Short Covering

AI bubble and cyber security risk: ink illustration of a giant soap bubble holding AI chips over data centres with a red crack spreading across it

AI Bubble and Cyber Security Risk: S&P 500 Crash, VIX at 28, KOSPI Circuit Breaker and FII Short Covering

Is the AI bubble bursting? S&P 500 −4.36%, VIX 28.18, a KOSPI circuit breaker and FIIs covering Nifty shorts. Why cyber...
Rajandran R
19 min read
Market profile histogram with a falling arrow nearing a fork at a glowing decision zone for Nifty

NIFTY Market Profile Outlook: Sellers Remain in Control, but the Auction Is Approaching an Important Decision Zone

NIFTY Futures remains in a seller-controlled auction, with Market Profile showing lower value development and dominant short-term sellers around 24,110–24,140. However,...
Rajandran R
6 min read
Market profile histograms stepping higher beside a low volatility gauge: trading a slow grinding rally

Market Profile and Slow-Rising Markets: How to Trade a Grinding Rally

Learn how market profile explains slow-rising markets, rising value, poor highs, falling India VIX, and short covering in the current Nifty...
Rajandran R
7 min read
Magnet pulling a candlestick chart toward an upside level after a Nifty failed auction

Nifty Market Profile Outlook: Failed Auction at 24050 Keeps the Upside Magnet Alive

Nifty has been in a short-term downtrend since 29th May, led by strong institutional selling and a failed auction near the...
Rajandran R
3 min read
Two red bear arrows caught in a trap while a teal price line rallies: Nifty bears trapped twice

Short in the Hole & Late Momentum Trading: How Nifty Trapped the Bears Twice

On both 5th and 6th May, Nifty short-term traders pressed the sell side aggressively in the morning, only to find themselves...
Rajandran R
5 min read
Tipping balance scale of trader inventory beside a market profile histogram

Trading Inventory, Imbalances, and Inventory Adjustments – Market Profile Tutorial Reloaded

Who is trapped and where they must go: how trading inventory, imbalances and inventory adjustments drive sharp rallies and reversals in...
Rajandran R
7 min read
Balanced market profile on a calm sea with a storm cloud gathering

What to Do When No One Is Actively Positioning in the Markets: A Market Profile Perspective

When markets go quiet after a burst of geopolitical tension, it's easy to misread the calm as safety. But experienced traders...
Rajandran R
3 min read

Current State of the Market: FII Record Net Shorts, USD/INR Sentiment, and the Road Ahead

As we navigate through January 2025, the Indian equity markets find themselves at a crucial juncture. A confluence of foreign institutional...
Rajandran R
2 min read

Bank Nifty Futures – Risk of Fresh Shorts as Inventory goes Short to too Short – Market Profile Analysis

In our previous analysis, we explored the dual momentum top and identified key resistance levels for Bank Nifty. Recently, a divergence...
Rajandran R
1 min read

Short Covering from an Extreme Short Term Inventory – Indicates weakness – Market Profile

Nifty trading inventory goes short to too short as on last Monday trading session followed by a short-covering rally and this...
Rajandran R
23 sec read
Phoenix with candlestick wings rising from a pile of down arrows, short covering rally

More Short Covering Possibilities in Nifty Futures as the selling gets too Emotional and More Crowded

When more and more momentum selling is happening at some points it ends up with more emotional momentum traders. It is...
Rajandran R
55 sec read

Nifty Hedged Futures – October Series -Short covering Odds?

Nifty Futures ended negative as on last Friday and despite trading sentiment maintained negative price however managed to pull back from...
Rajandran R
40 sec read