NIFTY futures opened 22,839.9, rallied to 22,935.0, then reversed almost the entire move to close 22,700.0 — down 16.2 points (-0.07%), essentially flat but on the lows. OI-behaviour flipped Long Build Up to Short Build Up through the session, and futures OI on the new October contract rose 4.2% even as price fell — fresh shorts, not just profit-taking, on the month's last trading day.
NIFTY futures opened 22,755.5, sold off to a fresh low of 22,579.0, then recovered through the afternoon to close 22,716.2 — down 103.4 points (-0.45%), a far smaller loss than Monday's. PCR swung from 0.65 at the low to 0.86 by the close, and FII net short fell by over 52,000 contracts on expiry — real covering, even though the session still closed red.
NIFTY futures opened 23,115.0, sold off almost without pause all session, and closed 22,814.9 — down 371.8 points (-1.60%), a new low for the run at 22,792.9. Friday's retest-and-hold got fully erased; the 22,850 zone that needed to hold for a temporary bottom gave way instead. PCR fell all session with no recovery, and futures OI dropped sharply — a clean, one-directional breakdown.
NIFTY futures opened 23,093.6, retested Thursday's 23,056 low almost tick-for-tick at 23,058.0, held, and rallied to close 23,186.7 — up 78.1 points (+0.34%). A choppy, two-sided session compared to the week's cleaner trend days, and the FII data shows shorts barely moved on the bounce — smart money isn't yet convinced this is more than a retest.
NIFTY futures opened 23,288.0, broke down all session on a Long Unwinding OI read, and closed 23,108.6 — down 341.2 points (-1.46%), a new low for the entire run, below even Sep 15's multi-week low. Wednesday's squeeze covered some FII shorts; today they were rebuilt aggressively, right as the market broke down. The four-session arc — trend up, reversal, squeeze, breakdown — closes with the bears back in charge.
NIFTY futures opened 23,381.0, ran to 23,484.1 — a hair above Monday's own high — and closed 23,455.0, up 60.4 points (+0.26%), erasing most of Tuesday's reversal. Short Covering drove the session from the open, and the FII data that landed this morning for Tuesday confirmed shorts were added, not covered, into that decline — setting up today's squeeze. Three sessions, three different characters: a trend day up, a reversal down, and now a recovery back near the top.
NIFTY futures opened 23,456.0 above Tuesday's CPR — a bullish-continuation read on paper — then reversed hard, breaking well below the prior-day low to 23,286.0 before a partial recovery to close 23,410.0, down 36.3 points (-0.15%). The OI-behaviour read flipped Short Covering to Long Unwinding within the first half hour and never looked back. Yesterday's ledger flagged that Monday's rally ran on short covering with FIIs adding shorts into it, not fresh buying — today is the session that confirmed the skeptic's case.
NIFTY futures opened 23,365.5, ran to a high of 23,475.0, held above VWAP essentially all session, and closed 23,446.3 — up 67.8 points (+0.29%) on Friday's close. Friday handed off the tightest CPR of the run; Monday used it. A short-covering-led trend day that pushed straight through several of last week's unresolved 'Poor High' shelves — though FIIs added to index-future shorts into the rally, not covered them.
NIFTY futures opened 23,379.0, ticked to a marginal new high of 23,420.0 — a hair above Thursday's 23,418 — got rejected there again, drifted down to 23,312.6, and bounced back to close 23,378.5, up 45.1 points (+0.19%). A genuine round-trip day: contained, two-sided, no fresh conviction anywhere in the OI data. Monday inherits the tightest CPR of the run yet, ~8 points — a real trend-day signal to close out the week's stretch of them.
NIFTY futures opened 23,275.0, ran hard to a session high of 23,418.0 — tagging the week's overhead resistance cluster — got sharply rejected there on an extreme order-flow print, eased back through the afternoon, and still closed 23,350.0, up 77.7 points (+0.33%). Value migrated higher for the first time in a long stretch, options positioning stayed calm and balanced (PCR 0.96 to 1.00, max pain steady at 23,300 all day), and Friday inherits a narrow ~15-point CPR — another trend-day signal.
NIFTY futures opened 23,201.60, dipped to a fresh low of 23,116.10 in the first hour, then reversed and climbed to 23,284.75 before closing 23,217.60, up 99 points (+0.43%). Cumulative delta built steadily positive all session, peaking near +1,580 at midday. Options positioning stayed calm — max pain glued to 23,300 all day, futures OI dead flat — a sharp change from Tuesday's aggressive short buildup. Today's value area sat entirely inside Tuesday's range, the first contained day of the run. Wednesday leaves a razor-thin ~11-point CPR behind for Thursday — a genuine trend-day signal.
