16 Dec 2025

MO Briefing

16 Dec 2025 · NSE Derivatives Structure

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Posture

Coordinated Contraction

1 session

Instruments aligned in contraction. 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 — 630 instruments

60%
22%
Long Buildup 58Short Buildup 381Long Unwind 140Short Cover 30Neutral 21

Structural lean: -0.687(88 expansionary, 521 contractionary)

Basis Stress

Flip stress

0.57x

below baseline

Divergence

0.89x

below baseline

Basis flip stress below baseline (0.57x). Instrument divergence below baseline (0.89x)

Range Compression

Futures

0.73x

below baseline · 3 contracts

Equities

0.78x

below baseline · 2367 contracts

Compressed ranges (0.73x baseline)

Recent Path

Early Contraction08
Early Expansion09
Fragmented Contraction10
Early Expansion11
Fragmented Expansion12
Fragmented Contraction15
Coordinated Contraction16

Structural Activity

Active
posture changed|flip stress normal|divergence normal

Transitioned from Fragmented Contraction

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