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29 Dec ‘23 - Nifty Still Bullish, A Great Happy Near Year to ALLNifty Analysis - Stance: Bullish Recap from yesterday: “Nifty is definitely on cloud 9, the newfound momentum is intact and almost all the sectorial indices are strong. What next? Is a big question. Just like a goods train, it is difficult to stop the bull run that fast. For tomorrow, I wish to continue my bullish stance with the first support level at 21652.” 4mts chart link - click here It seems the bulls were not in the mood to rally today. We gave up some gains early in the day and at 21683 levels we found a shallow support. We again retested those levels by 14.19 only to reject the fall. Connecting the dots with yesterday’s price action - it appeared to be a neutral day with the trades in a narrow range. What a year Nifty had in 2023, today was the last working day in the calendar year and the first working day of Q4 expiry. 63mts chart link - click here Nifty is still way above the ascending channel showing bullishness. As long as the soft support level of 21652 is respected, we do not wish to change the stance. Meanwhile, we need to be mindful of any global macros that could develop over the weekend as New Year’s usually brings about some odd surprises.
NSE:NIFTYLong
by viswaram
28th Dec ’23 - New ATH on the last day of the Quarter & MonthNifty Quarterly Analysis Nifty has gained 2263pts ~ 11.6% in the 3rd Quarter of FY2023-24. Almost on 9 particular days, we hit new all-time highs. 1D chart link - click here Nifty Monthly Analysis Surprisingly 70% of the gains for the Q3 came in the December series. We rose 8.21% ~ 1653pts. 8 out of the 9 ATH breaks also came in the Dec series. It really was a December to remember for the bulls. 1D chart link - click here Nifty Analysis Recap from yesterday: “Nifty has created another bullish trend line above the ascending channel. The level of euphoria is beyond compare & N50 has managed to give stellar returns this calendar year. Anyway — I will be hoping for a bullish continuation and a new top for tomorrow.” 4mts chart link - click here On the last day of the month and Q3, Nifty makes a new all-time high of 21801. So the magic level of 21800 is conquered. Guessing most of the buying would have been propelled by the FIIs and that too after 14.59. India VIX went over 16% but ended the day at 15.14. I feel like the Bears have lost control of the situation here, not just that they can check the bull runs but are ceding territory far too easily. Investors really love bull markets, their portfolio grows greener day by day. But from a trading perspective, a high level of euphoria is dangerous. The CALL options of the 04 Jan series were trading 25 to 40% higher than usual rates. The collapse of this excess in the last 15mts would have taken many traders by surprise. When we place market orders - we seldom realize the “fair value” of strikes. 63mts chart link- click here Nifty is definitely on cloud 9, the newfound momentum is intact and almost all the sectorial indices are strong. What next? Is a big question. Just like a goods train, it is difficult to stop the bull run that fast. Global markets are also at all-time-high levels and the macros are improving. For tomorrow, I wish to continue my bullish stance with the first support level at 21652.