NIFTY futures opened 23,551.7, pushed to 23,589.2 — briefly clearing the 23,561–23,563 reclaim zone flagged after Friday's reversal — and got rejected immediately. From there it was one direction: a new low at 23,180, closing 23,220.0, down 265.2 points (−1.13%). Options positioning delivered the most one-sided read of the run: PCR collapsed from 1.01 to 0.54, max pain fell 350 points to 23,150 tracking price down, and futures OI rose ~3.7% — the largest single-day short buildup of the decline. Friday's reversal is now the loudest bounce of the run, not the turn.
NIFTY futures opened 23,335, crashed to a brutal new low of 23,300 in the first 90 minutes — 155 points below Thursday's low, deep past every standard support — then one delta-flip bar (+851, Extreme Delta bullish) ignited a rally that ran the rest of the session. Cumulative delta closed near +3,000, the first clearly positive close of the nine-session decline, on a steadily rising VWAP. Futures OI fell about 1.9% (short covering, not fresh buying) while PCR round-tripped from 0.63 to 1.05 as put writers built in. NIFTY closed 23,485.2, up just 1.2 points (+0.01%) — but 217 points off the low, stalling right at the week's key reclaim zone.
NIFTY futures opened at 23,525.5, poked to 23,569, drifted to a marginal new low at 23,455 in the afternoon, and closed at 23,500.1 — down just 52.1 points (−0.22%), the smallest fall of the eight-session decline. Cumulative delta closed near −1.8K, a fraction of yesterday's −5.05K, and recovered off its −2.08K low into the bell. OI churned all day — short covering and long unwinding on repeat — put writers out-added call writers for the first time in the run, and futures OI stayed flat. The freefall has slowed; a reclaim of 23,563 is what turns it.
NIFTY futures opened at the day's high (23,674) and closed at 23,530, down 219.6 (−0.92%) — the biggest single-day fall of the seven-session decline. A genuine midday floor formed — put writers active, cumulative delta recovering to −400, price bouncing 80 points off 23,576 — and then both abandoned it: put writers unwound −258L, cumulative delta collapsed to −5.05K on two −1.5K sell bars, and price sliced to 23,517 into the close.
NIFTY futures opened at 23,828 — two points below the day's high — and ground down all session to a fresh weekly low at 23,725, closing 23,744.1, down 123.6 (−0.52%). Cumulative delta built a 90-minute flat base near −1.95K in the early afternoon, then broke down from it: a −439 bar took it to roughly −2.9K, the deepest of the whole six-session decline, price closing on the lows. Fifth straight close below the prior day's value.
NIFTY futures gapped down and opened at 23,990.7 — which turned out to be the day's high. From there it was one-directional: cumulative delta to −2.24K by late morning, straight through the round number and Friday's poor low. The afternoon brought a genuine absorption fight — delta clawed back to −640 — but price never moved with it, and the last hour sold it to 23,885, near the low. Close −163 on the day.
NIFTY futures gapped up straight through Thursday's aggressive closing sell-off, and the push to the session high was short covering, not accumulation — cumulative delta topped early and rolled over while price held. A tight, two-sided balance day followed, capped by yesterday's broken Aug low and floored by the CPR. Close 24,048, roughly mid-range, up 48 points.
NIFTY futures popped to 24,148 at the open on short covering, and cumulative delta topped while price was still at the high. From there it was a six-hour distribution, the CPR broke on the close, and the last hour is where order flow, options OI, and futures OI all agreed — fresh shorts. Close 23,975, on the low.
NIFTY futures gapped down to open at 24,000.0 — entirely below Tuesday's range — drifted to a low of 23,940.0 (the weekly low), took one genuine buy bar to lift off it in the early afternoon, then ground back to close at 24,000.3, flat to the open and down 90 points (-0.37%) on a 109-point range, the quietest session in over a week. The weekly low held, but cumulative delta finished at its weakest of the day.
NIFTY opened at 24,200.0, rallied through the pivot to a high of 24,296.1 by late morning, then reversed and sold for the rest of the session down to a low of 24,064.0 before closing at 24,090.3 — down 161.1 points (-0.66%) and near the day's lows, wiping out the early rally and then some.
