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Options Chain Analysis

This document discusses option chain analysis and its components. It defines in-the-money, at-the-money, and out-of-the-money options. It also explains what open interest is and how changes in open interest occur. Finally, it outlines how open interest data can be used to identify support and resistance levels and determine the direction of trends.

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Options Chain Analysis

This document discusses option chain analysis and its components. It defines in-the-money, at-the-money, and out-of-the-money options. It also explains what open interest is and how changes in open interest occur. Finally, it outlines how open interest data can be used to identify support and resistance levels and determine the direction of trends.

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Opt
ionChai
nAnal
ysi
swi
thExampl
es*

Opt
ionChai
nAnal
ysi
sinTr
adi
ng

I
nthisar
ti
cle,Iam goi
ngtodiscusstheOpt i
onChai nAnal
ysi
sinTradi
ng.Attheend
oft
hisar
ticl
e,youwill
underst
andthef ol
l
owi ngpointer
sindet
ailwhi
charerelatedt
o
Opt
ionChainAnalysi
s.Doj
oinmytel
egram channel
t.me/mwgl
obalt
ogetmarkett
ips,
newsandupdat
esf
orf
ree

1.Whati
sopeni nterest?
2.Howtostudyopt i
onchaintable
3.Theel
ementoft heopt i
onchaintable
4.Howtointer
pretopt i
onopeninterest
5.Useofopeninterest

Mar
ketSt
ruct
urePr
inci
ples

Pr
icemoveswi t
hinastr
ucturalf
rameworkoft
hesupplyanddemandzone.A
br
eakoutofthestr
uctur
alfr
amewor ksuppl
yanddemandzonewill
leadt
oprice
movementinthenextareaofthefr
ameworkofthesuppl
yanddemandzone

OPTI
ONCHAI
NCOMPONENT
WHATar
eITM (INTHEMONEY)OPTIONS?

1.Acall
opti
oni
ssaidtobei
nITM i
fthestri
kepri
cei
slessthanthecurr
entspot
pr
iceoft
hesecur
it
y.
2.Aputopt
ioni
ssaidtobeI
TM i
fthestr
ikepri
ceismorethanthecur
rentspot
pr
iceoft
hesecur
it
y.

WHATar
eATM (ATTHEMONEY)OPTIONS?

1.Acall
opti
oni
ssaidtobeinATM i
fthestr
ikepri
ceisequalt
othecurr
entspot
pr
iceoft
hesecur
it
y.
2.Aputopt
ioni
ssaidtobeATM i
fthestr
ikepri
ceisequalt
othecurr
entspot
pr
iceoft
hesecur
it
y.

WHATar
eOTM (OUTOFTHEMONEY)OPTIONS?

1.Acallopti
oni
ssaidtobeinOTM i
fthestr
ikepri
cei
smorethant
hecurrent
spotpri
ceofthesecur
it
y.
2.Aputoptioni
ssaidtobeOTM i
fthestr
ikepri
ceisl
esst
othecur
rentspot
pri
ceofthesecur
ity
.

Openi
nter
est

HowChangesi
nOpenI
nter
estOccur

 I
fbothpar ti
cipant
sintradeareinitiati
nganewposi t
ion,theopeni nt
erestwil
l
i
ncrease.Ifbothparti
cipantsareliquidat
inganoldposit
ion,theopeni nt
erest
wil
ldecline.
 I
f,howev er,
onepar t
ici
pantisinit
iatinganewt r
adewhi l
et heotheris
l
iqui
datinganol dtr
ade, openint
erestwi l
l r
emai
nunchanged.
Mi
sconcept
ionaboutopeni
nter
est

Neverthi
nkthatsi
ncePRICEisri
sing,
mor eLONGSarebei
ngcr
eatedthanSHORTS.
LONGSwi l
lalwaysbeequalt
oSHORTSj ustt
hatLONGSar
edominati
ngSHORTSin
thetr
ansact
ion,t
hati
swhyPRI CEisri
sing

Thenumberofshar esboughti sALWAYSEQUALt ot henumberofshar essold.Then


whyPRICEr i
sesorf all
s?becauseofbuy i
ngpr essureorselli
ngpr essure.So,i
f
buyer
sofacont ractaredominatingthesell
ers,PRICEwi ll
riseandi fsell
ersare
dominati
ngthebuy ers,PRI
CEwi llf
all
.ButBUYERSwi ll
alway sbeequal t
oSELLERS.
So,openint
erestisrisi
ng,whichmeansnewcont r
actsarebei ngadded.Butsi nce
PRI
CEi sri
si
ngwi thit,i
tmeanst hatLONGSar eDOMI NATINGt hetransacti
ons.Thus,
market/
shareisSTRONGLYBULLI SH.Oppositeforbearishtrend

WRI
TING/
Sel
l
ing(
Sel
l
ers)i
smor
eimpor
tanther
e….
.Why
…?

