17 Dec 2025

MO Briefing

17 Dec 2025 · NSE Derivatives Structure

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Posture

Coordinated Contraction

2 sessions

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

19%
49%
17%
10%
Long Buildup 120Short Buildup 308Long Unwind 107Short Cover 66Neutral 29

Structural lean: -0.363(186 expansionary, 415 contractionary)

Basis Stress

Flip stress

0.70x

below baseline

Divergence

0.60x

below baseline

Basis flip stress below baseline (0.70x). Instrument divergence below baseline (0.60x)

Range Compression

Futures

0.91x

below baseline · 3 contracts

Equities

0.84x

below baseline · 2369 contracts

Compressed ranges (0.91x baseline)

Recent Path

Early Expansion09
Fragmented Contraction10
Early Expansion11
Fragmented Expansion12
Fragmented Contraction15
Coordinated Contraction16
Coordinated Contraction17

Structural Activity

Quiet
posture held|flip stress normal|divergence normal

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