04 Mar 2025

MO Briefing

04 Mar 2025 · NSE Derivatives Structure

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Posture

Fragmented Contraction

1 session

Contractionary lean but instruments disagreeing. Surface alignment masks internal divergence.

How to read this

The compass maps the structural posture of the derivatives market. The horizontal axis shows expansion vs contraction. The vertical axis shows coherence vs stress.

The dot marks today's position. The trail shows the past 7 sessions. The posture label describes what the structure is — not where it's going.

Depth panels below show the underlying measurements: positioning breadth, basis stress, range compression, and structural activity.

Depth

Positioning — 658 instruments

34%
42%
Long Buildup 226Short Buildup 274Long Unwind 49Short Cover 64Neutral 45

Structural lean: -0.050(290 expansionary, 323 contractionary)

Basis Stress

Flip stress

0.77x

below baseline

Divergence

1.53x

elevated

Basis flip stress below baseline (0.77x). Instrument divergence elevated (1.53x baseline)

Range Compression

Futures

0.88x

below baseline · 2 contracts

Equities

0.93x

below baseline · 2038 contracts

Compressed ranges (0.88x baseline)

Recent Path

Contraction Under Stress21
Contraction Under Stress24
Contraction Under Stress25
Coordinated Contraction27
Coordinated Contraction28
Fragmented Expansion03
Fragmented Contraction04

Structural Activity

Elevated
posture changed|flip stress normal|divergence elevated

Transitioned from Fragmented Expansion

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