Futures & Options
Read the Market Through Positions, Not Just Price
Futures & Options brings together key derivatives data like open interest, volume, positioning - so you can see how traders are actually building positions. It’s less about theory, more about what’s happening right now.
Powerful Derivatives Capabilities
Everything you need to track positioning, activity, and market sentiment.
Open Interest Tracking
Monitor changes in OI alongside price to understand whether positions are being added, closed, or shifted.
Strike-Level Analysis
Track OI distribution, volume, and activity across strikes to identify support, resistance, and active zones.
Positioning Insights
Understand long buildup, short buildup, unwinding, and covering to read how traders are positioning across the market.
Derivatives Data Across Strikes & Expiries
See how positions are building across the market
OI Tracking
Open Interest
Open Interest helps you read participation behind price moves. Rising OI with price usually signals fresh long buildup, while rising OI with falling price points to short buildup - this is where trend strength starts showing.
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Position buildup
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Trend direction
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Live OI changes
Strike Distribution
Multi Strike OI
Multi Strike OI shows how OI is distributed across strikes, making support and resistance more visible. Heavy concentration at certain strikes often acts as a barrier unless positions start unwinding.
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Selected strikes
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Trending strikes
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Near ATM strikes
Aggregated Positioning
Cumulative OI
Cumulative OI adds up positions across strikes and expiries. Instead of looking at one level at a time, you get a sense of how the overall positioning is leaning.
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Total market positioning
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Directional bias
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Expiry-wise data
Expiry Levels
Max Pain
Max Pain identifies the strike where option writers face minimum loss at expiry. As expiry approaches, price often gravitates toward these levels due to option writing pressure.
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Total pain
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Put value
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Call value
Strike Data
Option Chain
Option Chain gives a full view of strike-wise data - OI, volume, bid-ask spreads. It helps identify active strikes, liquidity zones, and where positions are getting added.
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Bid-ask data
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VWAP
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PCR Vol
Level Activity
Strike OI Insights
Strike OI Insights tracks how OI changes at individual levels. A drop in OI at support or buildup near resistance often signals a shift before price reacts.
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OI changes
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Fut price
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Interpretation
Volatility View
Volatility Skew
Volatility Skew shows how implied volatility varies across strikes. A steep skew reflects demand imbalance - higher IV in OTM puts during bearish phases or calls during strong upside positioning.
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Filter by date
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T1, T2, T3, T4, T5
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Sentiment clues
Strategy Tools
Options Calculator
Options Calculator helps map payoff structures using live premiums and Greeks. It shows how time decay, volatility, and price movement affect your position.
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Premium calculation
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LTP
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Delta
Position Classification
OI Buildup
OI Buildup classifies position changes into long buildup, short buildup, long unwinding, and short covering. Read with price, it helps identify whether moves are driven by fresh positions or exits.
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Long/short buildup
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Short covering
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Long unwinding
Visual Activity
Heatmaps
Heatmaps give a quick visual of activity across stocks and sectors. You can spot relative strength, weakness, and momentum clusters without checking each chart.
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Filter by date
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Market movement
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Top gainers & losers
Expiry Shift
Rollover
Rollover tracks how positions shift from near expiry to the next series. Higher rollover percentages with stable prices often indicate continuation positioning.
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Daily
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Expiry
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Early positioning
OI Analysis
OI Interpretation
OI Interpretation links price movement with OI changes. Rising price with rising OI suggests fresh longs, while falling price with rising OI signals aggressive short positioning.
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Filter by month
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Lot size
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Expiry date
Limits Tracking
MWPL
MWPL (Market-Wide Position Limit) tracks total open interest against the market-wide limit for each stock. When it nears the threshold, restrictions apply, which can impact liquidity and price movement.
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Securities in Ban
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Possible entrants
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Possible exits
How Strike Futures & Options Work
From data to positioning insight in three simple steps
View Data
Access OI, volume, and strike-wise data across indices and stocks in one place without switching tools.
Track Changes
Observe how OI and price move together to understand whether positions are being added, closed, or shifted.
Interpret Positioning
Use buildup classification, strike activity, and volatility to read directional bias and market sentiment.
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Professional-grade tools built to analyze market movements and trading opportunities in real time
Advanced scanners
Filter stocks using price, volume, technical indicators, and patterns. Returns setups that match defined conditions without manual chart checks.
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Futures & Options
Access open interest, volume, and long-short data across indices and stocks. Helps read position buildup and derivative activity.
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Sentiment Indicators
Analyse market positioning using breadth data, derivatives activity, and momentum signals across stocks and indices.
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Stocks & Indices
View price trends, financial data, and technical indicators together. Compare performance across timeframes and track index movement.
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Diffusion Indicators
Measure percentage of stocks aligned with trend or momentum signals. Shows whether market moves have broad participation.
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Interactive Heatmaps
Visualise sector and stock movement using percentage change and market cap weight. Highlights where gains or declines are concentrated.
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IPO Tracker
Track upcoming and active IPOs with issue dates, price bands, lot sizes, and subscription data across investor categories.
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Bulletin Board
View news, announcements, corporate actions, and deal activity together. Helps link market events with price movement.
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Market Calendar
Track earnings, IPOs, and economic events by date. Useful for planning trades around scheduled market triggers.
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FII DII Data
Track institutional buying and selling across cash and derivatives segments. Shows changes in exposure by FIIs and DIIs.
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Ratio Charts
Compare stocks or sectors using price ratios. Helps identify relative strength and shifts in outperformance over time.
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RRG
Plots relative strength and momentum against each other; shows clockwise rotation between leading, weakening, lagging, and improving quadrants.
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It helps you understand how traders are positioning themselves in the derivatives market. Things like open interest, volume, and strike activity give you a sense of where money is flowing. It’s not about predicting perfectly - it just helps you see what others are doing instead of relying only on price.
F&O data adds context to price movement. For example, if the price is moving up along with increasing open interest, it often means new positions are being created, not just short-term movement. On the other hand, falling OI with price changes can mean positions are getting closed. It doesn’t give a direct signal, but it helps you avoid guessing.
Mostly traders who are active in futures and options - intraday traders, positional traders, and people who track expiry-based setups. Investors do use it sometimes, but usually when they want to understand short-term sentiment around a stock or index.
Yes, it works for both. Index options like Nifty or Bank Nifty tend to have higher liquidity, so the data is often cleaner. Stock options behave similarly, but sometimes the moves are sharper or less predictable, depending on the stock.
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Why Traders Love Our Futures & Options
Better Positioning Clarity
You’re not just looking at the price and guessing. When you see OI alongside it, you get a clearer sense of whether fresh positions are coming in or people are just closing out.
Strike-Level Insights
Instead of relying only on chart levels, you can actually see where positions are building across strikes. That usually tells you more about support and resistance.
Real-Time Tracking
Things update as the market moves. So if OI or volume starts shifting, you’re seeing it while it’s happening, not after the move is done.
Structured Analysis
Everything sits in one place - OI, volatility, strike data, so you’re not jumping between tabs trying to piece things together.
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