Talisman, I will agree with Enygma's view. IMO, Funds houses, FII etc are not too much in stock futures due to low liquidity. They would instead use Nifty to protect/leaverage their portfolio.
While reading OI change, I generally ignore anything with change of 10 to 15%. It is normal mkt behaviour. And if the OI number is small, the % change will give distorted info.. (On OI of 100, even if OI just goes up by 20 contracts, means 20% change.. but in reality it is just 20*2.5 Lac = 50 lacs worth of transaction which is nothing.
So don't read too much into stock OI.
Happy Trading
AW10 are you sure about the above mentioned thing. If the Big players like FII and Fund houses are not active in the stock futures, then how come it has got such big turnover everyday
I do not want to say that what you said is wrong, I am simply sharing my confusion about it.
One more thing, if a fund house has decided to buy 400 crores worth of Realty sector shares, like dlf, unitech etc. then this Net buying of 400 crore is bound to take the Stock prices higher "under normal market conditions", then wont the fund house like to create longs in the futures, and then sell them at higher prices to make good bucks in the futures segment as well. They will continue to hold the Stocks in their portfolio, but will make some money in futures based on the supply demand mismatch created because of their huge buying.
And if this is not the case, then how come whenever the stock rises sharply like 20-25 % in 4-5 days, then the future also follows the stock path as it is. If the fund house is just doing the buying in the stock, then future should not copy its exact movement no ?
Is there some rule and regulation from SEBI, which prohibits FII and Fund houses from doing active trading in the Stock Futures ?
Sorry if my assumptions are wrong.
I am just guessing.