
Nifty (8603.45, -6.40, -0.07%)
With almost a flat close with some stocks like Ultratech or CESC posting strong moves, it would appear as if things continue to be the same; however, for the first time in many days the tables seem to have turned and that becomes apparent once you peek at the option statistics of the Nifty and the same getting corroborated by the Bank Nifty as well. Well, what we see are newly emboldened bears mustering enough courage to create fresh position in writing calls as opposed to their usual meek stance of closing out failed call short positions. Not just that in the put option section, the same story is repeated in reverse gear: leaving aside at the money put of 8600—where we see an addition of nearly 153000 units being added in open interest—there is a reduction in outstanding positions in quite a few strike prices in a substantial manner. However, it would be rather too early to read too much for the bulls batting on the back foot for just a day.
In any case, you need to see the Nifty staying below the 8605 – 8590 support area for the most part of the day to signal some unwinding of the erstwhile large long positions taken recently. Only when you see the index falling below 8562 on the back of heavy volume it would signal the onset of a much needed correction. On the other hand, if the index shrugs off yesterday’s indecision and moves above 8625 and stays there it would be an encore for the old story, the bulls marching ahead.
- Most critical level for the day: 8605 - 8592, its immediate support as well
- Strong resistance: 8625 – 8640 and 8670 - 8693
- Major resistance: 8740 – 8750
- Strong support: 8562 – 8520
- Major support: 8487 – 8430
Bank Nifty (19032.70, -62.00, -0.325%)
The momentum might have dissipated and the call writers have scaled down their activities rather they are busy creating fresh positions. Even after that they need to take out the levels between 19035 and 18985 support area to signal some initiative really coming back to them. And when they are able to push the index down below the 18795-support on high volume activity and large scale position building it would signal real weakness in the banking stocks market action. On the other hand, if you find that after a brief stint below the 19000-mark, the index bounces back and moves up again to get past 19150 – 19195 then the initiative would go to the bulls again. However, that looks wee bit unlikely since without some conviction in their strength the bears would not have created fresh positions to the tune of 131375 units.
- Most critical levels for the day: 19035 – 18985, its immediate support as well
- Strong support: 18795
- Strong resistance: 19150 - 19195
- Major support: 18731 - 18622
- Major resistance: 19315 – 19333 and 19430 – 19535