18 Nov 2025

MO Briefing

18 Nov 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 — 636 instruments

11%
57%
24%
Long Buildup 69Short Buildup 363Long Unwind 151Short Cover 33Neutral 20

Structural lean: -0.648(102 expansionary, 514 contractionary)

Basis Stress

Flip stress

1.04x

elevated

Divergence

0.61x

below baseline

Basis flip stress elevated (1.04x baseline). Instrument divergence below baseline (0.61x)

Range Compression

Futures

0.93x

below baseline · 3 contracts

Equities

0.83x

below baseline · 2305 contracts

Compressed ranges (0.93x baseline)

Recent Path

Coordinated Expansion10
Coordinated Expansion11
Coordinated Expansion12
Fragmented Contraction13
Fragmented Expansion14
Coordinated Expansion17
Contraction Under Stress18

Structural Activity

Elevated
posture changed|flip stress elevated|divergence normal

Transitioned from Coordinated Expansion

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