NIFTY opened at 24,244.0, pushed early to a high of 24,319.0, then sold steadily the rest of the session down to a low of 24,171.0 before closing at 24,245.0, down 96.9 points (-0.40%) — a session that used nearly 150 points of range just to finish almost exactly where it started.
NIFTY opened at 24,292.7, dipped to a low of 24,250.0 by late morning on fresh short building, then spent the rest of the session grinding back up to close at 24,341.9, up 60.0 points (+0.25%) — a session that recovered almost all of its early damage without ever making a dramatic move.
NIFTY opened at 24,399.5, pushed briefly to 24,430.0, then sold off the rest of the session down to 24,260.0 before closing at 24,281.9, down 147.2 points (-0.60%) — a close that landed below the day's own value area, continuing this week's pattern of failed pushes higher.
NIFTY opened at 24,540.0 and pushed to a new high of 24,573.5 within the first bars, then sold steadily all session down to 24,405.1, closing at 24,420.0 — technically up 85.5 points (+0.35%) versus Tuesday's close, but a session that gave back its entire opening strength and then some.
NIFTY opened at 24,176.0, dipped to 24,132.9 — exactly the weekly low — early in the session, then reversed into a sustained short-covering rally that carried price to 24,347.0, a whisker from the weekly high, before closing at 24,333.5, up 123.9 points (+0.51%). The mirror image of Monday's session, in reverse.
NIFTY opened at 24,341.5 — right at the weekly high — and was rejected almost immediately, selling all session down to 24,173.6, a whisker above the weekly low, before closing at 24,188.1, down 97.9 points (-0.40%). A full round trip from one weekly extreme to the other in a single session.
NIFTY opened at 24,325.0 — which turned out to be the high of the day — sold off through the session to a low of 24,254.0 right on S3, then clawed back to close at 24,288.0, down just 5.0 points (-0.02%). A round trip, not a resolution.
NIFTY opened at 24,236.1, jumped straight to a high of 24,352.0 on a genuine short-covering burst, held most of the gain through the session, and closed at 24,290.5 — up 172.9 points (+0.72%), the first clean up day after four straight sessions of lower shelves.
NIFTY opened at 24,152.05 — already below Tuesday's low — pushed to a high of 24,172.85, then ground down to a session low of 24,025.65 before recovering to close at 24,078.30, landing almost exactly on standard pivot S3, down 76.60 points (-0.32%).
NIFTY opened at 24,301.00, barely poked to a high of 24,308.0, then sold off in a straight line all session to a low of 24,209.7 — landing exactly on standard pivot S2 — before closing at 24,216.5, exactly on standard pivot S5, down 176.2 points (-0.72%).
NIFTY opened at 24,400.00, tagged the session high of 24,436.6 — landing almost exactly on the day's CPR Pivot — then a heavy opening sell program dragged price down to 24,288.0, precisely the week's low reference, before an afternoon recovery clawed most of it back into a close of 24,392.7, down just 56.9 points (-0.23%).
I was travelling this week, so this is the whole story in one sitting. NIFTY opened the week at 24,581.25 and closed it at 24,366.00, down 204.65 points (-0.83%) — a week that broke cleanly below July's old high and spent five sessions failing to reclaim it.
NIFTY opened at 24,672.00, briefly pushed to 24,707.00, then sold off through the session to a low of 24,601.00 before closing at 24,651.20, down 88.20 points (-0.36%) — the same "Long Unwinding into Short Build-Up" pattern that showed up earlier this week.
NIFTY opened at 24,687.00 and ground steadily higher through the session, absorbing a genuine midday selling stretch before pushing to a fresh high of 24,758.30 and closing at 24,738.60, up 90.30 points (+0.37%).
NIFTY gapped up to 24,715.00 and briefly ran to 24,740.00 before a sustained morning sell-off dragged it all the way to 24,565.00 — right onto July's old high — before a strong afternoon recovery closed the session at 24,647.70, up 92.10 points (+0.38%).
NIFTY opened at 24,684.80, briefly poked to a marginal new high of 24,697.00, then reversed violently — falling all the way to 24,500.00 before closing at 24,552.30, down 97.10 points (-0.39%), erasing about half of Monday's advance.
NIFTY opened at 24,601.50 and never looked back, running to a session high of 24,689.20 before settling at 24,649.40, up 196.80 points (+0.80%) — one of the strongest single-session moves in recent weeks.
NIFTY opened at 24,407.50, ran to a fresh session high of 24,490.00 — clearing Thursday's weekly-high resistance decisively — before a violent afternoon sell print gave much of it back, closing at 24,452.60, up 94.60 points (+0.39%).