NSE:NIFTYLong
by viswaram
26th Dec ’23 - BankNifty stance changed to neutral, IV going upBankNifty Analysis Was quite surprised to see BankNifty following the ascending channel’s bottom trendline with a near correlation. Only for a brief period, we traded in RED, once BN pulled itself above water - it was able to hold its level quite strongly. 4mts chart link - click here KOTAKBANK, AXISBANK, and HDFCBANK were trading in green giving BN a much-needed green cushion. Even then there was no strong bullish momentum today - it was just that the bears did not have any control today. 63mts chart link - click here On the higher timeframe, BN is still inside the ascending channel. The bears are unable to exert any pressure post 20th December. Since BN is not ceding ground, I have to change my status from bearish to neutral for tomorrow. This week BankNifty and Nifty are expiring together on Thursday, which means we have no instruments expiring tomorrow 27th Dec. India VIX rose 7.08% today almost touching the 15 levels. Looks like VIX is creating an interim bottom. My EMA’s will show a golden crossover in 2 days if we continue the rising trend. After the news broke out about the drone attack on 2 vessels carrying Indian nationals - I seriously thought we would have a negative reaction today. Seems like the markets were not at all bothered. My next question is, will the market react to this news tomorrow? - “blast outside the Israel embassy in Delhi” VIX 1D chart - click here
NSE:BANKNIFTY
by viswaram
26th Dec ’23 - Positive Day with a rising VIX - PostMortem NiftyNifty Analysis Recap from yesterday: “Since Monday is a holiday, it gives us added uncertainty on what to expect on Tuesday. Despite the 94pts gain by Nifty — I still see the price action as negative. I would like to go with a bearish stance for 26th Dec.” 4mts chart link - click here Seems like I got the bet wrong, despite weakening geopolitical events - Nifty traded in the positive territory today. Only in the opening 15mts or so we saw a slight tendency to go below water but it was quickly bought into. Nifty rallied 146pts ~ 0.69pts from the LOD to HOD by 12.23. NiftyIT 4mts charts - click here Once it hit the intraday high, the steam eased off and then we started going sideways. NiftyIT has been such a decisive factor for Nifty50 these days. It lost almost 382pts ~ 1.07% and then recovered 492pts ~ 1.4% all in the opening 90mts. The final close was in the RED though (-0.41%). 63mts chart link - click here I am forced to change my stance from bearish to neutral as the price action now shows a higher tendency to go up rather than down. Those strong RED candles of 20th Dec still haunt me - but it has failed to gather the momentum of the other bears. Since it's a holiday week - the FII action may be at a reduced space. Lower liquidity could bring in unusual price spikes - it is best suggested to take your trades with caution.
NSE:NIFTY
by viswaram
27th Oct ’23 - A Day to Rest & Reload - Nifty PostMortemNifty Analysis Recap from yesterday: “For tomorrow, I wish to maintain my bearish stance and expect Nifty to trade between 18880 and 18762. If we break 18762, my next target would be 18597.” Nifty took a breather today, opened gap up around the 18930 area and rose steadily. We did not retouch or break the low of 25 Oct ie 19075 zone, slightly indicating that the bottom may not be in place. Since my bearish view went into loss today, I had to square it off. My current view is neutral and would like to go bearish if the swing low of 18837 is broken again. The moment Nifty climbs back above 19170, I wish to go long. Usually in periods of aggressive directional moves, strong indices usually take a breather to regain the strength. I wish to see it that way for the time being. The price actions of Monday and Tuesday will give us more clarity and we will be able to deploy better strategies then. A simple Fibonacci level places the 23.6% retracement level at 19083 and 38.2% at 19227. Ideally, the bearish trend could still be intact until 19227 but the problem is that we cannot predict with certainty if that would come in this weekly series or not. For Monday, I wish to go with a neutral stance and choose the direction based on how markets move in the forenoon session. Personally, I prefer the markets to go lower as the rising VIX would lift the options premium.
NSE:NIFTY
by viswaram
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26th Oct ’23 - Nifty hits the jackpot of 18880 - PostMortemNifty Weekly Expiry Analysis Nifty fell a whopping 765pts ~ 3.90% between the last expiry and today. Most importantly it has retraced all its gains from 28th June to close below 18880. We will cover why that is relevant below, but this fall of 4% signals a reversal in trend. Even though VIX is still below 12%, it is showing a tendency to spike, reassuring the bearish sentiment. Nifty Today’s Analysis Recap from yesterday: “On the daily timeframe, the next possible candle that should appear should have its low touching the 18880 level (best case). If Nifty manages to pull this out, it will be an awesome November and December month getting lined up for the Bears. Since Nifty went up from 18880 to 19310 as 3 white soldiers, the return should be nothing less than 3 black crows.” Nifty50 was quite benevolent today, we set a target of 18880 and Nifty hit that by 10.55. That’s a first - 99 out of 100 days the strategy we set for days like these ends up worthless. A day like today will ensure that 1 day is good enough for the options to go deep in the money. We had a gap down open of -86pts ~ 0.45% and from there we fell another 193pts ~ 1.02%. The final close was at 18857. The chart may not paint the severity of the move since its on a logarithmic scale - but trust me, the pain was much more. Except for AXIS, ITC and HCLTECH - the cuts were pretty steep for everything else. On the 1hr chart, the intensity of the first candle is quite obvious. We took out 211 ~1.11% in the first hour itself. The remainder of the day was more or less sideways with a slight bearish intent. On the daily TF, notice the orange color encircled regions. You can quickly relate what 3 white soldiers and 3 black crows are. Today’s closing ensures we retouched the new ATH set on 01 Dec 2022 & 19 Jun 2023. Further price action should be interesting as the global macros keep on deteriorating. For tomorrow, I wish to maintain my bearish stance and expect Nifty to trade between 18880 and 18762. If we break 18762, my next target would be 18597.
