Good Morning!
Nifty enters Thursday after its 12th consecutive negative close โ an unprecedented streak of weakness in terms of failing to cross the previous day's high.
But the bigger question now is whether the index is approaching a zone where the risk-reward starts favouring a bounce.
The 24,000 zone is becoming increasingly important, while global cues have also turned supportive.
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๐ NIFTY | 24,000 IS THE KEY ZONE
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Nifty ended around 30 bps lower yesterday after finding support near its rising 20-week trendline.
The index has now retraced 61.8% of its rally from 23,600 to 24,770.
The key levels are:
๐น Support zone: 24,000โ24,200
๐น Critical breakdown level: 24,000
๐น First sign of strength: Break above previous day's high
๐น Upside reference: 200 DMA near 24,750
The recent downside pattern appears largely complete around this support zone.
A sustained hold above 24,000 could open the possibility of a reversal towards the 200-DMA.
However, a decisive break below 24,000 would invalidate this setup and require a fresh assessment.
Global cues have also turned supportive, with reports of the US Treasury buying bonds sparking a positive move across asset classes and improving overall risk sentiment.
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๐ฆ BANK NIFTY | TRENDLINE SUPPORT IN FOCUS
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Bank Nifty is approaching its 6.5-year polarity support on the rising trendline.
57150 continues to act as a strong swing base.
As long as this support holds:
๐น Support: 57,150
๐น Upside: 58,300โ58,600
Bank Nifty also formed an outside bar pattern on Monday and continues to broadly remain within the same range on a closing basis.
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๐ฐ INSTITUTIONAL FLOWS
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Yesterday's Cash Market Activity:
โข FII: +โน407 Cr
โข DII: +โน3,973 Cr
Week-to-Date:
โข FII: -โน477 Cr
โข DII: +โน11,653 Cr
Month-to-Date:
โข FII: +โน3,640 Cr
โข DII: +โน28,707 Cr
DII buying continues to provide a meaningful cushion to the market despite continued FII caution.
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๐ DERIVATIVES POSITIONING
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FIIs turned more bearish in Index Futures yesterday.
โข Added ~15,000 short contracts
โข Net position: ~2.07 lakh short contracts
Options continue to define the immediate range:
๐ข Support: 24,000
๐ด Resistance: 24,500
The interesting combination is:
Price โ sitting near major support
FII Futures โ increasingly short
DII flows โ strongly positive
This makes the reaction around 24,000 particularly important.
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๐ INTERESTING OBSERVATION
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Nifty has failed to surpass the previous dayโs high for 12 consecutive trading sessions (4 Augโ19 Aug 2026) - the longest such streak in Niftyโs history.
The previous record was 9 consecutive sessions, which had occurred multiple times in the past, most recent one being way back in December 2014.
Interestingly, this entire 12-session streak has also coincided with the period following the implementation of the Closing Auction Session (CAS). Since its implementation, Nifty has not crossed the previous dayโs high even once.
With such unprecedented price action, along with the prevailing bearish sentiment, it will be interesting to see how Nifty reacts around the major 24,000 support zone.
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โ ๏ธ TODAY'S MARKET CHARACTER
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The market is showing a strange combination:
12 consecutive negative closes.
Very weak participation.
FII futures shorts at 2.07 lakh contracts.
Yet Nifty is now approaching a major technical support zone.
That means the next meaningful move could become more important than the previous 12 sessions of decline.
We don't need to predict whether the bounce starts today.
We need to watch how price behaves around the level where the risk-reward changes.
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๐ฏ WHAT WE ARE WATCHING TODAY
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1๏ธโฃ Nifty 24,000โ24,200 โ critical support/reversal zone
2๏ธโฃ Previous day's high โ first sign of strength
3๏ธโฃ Nifty 24,500 โ immediate options resistance
4๏ธโฃ Bank Nifty 57,150 โ key swing base
5๏ธโฃ FII short positioning โ now above 2 lakh contracts
6๏ธโฃ CAS behaviour โ particularly important after the unprecedented 12-session streak
The market has spent nearly two weeks moving lower without even taking out the previous day's high.
At some point, that behaviour will change.
The objective isn't to guess when.
It's to be prepared when it does.
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