USDINR Range-bound April 2023 ? : Monthly currency pair options strategy

 

#usdinr currency pair could continue being range bound in april too with good probability of remaining within that ascending wedge between which reasonable profit.

USDINR OPTIONS MARCH EXPIRY IRON CONDOR OPTIONS STRATEGY

 #USDINR currency pair seems to be range bound with reversal candle seen after hitting resistance above.below march expiry options trade could work out with reasonable range & pop.

ATH levels are back again. Has it run too much too fast? : Weekly Technical Market Analysis : Aug 9 2021

 

• Weekly wide range bullish green breakout candle on Nifty & nearly 5% move wide range green candle  for  Bank Nifty.

• Nifty broke out from a 7-8 week long consolidation making near 3% up move and retraced 0.8%  later while Bank nifty did made big moves and later retraced nearly 1,5% of it.

• Latest nifty daily candle has 3 inside bars forming kind of consolidation triangle pattern that may be indicating further up move while bank nifty latest candle is also inside candle and  kind of small body red candle looks almost like spinning top  both is not on the top of rally but during retracement.

• Nifty has the volatility expansion  while Bank nifty continue the Bollinger band volatility contraction and yet to break out.

• Nifty broke out of the  resistances faced earlier at 15850/15950 along with the rounding number psychological level of 16000 and made new ATH near 16350

• Previous resistances and swing low levels of  15850-15950 & 15500 - 15650 will now act as  support zone and then 15250-15400 levels below also could act as support levels  and 15000 level is seen if that is broken.

• Bank nifty is taking support at previous support zone of 35650-35850 with below supports at 34400-34700 and resistances above are 36000/36500 and has further  previous resistances to clear 36500/37700

• Nifty RSI momentum shifted into bullish zones from sideways. The medium to long term momentum is intact in bullish area.

• The bullish momentum positive reverse divergence identified last week worked and moved the market up and continue in place..

• Bank Nifty momentum daily entered bullish zones but sipped back slightly into sideways during retracement and weekly got into bull zones  while monthly  momentum  maintains to be in bullish zones.

• Nifty ADX trend indicator trend is bullish and rising and with strength  picking up on daily but maintain trend bullishness on weekly and monthly timeframes.

• Bank nifty ADX trend indicator now showing rising strength in the bullish zone of trend on daily timeframes and weekly crossed over to bullish trend and monthly maintain the bullish trend as well.

• Open interest data for Nifty & Bank nifty showing a short buildup based on the futures contracts.

• Highest options call writing for 12 Aug expiry is seen at 16300 with 16400 also seen having more writing while 15500  levels shows highest support point for nifty with 16000 support is close by.

• Bank-nifty options open interest data shows highest call writing at 36000 levels while highest put writing seen at 35000  levels that could act as support for the expiry

• Put call ratio for nifty accordingly is seen 1.1 which is bullish while 0.83  for bank-nifty is  not bullish.

• India VIX  move up ~7% but  slipped ~8%  and settle at 12.6 and continue to be low levels last week after a spike.

• The Nifty IV 11.7 is above HIV 9.3  and  IVP remaining 3  levels which is at the low volatility regime. 

• IT sector index moved up ~4% last week and the bearish divergence seen weekly can not be negated. Therefore need slightly caution even though it is bullish. Dollar strength could be behind the bullishness.

• FMCG moved up ~2.5%  last week and gave up some if it later. Now there is a momentum bearish divergence on weekly  and therefore need cautiously wait for the momentum catch up again.

• Metal moved further more than 2% but has a indecisive doji in index. It had as anticipated the  bullish positive reverse divergence worked well and index shot up 10% previous week doing a clear breakout. Now a bearish momentum exit in the up move but could be cautiously bullish.

• Auto sector moved up 3.5% and later gave up 1% of it last week and continue consolidating  on daily for a potential up move breakout.

• Pharma Earlier after the anticipated weekly bearish momentum divergence that worked previous week to bring a correction of 6% as target and ,Now last week the  weekly bullish momentum reverse divergence could be working although a indecisive doji is seen on weekly but could take it back to further up move if divergence works.

• Last week FII bought > 2600 cr in cash.

• DII bought 896 cr last week

• The net longs on derivatives of FII/DII moved up last week.

• US markets formed bullish green candles weekly candle on all major indices.

• Dollar Index strengthened to near 1% or more at neckline resistance zone of W breakout pattern seen.

• Crude Oil dipped  near 6.5% last week which could be positive for economy.

• USD-INR currency pair was red forming second  spinning top candle on weekly falling below the previous support zone and  could now be dipping further to channel top side next week

• Gold corrected nearly 4% and taken support on previous price last week and could continue bullishness heading to the channel top but with slow momentum.

• India VIX continue at  low 12.6 levels and any spike could benefit vega positive strategies on options like double calendar.

• Therefore Nifty calendar spreads hedged is always bad idea for coming week due to v shape moves often.

• Markets broke out from consolidation and made big moves and all time highs although bank nifty continue to not have entered the volatility expansion.

• Overall bias is bullish on momentum and trend with possible consolidation near for some days since it did gained quite a lot in short span and should wait for further break out of bank nifty. 