NSE:NIFTYShort
by viswaram
25th Oct ’23 - When will the 18880 level get broken? Nifty50Nifty Analysis Recap from yesterday: “Since we are back at the 19310 levels, my point is — the next fall may be as deep as 18880 i.e 430pts ~ 2%. Nifty has no experience trading between these 2 zones earlier, so the supports should be equally powerless. I can mark the top of the candles as support zones, but they would be predictably weak (19190 & 18969).” Nifty did not disappoint the Bears today. The start was right at the 19310 level and we managed to stay around that zone till 10.40. Honestly, I was also fearful that my bearish call may not work out today. For the last 1 to 2 years, Nifty has shown unbelievable resilience that will suck the soul out of any bear. Luckily, the fall started to accelerate once we broke from the 19310 laxman rekha i.e after 10.45. We fell to a new swing low of 19074 intraday, levels last seen as of 30th June 2023. The bounce of 104pts was healthy and gave the bears quite a good premium to enter the 2nd level of shorts. On the daily timeframe, the next possible candle that should appear should have its low touching the 18880 level (best case). If Nifty manages to pull this out, it will be an awesome November and December month getting lined up for the Bears. Since Nifty went up from 18880 to 19310 as 3 white soldiers, the return should be nothing less than 3 black crows. If we get that tomorrow - we are in for a treat, because the entire price action above 19310 right up to 20222 will lose its relevance. I wish to maintain my bearish stance for tomorrow’s expiry and hope to collect some good premiums. A noticeable change we saw today was the spike of India VIX to 12 levels. Although we cooled off and closed at 11.3125, the future holds promise.
NSE:NIFTYShort
by viswaram
23rd Oct ’23 - The perfect day to break 2 supports - NiftyNifty Analysis Recap from yesterday: “Keeping the global macros in mind, I still wish to continue my bearish stance and expect the 19446 to be taken out on Monday and retest the 19310 soon.” If you watched the opening minutes, you would not have guessed the 283+ intraday fall possibilities. We had a flat open instead of a gap-down even after a weak handout from US markets last Friday. The options data did not indicate any directional bias. Even India VIX fell to 9.68 by 10.00 indicating a collapse of The best evidence was India VIX which fell to a session low of 9.68 by 10.00, unbelievably down by 9.5%. I had 2 short positions on Nifty, long puts and short calls. I planned to unwind the short calls and get into the FinNifty options to take advantage of the expiry today. This plan was spoiled by the 10.00 AM red candle that prevented me from switching. What happened from there was simply magical. By 11.40 we tested the first support of 19446 and by 13.30 we broke that. Honestly, I thought that's how the day ends. The real party was just starting. Between 14.05 to close we fell a massive 180pts ~ 0.93% and took out the 19310 crucial support pretty easily. On the 1hr chart, its more clear and loud. The 14.15 candle shaved off 165pts ~ 0.85% and the length of that candle does tell a story. Since that support is broken, it may pave the way for further downfall. To prove this point, had to bring up the daily chart. See the encircled region, Nifty sent 3 white soldiers on 28th June to break out from the 18880 level. That helped it conquer 2 new ATHs on 20th July and 15th Sep. Since we are back at the 19310 levels, my point is - the next fall may be as deep as 18880 i.e 430pts ~ 2%. Nifty has no experience trading between these 2 zones earlier, so the supports should be equally powerless. I can mark the top of the candles as support zones, but they would be predictably weak (19190 & 18969). Since we have a holiday tomorrow (Dussehra) we may have to watch how SPX reacts for 2 days. If the Global macros improve, a brief relief rally above 19310 may be visible, but seeing the strength of the RED daily candle, I wish to continue my bearish stance.
