20 Aug 2025

MO Briefing

20 Aug 2025 · NSE Derivatives Structure

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Posture

Coordinated Expansion

2 sessions

Instruments aligned in expansion. Structure is coherent.

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

34%
34%
13%
15%
Long Buildup 219Short Buildup 222Long Unwind 85Short Cover 97Neutral 23

Structural lean: +0.014(316 expansionary, 307 contractionary)

Basis Stress

Flip stress

0.76x

below baseline

Divergence

0.79x

below baseline

Basis flip stress below baseline (0.76x). Instrument divergence below baseline (0.79x)

Range Compression

Futures

1.93x

elevated · 4 contracts

Equities

0.73x

below baseline · 2101 contracts

Expanded ranges (1.93x baseline)

Recent Path

Expansion Under Stress11
Fragmented Contraction12
Fragmented Expansion13
Fragmented Contraction14
Early Expansion18
Coordinated Expansion19
Coordinated Expansion20

Structural Activity

Quiet
posture held|flip stress normal|divergence normal

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