 Ittakesconvict
iontosellasther
eisUnl
imit
edr i
skandmor emoneyr equir
ed
 Sellersareusuall
ysomeonewi thBi
gmoneyl i
keBigInst
it
uti
ons
 Buy ersareusuall
yret
ailtr
adersasi
tisconveni
entwitht
helessrequired
capital
 Instit
uti
onsareusuall
yr i
ght
 Largeopt i
onopeni nt
erestmeansmassivebetagai
nstthatst
ri
keprice

Useofopeni
nter
estdat
a

 Toidenti
fysuppor
tandr
esist
ance
 Tofindoutwhensuppor
tresi
stancewi
l
lbr
eak
 Di
recti
onoftrend

I
dent
if
yingSuppor
tandResi
stancebasedonopt
ionchai
nopeni
nter
est
Howt
oident
if
ysuppor
tandr
esi
stancel
evel
orzone?

 STEP1findthehighestOIcolumnonbot hsi
des(cal
landputside)
 STEP2notet hecorrespondi
ngchangeinOI
 SUPPORT( PE)biggestopenint
erestnumber+posit
ivechangeinopen
i
nter
est
 RESI
STANCE( CE)biggestopeninter
estnumber+positi
vechangeinopen
i
nter
est

Howt
oknowwher
eist
her
esi
stancei
nanal
l
-ti
mehi
ghpr
ice?

 Byanal
yzi
ngt
heopt
ionchai
ndat
a

PARTI
CULARSTRI
KEPRI
CEi
nOpt
ionChai
nAnal
ysi
s

Nowwewi
l
lst
udywhati
sapar
ti
cul
arst
ri
kepr
iceshowi
ngus?
CALLS PUTS

 +vechangei nOIi mpliest hatcal


l  +vechangei nOIi mpliest hatput
writ
ersaresel l
i
ngbecauset hey writ
er saresell
i
ngbecauset hey
feelt
hest ockwi l
lnotr i
seabov e feelthestockwi l
lnotf all
bel owthe
therespecti
v el
evel respectiv
elevel
 -
v echangei nOIimpliest hatcall  -
v echangei nOIimpliest hatput
writ
ersaresquar i
ngupbecause writ
er saresquari
ngupbecause
theyfeelt
hest ockwill r
iseabov e theyfeelthestockwill fal
l below
therespecti
v el
evel therespectivel
evel


STRI
KEPRI
CE”wi
l
lshowanyoft
hef
oll
owi
ng:

1.LONGBUILDUP
2.LONGLI
QUI DATI
ON
3.SHORTBUILDUP
4.SHORTCOVERING

LONGBUI
LDUPi
nOpt
ionChai
nAnal
ysi
s

I
fPRICEi
srisi
ngandopeni
nter
esti
sri
sing,
itmeanst
hemar
keti
sSTRONGLY
BULLI
SH.LONGBUILDUP

 IfPRI
CEandOIbot har
eri
sing,itmeanst
hatthenewcontr
actthati
sbei
ng
addedisdominat
edbybul
ls,that’
swhyPRICEisri
singwi
theverynew
contr
actaddi
ti
on.

Shor
t-
cov
eri
ngi
nOpt
ionChai
nAnal
ysi
s

I
fPRICEi
srisi
ngbutopeni
nter
esti
sfal
l
ing,
itmeanst
hemar
keti
sWEAKLY
BULLI
SH.Shortcov
eri
ng

 IfPRI CEisri
singbutopeni nter
estisfall
ing,itmeansthatther i
sei npr i
ceis
duet oSHORTCOVERI NGandnotbul l
ishness.Seewhyi sOIf all
i
ng?I t’
sf al
li
ng
becauseposi t
ionsar ebeingsquaredof fandt henumberofopencont ractsi
n
themar keti
sr educing.ButsincePRICEi sri
si ngwit
hit,i
tmeanst hatSHORTS
ar eSQUARI NGOFFanddomi nati
ngLONGSi nthetr
ansaction.See,howwoul d
SHORTSsquar eof f
?Theywi llsquareoffbyBUYI NG.Thati swhyPRI CEi s
rising.So,PRICEi snotrisi
ngbecauseLONGSar edominating.I
tisr i
sing
becauseSHORTSar edomi nati
ngthesquar ingoffprocess.Thus, i
tcannotbe
cal l
edBULLI SH.ItisWEAKLYBULLI SH.I tcanbeaTRAPf ornewLONGS.

 Ral
l
yExt
rapol
ati
ngf
rom t
hegener
alr
ule,
pri
ceupwi
thhi
ghv
olumei
sbul
l
ish.
Howev er,i
fopeni nterestdropsduri
ngt hissametradingsession,abearish
readi
ngoft hatvariableresult
s.Theinternalcondi
ti
onoft hemar ketduri
ng
suchat radi
ngsessi onwoul dbethatofshor tcoveri
ng.Ashor t-
coveri
ngr al
ly
i
sav eryweakt echni calsi
tuati
on.Thet echni
ciancanstatethatthedeclinein
openinteresti
smor ebear i
shthanthehi ghvolumeisbull
ish.Infact,i
fthe
volumeissohi ght hatitcanbeconsi deredtobeofblowof fproport
ion,the
volumereadingwoul dalsobebear i
sh-signal
ingatl
eastat empor ar
yreversal
ofthepriceuptrend

SHORTBUI
LDUPi
nOpt
ionChai
nAnal
ysi
s

I
fPRI
CEi
sfal
l
ing,
openi
nter
esti
sri
sing,
themar
keti
sSTRONGLYBEARI
SH.

