20 May 2025

MO Briefing

20 May 2025 · NSE Derivatives Structure

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Posture

Early Contraction

1 session

First session of contractionary alignment. Persistence not yet confirmed.

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 — 653 instruments

60%
27%
Long Buildup 54Short Buildup 390Long Unwind 175Short Cover 17Neutral 17

Structural lean: -0.757(71 expansionary, 565 contractionary)

Basis Stress

Flip stress

0.83x

below baseline

Divergence

0.61x

below baseline

Basis flip stress below baseline (0.83x). Instrument divergence below baseline (0.61x)

Range Compression

Futures

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Equities

0.99x

below baseline · 2106 contracts

No surface data available

Recent Path

Early Expansion12
Fragmented Contraction13
Early Expansion14
Coordinated Expansion15
Coordinated Expansion16
Coordinated Expansion19
Early Contraction20

Structural Activity

Active
posture changed|flip stress normal|divergence normal

Transitioned from Coordinated Expansion

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