Season 2, Episode 123 | 2026-09-11
I Called The Pin And It Landed Inside Three Points. I Also Told You To Buy Volatility And That Leg Lost 349. | Brent Went Vertical To 107.85 | The Nikkei Is Down Three Percent
I called the pin yesterday and it landed inside three points. I also told you to buy volatility, and that leg lost 349 points. And this morning Brent is 107.85 and the Nikkei is down three percent.THE RECEIPT, BOTH HALVES.
Cold Open | The Pin Landed, The Volatility Leg Lost
Yesterday I called a pin and it landed exactly three points out. And I also told you to buy volatility, and that leg lost. So this morning Brent is at 108 and the KOSPI is down 3 percent.
The Index Went Up And Two In Three Stocks Went Down
The Nifty closed 23,477, up 46 points yesterday, but the cash market was 934 stocks up against 1,667 down. The advance decline ratio of 0.56 is the same ratio as the day before, when the index fell. So this was not a recovery. It was a narrow bounce on unchanged breadth. India VIX gave back Wednesday's bid in a single day, down to 11.72. And every sector that worked on Wednesday failed on Thursday. Banks led, with HDFC Bank up 0.98 percent after losing 2.26. IT stopped falling after exactly one day, the IT index minus 0.08 after minus 3.24. And yesterday's winners gave it all back. Adani Ports…
The Magnet Came To The Market
The max pain on the 15 September expiry came down to 23,500, only 22 points above the spot, from 23,600 and 168 points the day before. The Nifty magnet is doing exactly what the Sensex magnet did in the two days before it pinned that settlement. Calls added 2.48 crore against 2.41 crore of puts, the first time in this run both sides added the same amount, after two sessions of calls being written three to one.
The Map Moved Again, And One Strike Broke Symmetry
The both sides strike was 23,700 on Tuesday, 23,500 on Wednesday, and 23,400 on Thursday, where the biggest call add of 38.76 lakh and the biggest put add both landed on the same strike. Meanwhile 23,500 broke its symmetry. Calls added 36 lakh whereas puts were taken off, 18 lakh. The put writers walked away and the call writers piled in on that strike. When both sides stop agreeing on a strike, it stops being a magnet and starts being a resistance. And one oddity. The biggest put add on the whole board was 34 lakh at the 22,500 strike, which is surprising, because that is 977 points below the…
The Number Of The Day | The Premium Vanished
The Nifty September basis collapsed to 6.20 from plus 120 points. That is 114 points of premium gone in one session, and the futures open interest fell. So this was unwinding, not fresh selling. For two days I told you the rising basis on rising open interest was fresh buying of premium. Yesterday every bit of it came out. The people who paid for the future left. And the Bank Nifty basis fell to 124 points from 397, except that its open interest grew. So that one is fresh selling into the future rather than long unwinding.
A Fast Book, And A Screener That Emptied Out
The foreign futures short went to another run high. It has risen every single session of this run without one exception. But the professionals did a round trip in a day. Net short 44,990 on Tuesday, net long 14,552 on Wednesday, and yesterday net short again. They bought the upside on the day the index closed on its low, and sold it back the moment it went green. That is a fast book, not conviction. And retail finally covered 17,000 puts after three sessions of selling more into the fall. And the screener emptied out, which is its own signal. Energy went from plus 230 and rank one strong buy, …
The Plan | Maybe Nothing To Trade
Asia is in a rout. The Nikkei is down 3.6 percent, nearly 2,000 points. The KOSPI is minus 2.54, Taiwan minus 1.73, and Shanghai is down even if only 0.49. So Asia is down 2 to 3 percent and we are down half. Either we catch down, or the domestic bid is real, and the first hour decides which it is. The rupee has weakened a third consecutive session to 95.44, but note the difference: for two sessions this was a domestic story because the dollar was flat, and today the dollar is bid as well, so now it is both. Gold fell to 4,326 and was downgraded back to bearish, giving up the neutral upgrade o…
Highlights
- The Sensex pin landed three points out, but the long volatility leg lost
- Nifty closed 23,477, up 46, while 934 stocks rose against 1,667 that fell
- Advance decline 0.56, the same ratio as the day the index fell
- India VIX gave back Wednesday's bid in one session to 11.72
- Adani Ports minus 0.39 from plus 3.80 and Tata Steel minus 1.04 from plus 2.50
- IT stopped falling after exactly one day, minus 0.08 after minus 3.24
- Max pain came to the market: 23,600 to 23,500, only 22 points above spot
- Calls added 2.48 crore against 2.41 crore of puts, the first even day of the run
- The both sides strike migrated a third time, 23,700 to 23,500 to 23,400
- Biggest call add 38.76 lakh at 23,400, with the biggest put add on the same strike
- 23,500 broke symmetry: calls added 36 lakh while puts were cut 18 lakh
- Biggest put add on the whole board was 34 lakh at 22,500, 977 points below spot
- Nifty September basis collapsed to 6.20 from 120, with futures OI falling
- So the premium unwound rather than being sold into
- Bank Nifty basis fell to 124 from 397 but on RISING OI, so fresh selling
- Pro call book round tripped: short 44,990, long 14,552, then short again
- Bought the upside on the low and sold it back the moment it went green
- Retail finally covered 17,000 puts after three sessions of selling into the fall
- CNX Energy went from plus 230 and rank one strong buy to minus 2 in a session
- The screener buy list is now volatility, the America 10 year and the dollar index
- Nikkei down 3.6 percent, nearly 2,000 points, with Asia down 2 to 3 and India half
- Rupee to 95.44 a third session, and now the dollar is bid too, so it is both
- Gold fell to 4,326 and back to bearish: a rates and supply trade, not fear
- Plan on record: 23,400 is the map, band 23,364 to 23,592, maybe nothing to trade
Transcript Excerpt
A very good morning, guys. Yesterday I called a pin and it landed exactly three points out. And I also told you to buy volatility, and that leg lost. So this morning Brent is at 108 and the KOSPI is down 3 percent. This is The Tanmay Edge. You are listening to episode 123. I am Tanmay Kurtkoti. Let's go. So let's see what happened on the tape. The index went up and two in three stocks went down. The Nifty closed 23,477, up 46 points yesterday, but the cash market was 934 stocks up against 1,667 down. The advance decline ratio of 0.56 is the same ratio as the day before, when the index fell. So this was not a recovery. It was a narrow bounce on unchanged breadth. India VIX gave back Wednesday's bid in a single day, down to 11.72. And every sector that worked on Wednesday failed on Thursday. Banks led, with HDFC Bank up 0.98 percent after losing 2.26. IT stopped falling after exactly one day, the IT index minus 0.08 after minus 3.24. And yesterday's winners gave it all back. Adani Ports minus 0.39 from plus 3.80. Tata Steel minus 1.04 from plus 2.50. Trent minus 0.05 from plus 0.95. Metals minus 0.65 after plus 1.79. Nothing led two days running, and that is what the market is: rotating on a one day clock. Now this is where the max pain and the board analysis comes in. The max pain on the 15 September expiry came down to 23,500, only 22 points above the spot, from 23,600 and 168 points the day before. The Nifty magnet is doing exactly what the Sensex magnet did in the two days before it pinned that settlement. Calls added 2.48 crore against 2.41 crore of puts. The first time in this run both sides added the same amount, after two sessions of calls being written three to one. And the map moved again. The both sides strike was 23,700 on Tuesday, 23,500 on Wednesday, and 23,400 on Thursday, where the biggest call add of 38.76 lakh and the biggest put add both landed on the same strike. Meanwhile 23,500 broke its symmetry. Calls added 36 lakh whereas puts were taken …
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