 Ift
hepri
ceisf al
l
ingandopeni nteresti
sr i
sing,itmeansthatSHORTSar e
dominat
ingtheLONGS.Andsi nceopeni nterestisri
sing,
itmeansthatnew
contr
act
sarebei ngadded.But,sincethepr i
cei sfal
l
ing,i
tmeansthenew
contr
act
swhi charebeingaddedar edomi nat edbySHORTS, notLONGS.
Hence,i
tisSTRONGLYBEARI SH.

LONGLI
QUI
DATI
ONi
nOpt
ionChai
nAnal
ysi
s

I
fPRI
CEi
sfal
l
ingandopeni
nter
esti
sfal
l
ing,
themar
keti
sWEAKLYBEARI
SH.

 I
fPRI CEisfall
ingandopeni nter
estisfal
ling,itmeanst hatthefal
li
npriceis
duetoLONGCOVERI NGoral socall
edLONGUNWI NDING.Seewhyi sopen
i
nterestfall
i
ng?I t
’sfall
ingbecauseposi t
ionsar ebeingsquar edof
fandt he
numberofopencont r
actsinthemar ketisreducing.ButsincePRICEisf al
l
ing
wit
hi t
,itmeanst hatLONGSar eSQUARI NGOFF&domi nati
ngSHORTSi nthe
tr
ansact i
on.howwoul dLONGSsquar eoff?Theywi llsquareoffbySELLING.
ThatiswhyPRI CEisfalli
ng.So,PRICEisnotf alli
ngbecauseSHORTSar e
dominat i
ngandcr eati
ngnewposi t
ions.I
ti sfall
i
ngbecauseLONGSar e
dominat i
ngthesquar i
ngof fprocess.Thus, i
tcannotbecal ledBEARISH.Itis
WEAKLYBEARI SH.ItcanbeaTRAPf ornewSHORTS.

MARKETDI
RECTI
ONBASEDONOPTI
ONOI

 I
nwhichdir
ecti
onbothsuppor
tandr
esi
stancear
eshi
ft
ing.i
fbot
hshi
ft
ings
hi
gheri
sindi
catebul
l
ishl
y

HOW TOKNOW?
 BYCHANGEI
NOPENI
NTERESTI
NPARTI
CULARSTRI
KEPRI
CE

Let
’sst
udycal
lopeni
nter
est(
CEOI
)

Let
’sdi
scussputopeni
nter
est(
PEOI
)
Let
’scombi
nebot
hcal
l
sandput

 Cal
lwri
teraddi
ng(i
ncreasing)andputwr it
erexi
ti
ng(decreasing) =beari
sh
 Putbuy
ersadding(
increasing)andcallbuyer
sexit
ing(decreasing)=bear ish
 Cal
lwri
terdecr
easi
ng(exiti
ng) andputwrit
eraddi
ng(increasing)=bulli
sh.
 Cal
lbuyer
sincr
easing(adding)andputbuy er
sdecreasing( exi
ting) =bul
li
sh
OPTI
ONCHAI
NTABLEFORABOVECHART

WHATHAPPENNEXT

Let
’sseet
heopt
ionchai
ndat
afort
hischar
t
BREAKOUT/
REVERSAL

Let
’sst
udybul
l
ishbr
eakoutand

Bul
ltobearr
ever
sal

REVERSALSTUDY

 I
fnearCEOTM st ri
kepri
cehasthehighestopeni nterestandposi
ti
vechange
i
nopeni nt
erest
,thent
hepri
cewi l
lnotbreakthatlev el
.meanscallwri
ter
sfeel
thatpr
icewil
lnotmoveabovethatlevel
 PUTWRI TERexiti
ngmeansopeninterestdecreasinginATM andITM PE,
THEYFEELTHAPRI CEWILLMOVEBELOW THATLEVEL

BREAKOUTSTUDY

 I
fnearCEOTM stri
kepri
cehaschangedi
nnegati
veopenint
erest
,thenthe
pr
icewil
lbr
eakthatl
evel
.call
wri
teri
sexi
ti
ngmeanstheyarefeel
ingpri
cewil
l
moveup
 Addi
ti
oninATM ANDI TM PEmeansputwri
ter
sarebul
li
sh
PutCal
lRat
io(
PCR)
HI
GHPCR=BULLI
SH

 Moreputst
hancall
s
 Bi
gsell
ersar
esell
i
ngputs,moret
hancall
s
 Thi
smeanstheyaresay
ingthemarketwon’
tgodownmuch

Here,i
nthisarti
cl
e,It
ri
edt
oexplaintheOpt
ionChai
nAnalysisi
nTradi
ng.Ihopeyou
enj
oythisOptionChai
nAnalysi
s.Dojoi
nmyt el
egr
am channelt
.me/mwglobalt
oget
marketti
ps,newsandupdatesforfr
ee

HappyTr
adi
ng

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