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NIFTY 50

NSE: NIFTY · Broad Market · Lot size: 75

NIFTY 50 Option Chain Analysis

2026-05-052026-05-122026-05-19
Total CE OI
11.50 Cr
Total PE OI
9.99 Cr
PCR
0.87
Neutral
CE OIChgVolIVLTPStrikeLTPIVVolChgPE OI
%17,1009.7%
%17,1509.6%
%17,2009.5%
%17,2509.4%
%17,3009.3%
%17,3509.3%
%17,4009.2%
%17,4509.1%
%17,5009.0%
%17,5508.9%
%17,6008.8%
%17,6508.8%
%17,7008.7%
%17,7508.6%
%17,8008.5%
%17,8508.5%
%17,9008.4%
%17,9508.3%
%18,0008.2%
%18,0508.1%
%18,1008.1%
%18,1508.0%
%18,2007.9%
%18,2507.8%
%18,3007.7%
%18,3507.7%
%18,4007.6%
%18,4507.5%
%18,5007.4%
%18,5507.4%
%18,6007.3%
%18,6507.2%
%18,7007.1%
%18,7507.0%
%18,8007.0%
%18,8506.9%
%18,9006.8%
%18,9506.8%
%19,0006.7%
%19,0506.6%
%19,1006.5%
%19,1506.5%
%19,2006.4%
%19,2506.3%
%19,3006.2%
%19,3506.2%
%19,4006.1%
%19,4506.0%
%19,5005.9%
%19,5505.9%
%19,6005.8%
%19,6505.7%
%19,7005.7%
%19,7505.6%
%19,8005.5%
%19,8505.4%
%19,9005.4%
%19,9505.3%
%20,0005.2%
%20,0505.2%
%2979.9520,1000.4052.5%32.1 L+1.1 L9.8 L
%2930.7020,1500.4552.4%5.0 L+19K82K
%2881.5020,2000.4551.7%4.2 L+14K63K
%2832.3020,2500.5051.5%2.5 L+28K52K
%2783.2020,3000.5050.8%3.5 L+34K65K
%2734.1520,3500.6050.9%9.0 L+42K58K
%2685.1520,4000.5049.4%2.2 L+6K20K
%2636.2520,4500.6049.5%2.4 L+18K31K
%2587.4020,5000.5548.5%24.1 L-22K7.8 L
65091.3%3533.1020,5500.6048.2%1.9 L+14K25K
65090.3%3483.6520,6000.7548.5%2.9 L+9K20K
2600%3332.6520,6500.7047.5%2.2 L+12K18K
%2393.0520,7000.7547.1%2.9 L+12K27K
%2344.7520,7500.7046.1%1.4 L+3K10K
%2296.6020,8000.6044.7%13.7 L+30K56K
65085.4%3236.2520,8500.6544.4%9.1 L+46K52K
%2200.7020,9000.7044.0%10.0 L+44K77K
%2153.0020,9500.8043.9%1.9 L+1K12K
5200%2964.0521,0000.8543.4%71.1 L-2.1 L24.9 L
65086.5%3056.9521,0500.9043.0%2.1 L+10K16K
650%2876.7021,1000.7541.5%17.5 L+2.1 L2.6 L
%1964.3021,1500.6540.3%4.8 L+21K27K
65090.5%2939.8021,2000.7540.1%13.4 L+2K1.2 L
65077.3%2840.3021,2500.8539.9%2.6 L+10K25K
%1825.3021,3000.9039.5%15.4 L+43K1.2 L
%1779.5021,3500.8538.5%3.3 L+19K26K
650%2578.7021,4000.9038.1%11.5 L+15K83K
65+65130%2455.7521,4500.8537.2%3.3 L+10K26K
1K-6513058.3%2550.0021,5000.9536.9%86.5 L-2.2 L28.2 L
%1599.7521,5500.9036.0%3.5 L+3K35K
%1555.7021,6001.1036.0%28.9 L-7802.2 L
%1512.1021,6501.1035.3%3.2 L+4K17K
%1468.9021,7001.1034.6%20.6 L+18K2.2 L
%1426.2021,7501.0533.7%7.8 L+17K61K
%1383.9021,8001.3033.8%30.9 L+21K6.1 L
%1342.1021,8501.1032.5%4.9 L+16K57K
%1300.8521,9001.2032.1%32.1 L+44K3.6 L
%1260.0521,9501.2031.4%4.1 L+21K42K
15K-12K26K56.4%2076.6522,0001.3531.1%2.03 Cr+10.4 L53.4 L
%1180.2022,0501.6030.9%9.7 L+18K54K
845+65325%1720.4022,1001.6530.3%32.7 L+65K4.3 L
65063.5%1975.2022,1501.8029.9%16.5 L-26K62K
975-6552043.2%1847.9522,2001.8529.3%58.9 L+4.1 L10.6 L
