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Live options chain, Put-Call Ratio and Max Pain, with open interest build-up by strike. Derivatives carry a high risk of loss.
Put-Call Ratio
0.74
Put OI ÷ call OI
Max Pain
₹22,700
Above Spot
Total Call OI
40.9 L
Total Put OI
30.2 L
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F&O positioning
How institutions, prop desks and retail are positioned, and where option writers see support and resistance.
Who is long and short index futures
Open contracts by participant on 23 Oct 2026 (NSE participant-wise open interest)
- Foreign institutionsLong 36,986 · Short 3.2 L · net short 2.8 L
- Domestic institutionsLong 50,634 · Short 11,254 · net long 39,380
- Proprietary tradersLong 70,318 · Short 44,823 · net long 25,495
- Retail & other clientsLong 2.8 L · Short 62,683 · net long 2.2 L
| Participant | Stock fut. long | Stock fut. short | Index calls long | Index puts long | Index calls short | Index puts short |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 83.4 L | 83.4 L | 68.2 L | 55.9 L | 68.2 L | 55.9 L |
| Pro | 9.0 L | 5.1 L | 14.6 L | 12.7 L | 14.1 L | 10.4 L |
| FII | 36.4 L | 28.4 L | 9.6 L | 12.9 L | 12.4 L | 7.1 L |
| DII | 4.0 L | 47.1 L | 11,091 | 93,253 | 1,936 | 246 |
| Client | 33.9 L | 2.7 L | 43.9 L | 29.5 L | 41.6 L | 38.3 L |
Foreign institutions' index futures
Share of their index-futures positions that are long, by day
Option chain at the close
- Spot
- 22,600
- Expiry
- 27 Oct 2026
- Max pain
- 22,700
- Put-call ratio
- 0.74
- Resistance (call OI)
- 24,000
- Support (put OI)
- 21,500
- Near-month future
- 22,576.6 (-23.4 basis)
- Build-up
- Long unwinding -0.59%
A PCR above 1 means more puts are open than calls - often read as support below the market.
NIFTY open interest by strike
Calls (resistance) and puts (support) open at each strike, in contracts, 23 Oct 2026 close
- Call OI
- Put OI
Build-up across every F&O stock
219 underlyings at the 23 Oct 2026 close · near-month future's price and open interest · click a row to chart its option chain
| Future | Build-up | Max pain | Lot | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,452.8 | -0.56% | +125.00% | Short build-up | 0.91 | 1,475 | 1,100 | |
| ANANDRATHI | 2,232.9 | +0.09% | -74.95% | Short covering | 1.39 | 2,140 | 250 |
| SAGILITY | 43.93 | -3.45% | -57.95% | Long unwinding | 0.51 | 44 | 12,000 |
| PETRONET | 286.55 | -1.82% | -55.25% | Long unwinding | 0.66 | 290 | 1,900 |
| SAIL | 163.08 | -3.65% | -54.77% | Long unwinding | 0.88 | 170 | 4,700 |
| JSWSTEEL | 1,184.4 | -3.23% | -54.42% | Long unwinding | 0.64 | 1,220 | 675 |
| PHOENIXLTD | 1,863.3 | -2.40% | -53.37% | Long unwinding | 0.87 | 1,900 | 350 |
| MPHASIS | 2,481.4 | -1.09% | -53.20% | Long unwinding | 0.84 | 2,400 | 275 |
| PIIND | 2,046.7 | -1.30% | -53.17% | Long unwinding | 0.69 | 2,220 | 175 |
| LICHSGFIN | 492.35 | -1.72% | -52.37% | Long unwinding | 0.72 | 525 | 1,000 |
| TATACONSUM | 954.1 | -0.21% | -52.03% | Long unwinding | 0.58 | 960 | 550 |