• India vix are at difficult low volatile levels for option traders both buyers and sellers and non directional trades are only to be thought. Will there be immediate mean reversion spike or will it remain at this for long is uncertain.

• Positional long trades now can trail the stop loss to new support levels and could hold good until a clear signal of  breaking  of major support zones indicated earlier.

Correction or Consolidation? : Weekly Technical Analysis : July 12 2021

 

• Weekly bearish spinning top candle on Nifty & gravestone Doji candle Bank Nifty.

• Nifty & Bank nifty shows a inverted V shape  ie moving up and then reversing last week on daily.

• Nifty& Bank nifty reversed from previous resistance zone.

• Nifty at a major previous swing low support zone and both indices at channel bottom.

• Latest nifty daily candle Doji-shows indecisiveness, 

• Bank nifty has a hammer  candle pattern on daily potential reversal up.

• Nifty & Bank nifty both has Bollinger band squeeze into narrow range and showing clear volatility contraction /consolidation.

• Nifty once again failed to conquer previous resistances tested tested multiple times of 15900 near an all  time high and rounding number psychological level of 16000 close by.

• It immediate support at  15600 and then 15500 levels below acting good previous swing low supports and 15000 level are seen if that is broken

• Bank nifty has 3 previous resistances to clear/35800/37700/36500 and has 34000-34500 levels as next supports below.

• Nifty RSI momentum has fallen further down and remain in sideways zone on  daily. However medium to long term momentum is intact in bullish area,

• Nifty daily both  bullish positive reverse divergences failed.

• Bank Nifty momentum daily continues to be in sideways zone and falling  .Weekly and monthly momentum  maintains to be in bullish zones.

• Nifty ADX trend indicator continue in  bearish areas on daily timeframe with flat strength while weekly and monthly trend remain bullish with flat strength 

• Bank nifty has ADX trend indicator crossed over back to bearish  zones  on daily timeframe. The trend continue to be in bullish side on medium & long term timeframes with flat strength.

• Open interest data for Nifty showing a long unwinding and Bank nifty showing short buildup based on the futures contracts which is bearish.

• Highest options call writing for 01 July expiry is seen at 16000 with 15800/15700 also seen having more writing while 15600  levels shows highest  support point for nifty with 15500/15000 support is close by.

• Bank-nifty options open interest data shows highest call writing at 36000 levels while highest put writing seen at 35000  levels that could act as support for the expiry

• Put call ratio for nifty accordingly is seen 0.66  which is not bullish while 0.74  for bank-nifty also is not bullish.

• India VIX  fall near 20%  to historic lowest levels of 11.1 and settled at 12/9 last week.

• The Nifty IV 12.8 is above HIV 7.4  and  IVP remaining 3.1  levels which is at the new low volatility regime. 

• IT sector corrected near 3% but continue with bullish divergence seen weekly with strength in momentum and trend on short/medium/long term charts. 

• FMCG also corrected 1% but continue bullish with momentum bullish divergence seen weekly and could regain momentum to move further up slightly dipped on short term momentum as of now.

• Metal did ok last week but still sideways on short term but medium to long term is bullish and so need wait till momentum pickup and breakout. Currently consolidating.

• Auto sector corrected 4% and lost momentum it gained last week and now is sideways in short / medium term and bullish only on long term.

• Pharma correct 2.5% last week and slipped back to sideways on daily but higher time frames are bullish and could breakout as discussed previous weeks

• Last week FII sold> 2000 crore in cash.

• DII also turned sellers last week after 14 days continuously in cash and sold all bought last week.

• The net longs on derivatives of FII/DII had dipped.

• US markets ended green last week and show hammer pattern on weekly indicating further up move.

• Dollar Index at resistance inverse happen up 92.1 level.

•  USD-INR currency pair at resistance near channel top a Doji on weekly but bullish divergence on weekly.

• Gold continue bullishness and at channel top but with slow momentum and any further moves could make it bullish.

• India VIX has fallen to lowest 12.9 levels and seems to remain at these at least for next week where iron condor weekly may be applied with view that 15900 remain resistance and 15500 may not break for now.

• Therefore Nifty calendar spreads hedged is not bad idea for coming week.

• Markets narrow range bound and at neckline support zone with uncertainty as to how long it could consolidate here and which side it would break down. Therefore trade with caution.

• India vix are at difficult low volatile levels for option traders both buyers and sellers and non directional trades are only to be thought. Will there be immediate mean reversion spike or will it remain at this for long is uncertain.

• Momentum  is sideways and Trend is bearish for short term on both indices and bias is negative.

• Positional long trades would hold good until a clear signal of  breaking  of major support zones indicated earlier, there is no point in exiting or shorting as of now.

USDINR options strategy: Weekly Expiry Jun 9 2021

 #usdinr bull put spread -sell 75.5 put and buy 74.75 put 50 lots.view moderate bullish. Reasoning is usdinr breaking out with momentum,trend,volume from 74.75 and net resistance seen near 74.5 and any correction also likely to hold 74 levels. good risk reward with reasonable pop.