NSE:NIFTYShort
by viswaram
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20th Oct ’23 - Contrasting Trade Signals by N50 and BN todayNifty Analysis Recap from yesterday: ”Since we are between 19446 and 19776, Nifty is still range bound — but BankNifty has fallen below the support and is looking weak. For tomorrow I wish to change my stance to bearish with the first target of 19511 and 2nd target of 19446. If we are climbing up, would not prefer to go long until 19776 is not taken out.” Nifty had a gap-down opening with the long wick on the 1st candle retesting the 19520 swing-low we hit yesterday. Right after that the momentum just died out. There were no wild swings or flash moves - we just traded flat. A consolidation at these levels was not something I had in mind. It is too early for that as worsening global macros should have pushed Nifty below 19310 by now. As I write this newsletter, India VIX ended the trade at 10.81 and US VIX is at 21.6. Can you imagine we have a 100% gap between the India and US volatility index? I am 100% sure that one of these markets is pricing in the information wrongly. No way both of them can be right. On the 1hr chart - today’s 0.42% drop has not moved the needle or bias. The first support of 19446 is still untested, which means higher weightage will go for range-based trade instead of outright bearish. Keeping the global macros in mind, I still wish to continue my bearish stance and expect the 19446 to be taken out on Monday and retest the 19310 soon.
NSE:NIFTYShort
by viswaram
17th Oct ’23 - Nifty Breaches Resistance Zone 19776 - PostMortemNifty Analysis Recap from yesterday: “On the 1hr chart, I wish to maintain the neutral stance until we break out or break down. Since we are near the resistance level, the probability of breaking out could be higher. That does not mean we jump the gun and take the trade early — patience is gold” Nifty got a mega boost by the gap-up open of almost 118pts ~ 0.6%. Since it took out my resistance zone, I had to change my bias from neutral to bullish. Interestingly Nifty looked strong till 13.20 after which it shed 72pts ~ 0.36% in 50mts. Despite that misadventure, we still respected the support of 19776. The final closing was also quite good and above the 19800 levels. On the 1hr TF, we have formed an island just above the 19776 levels. Today’s swing high has taken out the highs of 12th October. I wish to continue with my bullish stance as long as the support of 19776 is respected. Ideally, the next target should be 19907 and then 19998 if we are going up. Not sure why, but our markets are looking bullish despite a war in the Middle East, surging gold, surging crude oil, and surging treasury yields in the US. Why are Indian stock indices insulated from these multi-headed shocks? Either the fundamentals are not bad or the technicals (charts) have not priced in these anomalies. As a technical trader, the only option for me is to follow the charts even while knowing something’s off. India VIX @ 10.69, US VIX @ 17.88
NSE:NIFTYLong
by viswaram
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16th Oct ’23 - Flattish Day with no flavor - PostMortem on NiftyNifty Analysis Recap from yesterday: “On the 1hr pattern, the first thing I would like to do is change my stance from bullish to neutral. We have broken the 19776 support today and well above the 19446 zone. For Monday I wish to go with the neutral trades only and go short if we fall below 19614 in the forenoon session.” We started the day with a strong red candle, maybe the spillover effect as SPX had closed with a cut of 0.5% on Friday. We did not fall below 19614 so there was no question of going short. Interestingly we recovered 89pts by 11.45 and was trading with a tint of green. Markets were absolutely flat with no flavor, people who had deployed directional strategies would have felt asleep seeing the price action. Traders who went with non-directional strategies like the iron condor, iron fly or straddles/strangles would have hit the jackpot. In the last hour, we gave away 50pts - but nothing to worry about. Our VIX ended the day with 11.07 whereas US VIX is still at 17.61 even after a 9% collapse after SPX went green today. Lower VIX in Indian markets reflects the lack of fear or uncertainties - reiterating that it is a pathetic period to sell options thinking you can collect whatever premium is available. Selling low is not a good strategy - it is better to wait out or take a vacation if you are that impulsive. On the 1hr chart, I wish to maintain the neutral stance until we break out or break down. Since we are near the resistance level, the probability of breaking out could be higher. That does not mean we jump the gun and take the trade early - patience is gold. I personally prefer to see a fall and retest of the 19446 levels by this Thursday - that is the only way I know to drive up the VIX.
