Futures built-ups & breadth
Who is adding positions and who is getting out, every day
Every F&O stock and index future's daily built-up from the official end-of-day data - the same readings as the app's built-up screens: long build-up (open interest up, price up), short build-up (OI up, price down), short covering (OI down, price up) and long unwinding (OI down, price down). Open interest is all futures months together, so an expiry rollover does not read as unwinding; price is the near-month contract against its own previous close. Each day also carries the quantum - how much open interest was added or cut, in units and in rupees - and the market's built-up breadth: how many stocks were in each reading.
History2002 → today
Readingsbuild-up, covering, unwinding
Knownthe evening of the day
Data points
9 fieldsFieldWhat it meansTypeReadingLong build-up, short build-up, short covering or long unwinding, for that day.textPrice changeThe near-month future's close against its own previous close.%OI changeOpen interest of all futures months together against the previous session - in units and %.numberQuantum (₹ crore)The value of the positions added (+) or closed (-): the OI change at that day's price.₹ crDays to expiryDays left in the near-month contract.numberTrue built-upThe app's true built-up label and its OI change, for stocks.textBuilt-up breadthPer day: how many F&O stocks were in each reading, and their share of the market.countBreadth quantumPer day: the total ₹ crore added or cut in each reading across all stocks, and the net.₹ crIndicesNIFTY, BANKNIFTY, FINNIFTY, MIDCPNIFTY, NIFTY NEXT 50 and NIFTYFPI, on the same rule.text
What you can do with it
tap a request to copy it, then paste it into the chatTrade the stocks with yesterday's strongest build-up.
Use built-up breadth as a market filter.
Follow one symbol's built-up.
Watch the money, not just the count.