24 Jul 2025

MO Briefing

24 Jul 2025 · NSE Derivatives Structure

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Posture

Contraction Under Stress

1 session

Contracting 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 — 659 instruments

18%
45%
23%
11%
Long Buildup 116Short Buildup 299Long Unwind 150Short Cover 74Neutral 20

Structural lean: -0.393(190 expansionary, 449 contractionary)

Basis Stress

Flip stress

1.22x

elevated

Divergence

0.76x

below baseline

Basis flip stress elevated (1.22x baseline). Instrument divergence below baseline (0.76x)

Range Compression

Futures

0.97x

below baseline · 5 contracts

Equities

0.91x

below baseline · 2046 contracts

Compressed ranges (0.97x baseline)

Recent Path

Fragmented Contraction16
Coordinated Contraction17
Coordinated Contraction18
Fragmented Expansion21
Contraction Under Stress22
Expansion Under Stress23
Contraction Under Stress24

Structural Activity

Elevated
posture changed|flip stress elevated|divergence normal

Transitioned from Expansion Under Stress

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