
March 01, 2023
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Technical & Derivatives Report
The banking index started the session on a flat note marginally in
the green. However, during the first half, previous day’s strong
performing space lacked follow up buying and hence, we saw some
tentativeness at higher levels. Although, it corrected slightly, there
was no damage to the bullishness it displayed on Monday. In fact,
towards the latter part of the day, we once again saw a good buying
emerging in some of the banking counters. Eventually, the
BANKNIFTY managed to recover fair bit of ground to conclude with
negligible loss. The BANKNIFTY maintains its firmness and unlike
Nifty, it has convincingly managed to defend its recent swing low
(on multiple occasions) of 39700 on a closing basis. Now, if overall
sentiments are to be improved in the market, the banking plays a
vital role here. A small aid from global peers can certainly provide
the much-needed impetus to this space and then we may see it
lifting Nifty higher from its multi-month lows. As far as levels are
concerned, 40000 – 39700 is likely to be seen as sacrosanct zone;
whereas on the flipside, a move beyond 40400 may result in
breaking the shackles to then march towards 40800 – 41000 levels.
Key Levels
Support 1 – 40000 Resistance 1 – 40400
Support 2 – 39700 Resistance 2 – 40800
Exhibit 1: Nifty Daily Chart
Exhibit 2: Nifty Bank Daily Chart
Our market started on a flat note tracking the positive global cues
and inched higher at the opening bell. But soon after, a sell-off got
triggered that gradually dragged the index below Monday’s low,
signifying the strength of the bears at higher grounds. With the
intense day of sell-off, Nifty continued the selling streak for the
eighth day in a row and settled a tad above the 17300 level with
another cut of 0.51 percent.
Technically speaking, the benchmark index kept flirting around the
200 SMA throughout the session but eventually settled tad below
the same. Price-wise it does not augur well for the bulls; but we are
still a bit skeptical and do not want to get carried away by the close.
The main reason behind this is a ‘Positive Divergence’ in the daily
‘RSI-Smoothened’ oscillator. When such condition takes place, we
may see deception in price breakdown. Also, the banking space is
showing some resilience and till the time, banking does not give up,
the hope of recovery remains intact. Hence, we advise traders avoid
shorting and let us see whether follow through selling happens or
not. As far as levels are concerned, 17200 is to be seen as immediate
support; whereas on the flipside, 17400 followed by 17500 is the
crucial hurdle for the benchmark index.
As we advance, one needs to keep close track of the
heavyweight’s performance as they have contributed to the sell-
off. Besides this, global development should also be tracked
closely, and in the meantime, we would advocate traders to
avoid aggressive bets and focus on stock-specific actions.
Simultaneously, Investors can start picking good-quality
propositions in a staggered manner from a short to medium-
term perspective.
Key Levels
Support 1 – 17200 Resistance 1 – 17400
Support 2 – 17100 Resistance 2 – 17500