A Tentative Close, But What Now ?
We had opined in the previous post that the present up move from just about the 200 DMA seemed to a tentative one and lacked enthusiasm. Wednesday's down move has vindicated that opinion. On Wednesday, Nifty futures opened flat at 5740 and almost immediately went on to retrace the small up move it made in the last half an hour of the previous trading day. After recording a low around the upper range ( 5710 ) of the previous day's intra-day narrow trading range, the Nifty contracts tried to rally again tentatively. It recorded a high of 5754 in the middle of the day. However, a break of the rising trend line seen in the intra-day charts of the contract, saw another bout of sudden selling made apparently by the day traders. Nifty futures fell to 5661 in this bout of selling, but recovered to close at 5697 for the day.
Nifty Futures - Intra-day Chart
Nifty Futures - Daily Chart
The last candle in the daily chart has engulfed the previous day's green candle. Nifty futures broke the low of the previous candle, that too after trading above the previous candle's high on Wednesday. Naturally, this might have lead to further downsides in the markets just because of the fact that the fall came later. However, the tentative close, almost right in the middle of the previous day's range, has made the next direction of the futures quite indecipherable as of now. Therefore, traders may remain alert in the next few days for moves in either direction or even sideways non-moves. All the previously indicated supports and resistances also remain unchanged as of now.
Nifty Options Scene
The January series Nifty options Put Call ratio decreased even further to an unusually low and bearish looking 0.68 times as on 19th January 2011. In spite of the market falling a bit, the India VIX decreased to 21.09, losing 1.72 %. Some additions to the January Call options ( or call writing ) were seen at the 5700, 5800 and 5900 strikes. The highest number of Nifty Call option OI is still at the 6200 strike even though many lower strikes from 5700 and upwards have significant OI outstanding. Some more additions to Put option OI was seen at the 5500 strike. However, covering of short options, both calls and puts were also seen at various strikes. The highest open interest ( OI ) of Put options has remained at the 5600 strike as on Tuesday. This option OI data seems to suggest that Nifty may trade sideways in a range between 5500 and 5800 as of now. The January series Nifty Option Pain chart also shows a steep right side, depicting the heavy short calls positions, which might act as a resistance to the recovery.
Nifty Option Pain Chart - January Series
Nifty Trailing Fundamentals
The trailing Price Earnings Ratio ( PE Ratio ), Price to Book Value ( PB Ratio ) and Dividend Yield ( DY Ratio ) of the Nifty Index were at 22.51, 3.59 and 1.09 respectively as on 19th January 2011. ( More information and a long term analysis on Nifty historical valuation are available from the "Nifty Fundas" page ).
Latest Ultimate Momentum Signal
The Momentum Signal has closed with a value of -100, indicating maximum negative momentum for the ninth consecutive day.
Projected Momentum Signal Close Values
The projected levels of Momentum Signal values applicable to various ranges of closing values of the current month Nifty Futures, Nifty Index and the BSE Sensex, as at the close of next trading day, ie. as on 20th January, 2011, are given in the following table. All readers are requested to take note that the table below is just a ready reckoner for the next day's Momentum Signal values and the figures are not intended to be interpreted as any targets for the Nifty futures or indices shown therein.
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