| BRITANNIA | 4,538.6 | -1.70% | -51.64% | Long unwinding | 0.58 | 4,800 | 125 |
| ICICIGI | 1,592.2 | -2.25% | -51.08% | Long unwinding | 0.64 | 1,660 | 325 |
| UNOMINDA | 1,054.6 | -1.25% | -51.05% | Long unwinding | 0.97 | 1,100 | 550 |
| MOTHERSON | 149.92 | -2.67% | -51.04% | Long unwinding | 0.59 | 157.5 | 6,150 |
| ADANIPORTS | 1,707 | -2.21% | -50.78% | Long unwinding | 0.67 | 1,740 | 475 |
| PNBHOUSING | 1,094.1 | -3.41% | -50.56% | Long unwinding | 0.65 | 1,140 | 650 |
| WAAREEENER | 2,352.6 | -0.85% | -50.43% | Long unwinding | 0.79 | 2,440 | 175 |
| HAVELLS | 1,028.8 | -4.61% | -49.89% | Long unwinding | 0.65 | 1,060 | 500 |
| LODHA | 958.4 | -5.10% | -49.83% | Long unwinding | 0.98 | 1,080 | 625 |
| MAHABANK | 75.43 | -3.68% | -49.45% | Long unwinding | 0.61 | 80 | 6,500 |
| HCLTECH | 1,415.8 | +0.05% | -49.12% | Neutral | 1.34 | 1,310 | 400 |
| COLPAL | 1,607.2 | -4.57% | -48.93% | Long unwinding | 0.85 | 1,800 | 275 |
| INDHOTEL | 773.75 | -1.08% | -48.83% | Long unwinding | 0.78 | 760 | 1,000 |
| CIPLA | 1,327.5 | -0.02% | -48.58% | Neutral | 0.69 | 1,340 | 425 |
Rising price with rising open interest is fresh buying (long build-up); falling price with rising open interest, fresh selling (short build-up). Rising price on falling open interest is shorts closing; falling price on falling open interest, longs exiting.
Position limits and OI moves
Which F&O stocks are nearing the ban, and where open interest changed most since the last session.
Closest to the F&O ban
3 in the ban · 4 above 80%
- SAIL91.1%In ban
- AMBUJACEM88.9%In ban
- MANAPPURAM87.3%
- INOXWIND86.2%
- LICHSGFIN85.9%
- KAYNES83.5%In ban
- BANDHANBNK81.0%
- CROMPTON79.9%
- IDEA79.5%
- LICI78.2%
- APLAPOLLO78.1%
- NMDC72.5%
- CANBK70.1%
- PATANJALI69.7%
- GLENMARK67.1%
Future-equivalent open interest as a share of the market-wide position limit, 23 Oct 2026. A stock enters the ban above 95% and leaves below 80%; the lines mark both. From NSE's combined OI file.
Biggest open-interest moves
| Symbol | Price | OI change | Open interest |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIFTYFPI | 1,443 | +92.7% | 106 |
| FINNIFTY | 24,403 | +20.1% | 27.8K |
| SWIGGY | 176 | +18.9% | 1.2L |
| MIDCPNIFTY | 13,033 | +15.9% | 2.5L |
| COFORGE | 1,900 | +14.6% | 61.9K |
| SHREECEM | 22,735 | +12.6% | 23.4K |
| NIFTYNXT50 | 65,828 | +12.3% | 1.4K |
| NIFTY | 22,600 | +11.3% | 1.1Cr |
| BANKNIFTY | 54,287 | +10.9% | 17L |
| CGPOWER | 813 | +10.6% | 53.4K |
| GODFRYPHLP | 1,669 | +8.2% | 9.2K |
| NAM-INDIA | 922 | +7.7% | 15.7K |
| SHRIRAMFIN | 865 | +6.9% | 68.3K |
| DIXON | 11,191 | +6.6% | 1.2L |
| FORCEMOT | 16,400 | +6.4% | 21.9K |
Change in open interest against the previous session, 23 Oct 2026. Rising OI means positions are being opened, falling OI that they are being closed; neither says which way. From NSE's OI-spurts report.
⚠️ As per a SEBI study, 9 out of 10 individual traders in the equity F&O segment incurred net losses.
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