13 Aug 2025

MO Briefing

13 Aug 2025 · NSE Derivatives Structure

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Posture

Fragmented Expansion

1 session

Expansionary 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 — 646 instruments

50%
18%
21%
Long Buildup 324Short Buildup 119Long Unwind 29Short Cover 135Neutral 39

Structural lean: +0.481(459 expansionary, 148 contractionary)

Basis Stress

Flip stress

0.67x

below baseline

Divergence

1.01x

elevated

Basis flip stress below baseline (0.67x). Instrument divergence elevated (1.01x baseline)

Range Compression

Futures

0.70x

below baseline · 4 contracts

Equities

0.79x

below baseline · 2087 contracts

Deeply compressed ranges (0.70x baseline)

Recent Path

Fragmented Contraction05
Coordinated Contraction06
Fragmented Expansion07
Contraction Under Stress08
Expansion Under Stress11
Fragmented Contraction12
Fragmented Expansion13

Structural Activity

Elevated
posture changed|flip stress normal|divergence elevated

Transitioned from Fragmented Contraction

Next MO Briefing: Monday 08:30 IST

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