Daily digest / NIFTY 50 / 2026-10-09 · this week
NIFTY 50 · Friday 9 Oct 2026 · close
22,562 +328.5 (+1.48%)
Expiry Tue 13 Oct · 2 sessions

Buying from the open, closes near the highs

NIFTY 50 opened with a 94-pt gap up at 22,328. NIFTY 50 climbed 260 pts from 22,328 at 09:15 to 22,588 by 15:00 IST. Put writers added the most fresh OI at 22,500 (+102.5 L). Call writers built positions at 22,900–23,100, led by 22,900 (+23.6 L). Max pain moved from 22,400 to 22,500, following price up. PCR rose from 0.62 to 1.27.

Spot Max pain 22,400 support PCR 15-min · IST
Open22,328
High · 14:1922,610
Low · 09:1522,325
Avg PCR1.20
Max pain22,500

Key levels into expiry

23,000 Call wall · 145.4 L OI resistance
22,950 Fresh calls +8.7 L cap
22,900 Fresh calls +23.6 L cap
22,562 Close ●
22,500 Max pain · Fresh puts +102.5 L · Put wall · 131.9 L OI magnet
22,400 Fresh puts +79.1 L · held the low support

Where writers added today

22,900
+23.6 L
22,950
+8.7 L
23,100
+6.5 L
22,500
+102.5 L
22,400
+79.1 L
22,300
+61.2 L
■ calls   ■ puts · OI change from the first snapshot to the close, strikes near spot

Move vs what options priced

Weekly ATM straddle at open263
Session range285
One session moved 1.1× the weekly straddle's full priced move.

Last 6 sessions

10-01 22,453 —
PCR 0.62
MP 22,550 10-05 22,555 +102
PCR 0.84
MP 22,550 10-06 22,776 +221
PCR 1.43
MP 22,750 10-07 22,571 -205
PCR 0.98
MP 22,650 10-08 22,234 -337
PCR 0.66
MP 22,400 10-09 22,562 +328
PCR 1.20
MP 22,500

Max pain: strike where option buyers lose most at expiry. Fresh OI: positions opened this session. PCR: put OI ÷ call OI.

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