NIFTY opened at 24,265.60, dipped to a low of 24,250.00 in the first minutes, then ran hard to a session high of 24,397.00 — tagging the weekly high almost to the tick — before fading back to close at 24,355.00, up 43.50 points (+0.18%).
NIFTY gapped up roughly 245 points to open at 24,228.00, barely dipped to a low of 24,222.40 despite a violent midday selling flush, and closed at 24,303.00 — exactly at the R4 resistance pivot — up 317.65 points (+1.32%), the strongest close of the recent advance.
NIFTY opened flat at 23,998, pushed to a new high of 24,040 extending the two-day rally, then reversed hard on a wave of afternoon selling to a low of 23,947.60 before closing at 23,983.20, down 44.80 points — the first red close after back-to-back gains.
NIFTY gapped up to open at 23,928, dipped briefly to 23,891 in the first half hour, then spent the rest of the session grinding higher to a high of 24,011 and closing at 23,995 — the second straight day of gains after Friday's low sweep and reversal.
NIFTY gapped down to open at 23,710, extended the week's breakdown to a fresh low of 23,640, then reversed hard — reclaiming Thursday's broken support and closing at 23,830, near the day's high. The first close-near-the-top session in five days.
NIFTY opened at 23,880, rallied to 23,996 early, reversed hard to a fresh low of 23,808 — below every level this week's breakdown had established — then recovered back to close at 23,886, essentially flat on the day despite a 188-point round trip.
NIFTY opened at 24,134 — almost exactly where Tuesday's support had held — and it didn't hold this time. A session-long slide broke clean through Monday's 23,993.10 flush low, bottoming at 23,945 before closing at 23,983, down roughly 202 points.
NIFTY opened at 24,280 and never traded a point higher. From there it was a session-long slide straight into last week's carried-over support band, bottoming at 24,135 before a partial recovery into a 24,185 close — down 151.1 points on the day.
The question Friday left hanging — does 24,339.8 hold as support or does the breakout need a retest — got answered the hard way. NIFTY sold off sharply to a session low of 23,993.10, then reversed in a clean V to a fresh high of 24,364.90, before settling back to consolidate near 24,269.
Three sessions I owe you in one sitting. NIFTY spent Wednesday going nowhere near Tuesday's weekly low, gave back a strong morning rally on Thursday afternoon, then broke the whole range open on Friday with a close at 24,344 — the best print since early July.
No bounce, no relief rally, just steady negative delta from the open. NIFTY slid roughly 180 points off Monday's close, closed near 24,071.5, and finished the session testing the weekly low zone at 24,009-24,030 with cumulative delta sitting deep in the red.
The opening bar looked like the start of a bad day — 11K volume, -3.76K delta, the ugliest print of the session. NIFTY spent the rest of Monday quietly proving it wrong, closing flat at 24,250 with cumulative delta grinding higher into an unresolved Poor High at 24,280.8.
A 9.6K-volume opening drive at 66.49% buy set the tone, and even a violent -1.27K noon sell bar couldn't undo it — NIFTY built its entire Friday value area (24,196.8–24,253.6) clean above Thursday's range (24,026.4–24,125.8), settling near the point of control after a choppy but net-positive session.
NIFTY opened with a 12.17K-volume, +5.53K-delta short-covering surge — the single largest bar of the week — pushed to a fresh Poor High at 24,138, then spent the rest of the session grinding lower, closing at 24,007.6 after an afternoon sell bar erased more than a third of the day's buying effort.
NIFTY opened well under Tuesday's close and never mounted a real recovery, cutting through three separate Poor High shelves from earlier in the week before a two-bar, 30K-volume collapse in the final ninety minutes dragged the close to 23,892.7, within striking distance of the untested weekly low.
NIFTY pushed back up into the 24,515 weekly high — the same level that turned Monday away twice — got rejected again, and then handed back the session's gains on the two largest sell bars of the day, both landing in the final half hour.
NIFTY pushed twice into the weekly high near 24,515 on the session's two biggest buying bars, got turned away both times, and settled the day using Friday's untested Poor High as support instead of resistance.
NIFTY rallied on short covering toward a fresh Poor High near 24,448, then gave almost all of it back on two flagged stacked-imbalance sell bars, closing essentially unchanged near the session low.
Two flagged sell attempts failed to dent a large resting-size cluster near the old Poor High, and NIFTY ground steadily into a fresh, unresolved Poor High by the close.
