Articles tagged “Open Interest”
9 articles.
- Why scrips enter the F&O ban
A stock enters the F&O ban when market-wide open interest crosses 95% of its MWPL, and leaves when it falls below 80%. The MWPL is the lower of 15% of free …
- Why MIS is blocked for FINNIFTY contracts on Zerodha
Why Kite shows 'MIS (Intraday) is blocked for this FINNIFTY contract': the 20,000-quantity open-interest threshold, illiquidity, expiry-day margins and the NRML …
- Strike selection on the option chain
Strike selection on the Zerodha option chain means choosing a strike by delta, open-interest and volume liquidity, risk-reward, and the in-the-money, …
- Put-call ratio
The put-call ratio compares put activity with call activity. Learn OI-based and volume-based PCR, contrarian interpretation, typical ranges, and limits.
- Open interest
Open interest is the count of outstanding F&O contracts. Learn OI versus volume, the price-OI build-up matrix, and where Kite shows open interest.
- Max pain theory
Max pain is the strike that minimises total payout to option buyers at expiry. Learn how it is computed from OI, the pin-risk idea, and its empirical limits.
- F&O ban period restrictions
During an F&O ban only delta-reducing trades are allowed. Fresh or increasing positions attract a daily penalty of 1% of the breach, minimum Rs 5,000, and …
- Client-wise position limit exceeded in currency derivatives
The client-wise position limit error in currency F&O fires when your gross open position in a pair crosses the per-client cap, USD 10 million or 6 per cent of …
- How to use the options chain on Kite
Step-by-step guide to reading and using the Zerodha Kite options chain to identify strikes, analyse open interest, and place options orders efficiently.