NIFTY PCR and max pain. Put call ratio for NIFTY, BANK NIFTY and stocks.
Put-call ratio and max pain for the nearest expiry, from end-of-day open interest, with how far the spot price is from max pain and the NIFTY PCR trend.
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See plans →Total put open interest divided by total call open interest. Above 1 means more puts than calls are open; traders read very high or very low PCR as stretched sentiment.
The strike at which option buyers, in total, would lose the most at expiry (option writers gain the most). Some traders watch spot drift towards it near expiry.
“Near” uses only the nearest expiry, which drives short-term positioning; “all” adds every open expiry.
From NSE’s end-of-day F&O files (bhavcopy and the MWPL file), published each evening after NSE posts them. Futures OI is summed across expiries so roll-overs do not look like new positions. Information, not investment advice.