutral in Call options & Net Long in Put Options
Pro traders are Net long in Futures having Long :: Short ratio of 1 :: 0.55 Net Short in Call option Net neutral in Put option
With Overall PCR at 0.77 & SGX showing a bumper opening, will retail traders win the battle tomorrow?
Majority of Call activity happened at 9000 & 9200 Strike price
Important levels for Nifty on the upside 9105 / 9253 / 9307 / 9334
Important levels for Nifty that should be watched 8960 / 8905
Take care & safe trading…!!!
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Those who are ready to take some risk may consider
Selling Nifty 21 May expiry
9200 Call option around 42
&
8800 Put option around 50
Max profit potential Rs 6900
We should be alert if Nifty closing below 8905 or above 9105
Loss in strategy if Nifty closes above 9292 or below 8712 so should give us enough scope to adjust our strategy.