- Now the lockdown is extended till May 3rd. This was not a surprise as all states had opted for the extension. Most of this has been factored in the market. So we may not fall more due to this news.
- IMF has projected a recession in the coming quarter. India's forecast has been projected to 1.9% for this year.
- Now we are in the results season. We have a number of companies coming up with its earnings for this quarter. Now this will be interesting and let's see if this can take market higher or lower.
- In the PE world, Zomato bought Grofers. It was surprising for me as not much startup deals happen during the bear cycle.
- Crude place is interesting as OPEC+ have decided to cut the oil output but the cut was not as estimated.
- On Monday, we closed slightly below the 9000. Today we might break 9200. It will be good if we close above 9200.
- We might break the 20dma in banknifty as we have already broken that on the nifty.
- If 9200 is broken this week, then I will consider that the bottom has reached and we may not touch 7500 lows again.
- The deaths in the US has declined and US is coming out with a plan to reopen the economy.
MY TRADES
- Option premiums are high and the VIX is falling for some days now. Now we are at 50+ in VIX.
- I have executed a ratio spread in the next month series
- +1x nifty 8000pe
- -1x nifty 7900pe
- -1x nifty 7800pe
- -1x nifty 7700pe
- I had sold some PE of maruti, indusind bank, yesbank, ITC, HDFC bank. All are in good profit as of today. I am planning to exit them today as we have earning season coming and I prefer to stay out as things might get volatile.
- In futures, I am long in Vedanta and hindalco.
- I have also executed a banknifty short straddle at 19600 for the week. I have collected 1100 for this trade. The positions are small, so let's see if time decay is in my favour or not. I just want it to be stable today as tomorrow is expiry and we can manage in many ways for tomorrow.
- Now my equity portfolio is slightly becoming green one by one. now my equity portfolio is down by close to 20%. It was close to 35% some time back. I am not considering the here trades for this portfolio.
INTERNATIONAL MARKET
- The world markets are in green. The Dow closed with a gain of close to 2.5% and Nasdaq gained close to 3.5%
- European markets are also in the green.
- Today Asia is flat. SGX suggests that we may open 150 to 200 point higher.Lets see how we take it from there.
FII AND DII
- On Monday, FII sold for 1243cr and DII sold for 1100cr.
- Now this figure is disturbing.
CRUDE AND $
- Crude is again below $30.
- $ is at Rs 76
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