715-65195%1561.0522,2501.8528.5%17.5 L+32K1.4 L
195065%1535.0022,3002.0028.0%71.7 L-1.0 L7.5 L
65085.2%1955.3522,3502.1027.5%34.0 L+15K1.6 L
1K-26071548.3%1681.0522,4002.3027.0%99.4 L+79K8.1 L
130089.9%1917.5522,4502.4526.5%42.5 L+70K3.1 L
15K-65014K45.0%1576.6522,5002.5025.8%2.68 Cr+4.2 L47.4 L
130-6558533.5%1491.0022,5502.8025.4%66.7 L+1.4 L3.1 L
6500195%1319.1522,6002.9024.7%1.78 Cr+2.1 L12.6 L
1950130%1262.4522,6503.4524.6%59.2 L+1.7 L4.0 L
5K-1303K34.8%1354.0022,7003.8024.1%1.98 Cr+7.8 L21.5 L
1K050.5%1390.5022,7504.0523.5%1.00 Cr+2.3 L5.8 L
10K+5206K39.0%1281.6522,8004.2022.8%2.61 Cr+13.1 L36.4 L
650+3901K%1160.7022,8504.8022.5%1.31 Cr-7.2 L10.3 L
6K-6504K37.1%1183.9022,9005.5522.1%2.31 Cr+5.5 L25.7 L
1K-26097530.1%1106.6022,9506.0021.6%1.04 Cr+2.9 L7.1 L
2.5 L+38K3.4 L34.5%1082.9023,0006.9521.2%5.54 Cr+15.3 L66.4 L
780-6526035.1%1043.2523,0507.8520.8%1.02 Cr+4.4 L7.3 L
13K+3K27K32.6%986.0023,1008.6520.3%2.38 Cr+7.2 L20.5 L
4K-6508K30.2%929.5523,15010.1520.0%1.20 Cr+6.3 L11.1 L
20K+52095K31.1%892.2523,20011.5019.5%3.59 Cr+15.5 L43.9 L
14K+11K77K28.9%836.8023,25013.2519.1%1.49 Cr+3.4 L12.2 L
58K+7152.2 L27.9%788.1023,30015.5518.8%3.27 Cr+8.8 L29.8 L
18K+6K52K28.1%748.2523,35017.8018.4%1.74 Cr+4.3 L10.2 L
60K+17K4.3 L26.4%695.9023,40021.0018.1%3.50 Cr+4.9 L21.0 L
27K+10K1.7 L25.5%649.3523,45024.6017.8%2.08 Cr+2.4 L9.5 L
6.4 L+1.4 L37.1 L24.7%604.0523,50029.1517.5%7.44 Cr+11.6 L44.5 L
40K+12K5.6 L24.1%560.6023,55034.3017.2%2.53 Cr+2.6 L10.4 L
1.2 L+29K36.6 L23.2%515.0523,60040.0016.8%5.69 Cr+9.8 L27.7 L
75K+29K18.1 L22.4%471.2023,65047.5516.6%2.85 Cr+2.5 L8.7 L
3.8 L+2.3 L1.14 Cr22.8%439.1523,70055.9516.3%6.51 Cr+7.8 L25.5 L
2.1 L+1.5 L89.1 L21.5%392.1023,75065.0515.9%3.85 Cr+3.9 L11.3 L
11.6 L+7.3 L6.43 Cr21.2%356.4023,80076.8515.7%12.47 Cr+4.3 L41.3 L
6.5 L+5.8 L4.60 Cr20.5%317.2023,85090.9015.5%7.53 Cr-1.2 L17.0 L
14.9 L+10.1 L10.59 Cr20.3%285.1523,900105.0015.1%13.14 Cr+10.2 L30.0 L
8.5 L+7.4 L6.13 Cr19.9%252.0023,950122.2514.8%6.18 Cr+7.3 L15.1 L
52.8 L+31.6 L15.62 Cr19.5%221.5024,000ATM142.8014.7%13.02 Cr+2.5 L53.5 L
13.6 L+9.3 L5.43 Cr19.2%193.1024,050164.3514.3%3.20 Cr+3.4 L12.9 L
31.5 L+13.3 L7.72 Cr19.0%168.4524,100189.2014.1%3.57 Cr-5.9 L19.7 L
10.1 L+30K3.75 Cr18.8%145.0024,150215.8013.7%81.9 L-7.7 L4.9 L
41.6 L+75K8.12 Cr18.7%124.8024,200244.0513.2%1.80 Cr-19.1 L18.5 L
13.0 L-2.2 L3.21 Cr18.4%105.1524,250277.6013.0%30.0 L-3.9 L3.2 L
55.3 L+7.1 L7.12 Cr18.4%89.7024,300310.0512.3%68.6 L-7.5 L18.2 L
16.0 L+2.7 L2.68 Cr18.2%74.9024,350344.8011.3%14.2 L-52K3.8 L
36.8 L+4.1 L4.70 Cr18.1%62.5524,400386.1510.8%24.4 L-4.1 L8.1 L
9.4 L-4.5 L2.20 Cr18.2%52.8024,450421.05%4.0 L-31K1.3 L
70.4 L+3.8 L7.77 Cr18.2%44.0024,500464.90%26.6 L-1.2 L8.0 L
9.8 L-1.3 L2.07 Cr18.3%36.5024,550503.55%3.7 L-2K81K
