17 Mar 2025

MO Briefing

17 Mar 2025 · NSE Derivatives Structure

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Posture

Expansion Under Stress

1 session

Expanding with internal strain. Basis structure under stress.

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

50%
20%
21%
Long Buildup 331Short Buildup 130Long Unwind 21Short Cover 139Neutral 37

Structural lean: +0.485(470 expansionary, 151 contractionary)

Basis Stress

Flip stress

1.04x

elevated

Divergence

1.17x

elevated

Basis flip stress elevated (1.04x baseline). Instrument divergence elevated (1.17x baseline)

Range Compression

Futures

0.82x

below baseline · 2 contracts

Equities

0.79x

below baseline · 2048 contracts

Compressed ranges (0.82x baseline)

Recent Path

Fragmented Expansion06
Fragmented Contraction07
Coordinated Contraction10
Expansion Under Stress11
Early Contraction12
Contraction Under Stress13
Expansion Under Stress17

Structural Activity

Elevated
posture changed|flip stress elevated|divergence elevated

Transitioned from Contraction Under Stress

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