Put Call Ratio

In The Money | Take the pulse of the market with put-call ratio

A few indicators can help inform our views on the direction and volatility of the market. Today, we cover the option chain and put-call ratio

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Short Strangle on Nifty: It can be initiated by selling 5300 Call and 5100 Put of July series. The net premium inflow comes around Rs 45-50, which is also the maximum profit if the Nifty July series expires between 5100-5300. The loss remains unlimited beyond the break-even range of 5350-5050.

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Put call Ratio (PCR)- It is known as the contrarian indicator. If the Nifty‘s current month OI PCR is in the range of 0.7 to 1.0, it indicates the bearish signal and the market seems to be in oversold zone due to which short term bounce back is expected.