29.2 L+4.5 L4.21 Cr18.3%29.9024,600550.00%3.8 L-42K1.7 L
12.3 L+2.4 L1.96 Cr18.4%24.9524,650599.60%51K+2K59K
32.4 L+10.8 L3.82 Cr18.4%20.3524,700641.85%2.1 L-59K1.1 L
22.3 L+11.6 L2.21 Cr18.6%16.9524,750691.35%28K+6K38K
45.5 L+15.0 L3.84 Cr18.7%14.1524,800735.40%1.7 L-55K1.5 L
12.6 L+3.6 L1.52 Cr19.0%12.0524,850780.80%16K+6K26K
23.3 L+1.4 L2.67 Cr19.1%9.9024,900830.55%50K-9K1.6 L
10.7 L+2.1 L1.42 Cr19.4%8.5024,950876.80%7K-7804K
97.6 L+30.1 L6.22 Cr19.6%7.1525,000926.90%5.1 L-1.2 L4.5 L
15.5 L+6.3 L1.60 Cr19.8%6.1025,050974.40%1K-652K
30.0 L+2.5 L3.56 Cr20.0%5.0525,1001022.80%3K-26011K
8.4 L-56K1.33 Cr20.4%4.5525,1501030.10%650455
32.7 L+3.5 L5.06 Cr20.5%3.7525,2001131.85%5K-26072K
8.0 L+12K82.7 L20.8%3.2025,2501024.20%03K
47.9 L+14.7 L3.56 Cr21.0%2.7025,3001200.00%520-1305K
9.7 L+2.8 L65.9 L21.4%2.4525,3501183.70%01K
24.4 L+2.8 L1.63 Cr21.4%1.9525,4001315.00%65003K
9.1 L+1.4 L55.8 L21.8%1.7525,4501522.8049.2%260-65910
74.2 L+25.0 L3.57 Cr22.3%1.6525,5001424.70%80K-54K2.6 L
6.5 L-2.1 L33.0 L22.2%1.2525,5501181.75%0715
19.6 L-5.0 L99.2 L22.9%1.3025,6001519.15%2K-2K3K
4.5 L-91017.5 L23.1%1.1025,6501449.60%02K
17.3 L+1.4 L71.3 L23.4%1.0025,7001850.0066.3%6502K
4.8 L+38K16.4 L23.6%0.8525,7502638.00148.6%
34.7 L+3.7 L1.20 Cr24.1%0.8025,8001762.00%130-651K
3.4 L+18K10.7 L24.6%0.8025,8501690.00%0195
9.9 L-3.4 L33.6 L24.9%0.7025,9001730.00%0455
2.0 L-1.0 L7.8 L25.3%0.6525,9502832.50154.1%
54.3 L+3.1 L1.20 Cr25.6%0.6026,0001920.75%12K-3K1.7 L
2.8 L-2.7 L15.0 L26.2%0.6026,0502930.20156.8%
4.0 L-12.7 L47.0 L26.8%0.6026,1002070.00%0715
58K-57K4.5 L27.9%0.7526,1503028.15159.6%
1.8 L-1.3 L13.8 L27.9%0.6026,2002003.00%0325
70K-20K5.4 L28.4%0.6026,2503126.30162.3%
1.8 L-25K10.1 L28.7%0.5526,3002144.95%065
56K+18K1.8 L29.7%0.6526,3502329.2041.1%0520
2.3 L+17K8.7 L29.6%0.5026,4002356.65%065
51K-2K1.6 L29.8%0.4526,4503323.05167.6%
5.6 L+99K25.1 L30.6%0.5026,5002440.00%1K+39012K
5.1 L+3.0 L18.5 L30.5%0.4026,5503421.65170.2%
2.9%26,600%
3.0%26,650%
3.0%26,700%
3.0%26,750%
3.1%26,800%
3.2%26,850%
3.2%26,900%
3.3%26,950%
3.3%27,000%
3.4%27,050%
3.4%27,100%
3.5%27,150%
3.5%27,200%
3.6%27,250%
3.6%27,300%
3.7%27,350%
3.7%27,400%
3.8%27,450%
3.8%27,500%
3.9%27,550%
4.0%27,600%
4.0%27,650%
4.0%27,700%
4.1%27,750%
4.2%27,800%
4.2%27,850%
4.3%27,900%
4.3%27,950%
4.3%28,000%
4.4%28,050%
4.5%28,100%
4.5%28,150%
4.6%28,200%
4.6%28,250%
4.7%28,300%
4.7%28,350%
4.8%28,400%
4.8%28,450%
4.8%28,500%
4.9%28,550%
5.0%28,600%
5.0%28,650%
5.1%28,700%
5.1%28,750%
5.2%28,800%
5.2%28,850%
5.3%28,900%
5.3%28,950%
5.3%29,000%
5.4%29,050%
5.5%29,100%
5.5%29,150%
5.5%29,200%
5.6%29,250%
5.6%29,300%
5.7%29,350%
5.7%29,400%
5.8%29,450%
5.8%29,500%
5.9%29,550%
5.9%29,600%
6.0%29,650%
6.0%29,700%
6.1%29,750%
6.1%29,800%
6.2%29,850%

