F&O scanner — who's building positions right now.
Every NSE futures contract classified by price + OI combination. This is the same long/short buildup view your broker's terminal has — but free, clean, and shareable. Use it to find F&O stocks with fresh directional positioning.
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Reading OI + price action
- Long buildup — price ↑ + OI ↑. New longs, strongest bullish signal.
- Short covering — price ↑ + OI ↓. Shorts exiting, weaker bullish signal.
- Short buildup — price ↓ + OI ↑. Fresh shorts, strongest bearish signal.
- Long unwinding — price ↓ + OI ↓. Longs exiting, weaker bearish signal.
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Start free — no cardData from NSE's snapshot-derivatives-equity endpoint. Cached 5 min. Futures contract = near-month by default. F&O carries leverage and can result in losses exceeding deposited margin — SEBI's FY25 study found 91% of retail F&O traders lost money.
Research tool · not investment advice.
Axel Markets is an information + analytics product. We are not a SEBI-registered Research Analyst (RA) or Investment Adviser (IA). Nothing on this page is a buy, sell, or hold recommendation. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Verify all data against the authoritative source (NSE, BSE, AMFI, SEBI, company RHP / factsheet) before acting. F&O is leveraged and high-risk. Do not classify OI buildup as a trading signal on its own.