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How to read DaySwingTrader
Flags are not buy signals. They show where big money TRADED today and whether it STAYED. We report what the tape shows — we never predict direction, and our own studies say nobody should: direction is a coin flip, but names with heavy flow move 3%+ the next day about twice as often. Size and follow-through are the story; which way is your judgment.
The three words on every page
TRADEDTotal option money that changed hands in a name today. Every confirmed print, full size. Does not tell you: whether those positions are still open.
STAYEDThe part still held after same-day churn cancels out — buying and selling in the same window offsetting each other is removed. "Net" always refers to this. Does not tell you: whether it will still be held tomorrow.
SET ASIDETape we could not read clearly — fills between bid and ask, writing, or closing trades. We mark it and count it for neither side, instead of guessing. A big SET ASIDE number is honesty, not a problem.
Colours — one rule everywhere
The number is the fact; the colour is our read of it. Same rule on every page.
GreenEvidence leans bullish for the stock — e.g. aggressive call buying or put writing, OI confirming.
RedEvidence leans bearish — aggressive put buying or call writing, OI confirming.
AmberTwo-sided or unconfirmed. Big money on BOTH sides of the same contract, or open interest has not confirmed the position yet. A battle, not a verdict.
GreySet aside — unreadable side, or closing/covering rather than a fresh bet.
The flow table, column by column
TimeWhen the print (trade burst) happened, IST.
Symbol / StrikeThe stock or index, and which option contract — strike price plus CE (call) or PE (put), with the expiry underneath.
TypeSweep = one aggressive order eating the book in seconds (urgency). Accum = the same contract bought again and again through a window (patience). Block = one large negotiated print. OI/IV spike = open interest or implied volatility jumped — position evidence, not traded money.
Pace / LotsHow fast this traded versus the strike's own average pace today, or plain lot count. High pace on a small trade is speed, not size.
ValueRupee value of the premium that changed hands (lots × lot size × price). This is TRADED money.
Verdict + ScoreWhat this trade implies for the STOCK's direction (writing puts = bullish for the stock, even though it is a short option position), plus a 0–100 evidence score. The score grades evidence quality, not probability of profit.
OI changeHow much open interest moved on that strike — rising OI beside buying means fresh positions opened (marked OI✓ fresh); falling OI means positions closed. "~flat" means within noise; "not published at fire" means the exchange had not posted OI yet.
Chips you will meet
✓2 feedsTwo independent data feeds detected this same trade — folded into one row so one trade never shows twice.
⚠ minorityThis print runs against the strike's own day — e.g. a bullish print on a strike where 72% of today's money is bearish.
net ₹X CrThe STAYED figure for that card's window — what survived after both-ways churn cancelled.
"written against"Money SOLD (written) on the same contracts — disclosed separately, never mixed into buying totals. A writer bets the move won't come and profits even if the stock stays flat, so writing is softer evidence than buying.
What we never do
No buy/sell calls. No targets. No entries or exits. No direction predictions — we tested 1,200+ signal ideas and direction never beat a coin flip; what holds up is that heavy-flow names move MORE (either way). We show you where the big money went and how clean the evidence is. The trade is yours.
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