NSE:NIFTY
by viswaram
11 Aug ’23 Post Mortem on Nifty Full Short, But VIX disappointsThe first 5mts candle today had a swing range of 0.34% ~ 66pts but this did not drive up the OTM premiums. The majority of traders have forgotten what fear was like. India VIX was up 2 to 3% then and still in the 11.5 range. The complacency has gotten into the traders so deep that they think some dip buyers will come in and rally the markets by closing hour. Today we did not witness that, Nifty50 for a change did not see dip buyers in the last hour. Instead the selling was intensifying. Even then - there is no fear, in fact VIX closed with just a 1.07% gain. As I write this article, US VIX is 15.78 and SPX is just 3.23% down from the 52 week highs. Also now could be the best time for the big bears to enter the market as the valuations & prices are lofty and they get good meat! Glad yesterday’s short call worked out, but nothing to be proud of as 19296 (recent swing low) was not taken out. We did not even get near it today. You might be thinking I am pessimistic about Indian stock markets and a permabear - the reality is I am not. There is a severe disconnect between the stock valuations and the actual economy. I will try to publish the research “Why a full blown depression is a blessing for the poor '' by this weekend. The prices of day-to-day essentials are so high that low income households are slipping into poverty. Stock markets reflect the rich, not the poor. The broader economy can remain down and stock markets up for a long period of time, its just euphoria. But what bends usually is the stock price! On the 1hr TF, Nifty50 has fallen back below the bearish trend line. We will continue to go short till this status quo holds. The first target to take out will be the recent swing low of 19296. The next support comes at 19190.
NSE:NIFTYShort
by viswaram
PostMortem on BankNifty Today & Analysis of 19 JUN 2023Nifty50 missed ATH by 6 points, the real reason was due to bank nifty - will explain it to you today. Banknifty made some strange price actions today. Nifty50 had a gap up opening and was roaring to break the ATH, banknifty on the other had had an inline opening and was stuck below the resistance. The real reason N50 couldn't scale the peak was because BN was unable to cross the resistance of 44068. Unlike the last session, NiftyIT was in green till 10.00 N50 and BN had similar chart pattern today, with a fall till 11.00 and then a minor recovery till 13.00. The next fall at 13.05 got abruptly ended at 13.30 and then the next 1hr of trade made no sense to me. Ideally there was no support zone for either BN or N50 but we failed to retest the recent swing lows. Adding to the surprise we had a super green candle at 14.35 that went up by 131pts for BN. From there we had a flattish close for BN but N50 was looking ready to fall. On the 5mts TF N50 closed just below the resistance zone of 18762. But this is not really visible on the 15mts and 1hr TF as we ran out of time. The recovery in the last hour helped both BN and N50 cut their losses. It all seemed like BN did not want to support N50 in creating its ATH today - will it support it later this week, lets us find out. Since tomorrow is Finnifty expiry we will have lot of positional moves esp after 14.30. --- 15mts is not that bearish because the 15th June session low is still not broken. Ideally it should have been taken out today - the drop in sudden momentum after 14.30 today seemed unusual. --- 1hr is not helping the bears so far, BN is below the resistance of 44068 and above the support of 43253. Ideally there should be another SR zone created at 43441, but I thought will wait for few more sessions before doing so. A fall from these levels will definitely pump up the options premium, there was a slight indication of rise in India VIX today. 10.9 ~ 11.3 levels of VIX is too less by any standards!
NSE:BANKNIFTY
by viswaram