Bold CE OI = highest call writing (resistance). Bold PE OI = highest put writing (support). ATM = at-the-money.

AI AnalysisGenerated daily after market close · AI-powered

Key Strike Levels

Immediate resistance looms at 24000, where massive call OI accumulation signals strong writer presence. Strong support rests at 23700–23800, underpinned by rising put OI and convergence of long put positions. The implied trading range narrows between 23700 and 24000, with 23900 acting as a pivot for near-term directional bias.

OI Buildup Activity

Fresh long calls dominate at 24000, 23900, and 23800, signaling aggressive long positioning amid upside attempts. However, CE OI surge at 24000 hints at hedging or short call writing capping near-term rallies. On the put side, fresh longs at 23900 and 23700 suggest defensive positioning, with writers adding exposure at 23900 put, indicating potential floor-setting at lower levels.

Volatility Read

ATM volatility holds at 14.77%, reflecting contained near-term expectations amid expiry proximity. Bearish skew confirms preference for downside protection, with puts commanding higher implied premiums than calls.

Strategy Implication

Bias favors short premium strategies near 24000 with protective downside hedges around 23700.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the highest call OI strike for NIFTY 50 today?
The strike with highest call (CE) open interest for NIFTY 50 is ₹25,000 for the 2026-05-05 expiry. This acts as a key resistance level since call writers will defend this strike aggressively near expiry.
What is the highest put OI strike for NIFTY 50 today?
The strike with highest put (PE) open interest for NIFTY 50 is ₹23,000 for the 2026-05-05 expiry. This acts as a key support level — put writers will tend to defend this level near expiry.
What does OI buildup in NIFTY 50 options mean?
Open Interest (OI) buildup in NIFTY 50 options shows how many net new contracts are being created at each strike. Rising OI at a strike means fresh positions (writers or buyers). Rising OI with rising price = long buildup (bullish); rising OI with falling price = short buildup (bearish).
When does NIFTY 50 options expire?
NIFTY 50 options have their nearest expiry on 2026-05-05. NSE F&O stocks have monthly expiry contracts — typically the last Tuesday of each month. MarketNetra shows data for the nearest two expiries.
How to read NIFTY 50 option chain?
The NIFTY 50 option chain shows calls (CE) on the left and puts (PE) on the right for each strike price. Key columns: OI (total open contracts), OI Change (new positions today), Volume (today's trades), IV (implied volatility — higher = more uncertainty), and LTP (last traded price). The ATM (at-the-money) strike is highlighted in blue.