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Desk note · Friday 6 November 2026 · 7 min read

S&P 500 0DTE volatility 41% against 19% normal

Micro E-mini S&P 500 realised 0.26% move, 0.14 times the implied volatility.

GIFT NIFTY24,992.00+1.60%MES7,402.00+0.26%MGC4,074.90-0.94%CL90.83+0.34%NIFTY25,030.35+2.01%SENSEX81,028.02+2.17%
In brief

Key takeaways

Key takeaways
  • 01India VIX jump: India VIX rose 12.13% while the NIFTY 50 gained 2.01%.
  • 02Gold volume surge: Micro Gold volume reached 2.8 times the 20-session average.
  • 03NIFTY trend move: NIFTY 50 and SENSEX both closed at the top of their daily ranges.
  • 04US index options: US Index Options book returned 0.41% on the session.
Markets

Futures and indices we track

Pick an instrument for its session path, six-month trend and the numbers behind the session.

GIFT Nifty GIFT NIFTY

GIFT Nifty closed at 24,992.00 index points, up 1.60%. The daily range was 1.79 times the 20-session average.

Close
24,992.00
2026-11-06
Session
+1.60%
gap 0.00%
Day range
2.9%
1.8x its 20-day average
Realised vol, 20d
17.8%
higher than 80% of the last year
Session
5-minute closes, India time
24,992.00+1.60%
24,50024,75025,00018:0000:0006:0012:00Prev close 24,60024,992
Six months
Daily close
24,992.00+1.65%
23,00024,00025,000JunJulAugSeptOct24,992
Open
24,599.50
High
25,053.50
Low
24,341.50
Previous close
24,599.50
Gap at open
0.00%
Session range
2.9%
Average true range, 14 sessions
1.5%
Realised vol, 20 / 60 sessions
17.8% / 14.3%
Volume vs 20-session avg
1.58x
1 week / 1 month
+8.26% / +10.45%
3 months / year to date
+0.76% / -7.72%
From 52-week high
-9.2%
Session: low to high, open and close
24,341.5025,053.50
52 weeks: low to high, last close
22,240.5027,532.00
Realised volatility
20 sessions, annualised, last year
17.8%
10.0%20.0%DecFebAprJunAugOct17.8%
Cross-asset

How the markets moved together

Correlation of daily returns

Last 60 sessions both markets traded.

MESMGCCLNIFTYSENSEXGIFT NIFTY
MES10.30-0.41-0.13-0.15-0.11
MGC0.301-0.270.210.150.23
CL-0.41-0.271-0.25-0.23-0.27
NIFTY-0.130.21-0.2510.980.96
SENSEX-0.150.15-0.230.9810.95
GIFT NIFTY-0.110.23-0.270.960.951

NIFTY against US futures

Rolling 60-session correlation of daily returns, last year.

-0.500.000.50AugNovFebMayAug-0.13
NIFTY vs MES -0.13NIFTY vs MGC 0.21NIFTY vs CL -0.25

Realised volatility side by side

20-session realised volatility, annualised, last year.

0.0%50.0%100.0%DecFebAprJunAugOct17.8%
GIFT NIFTY 17.8%MES 19.9%MGC 23.4%CL 54.7%NIFTY 16.3%

Last 15 sessions

Daily change in %, by instrument.

19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct30 Oct2 Nov3 Nov4 Nov5 Nov6 Nov
GIFT NIFTY-0.90.2-0.9-0.1-0.40.9-0.2-0.31.40.21.41.50.82.71.6
MES0.40.30.6-1.2-0.60.70.60.3-0.4-1.8-0.50.31.6-4.40.3
MGC-0.5-0.40.2-2.1-1.30.80.9-0.6-0.1-3.31.8-0.73.41.0-0.9
CL2.2-1.8-4.62.43.8-1.5-1.82.9-0.82.1-7.4-0.4-8.32.70.3
NIFTY-1.1-0.3-0.5-0.40.7-0.0-0.21.00.51.71.60.62.42.0
SENSEX-1.2-0.2-0.6-0.20.7-0.0-0.51.20.41.71.60.52.62.2
Options lens

What the option market is saying

The most unusual option-market reading of the session, then the one-day move options priced against the move that followed.

Chart of the day

S&P 500 0DTE: implied volatility by strike

S&P 500 0DTE at-the-money implied volatility was 40.9% against a 20-session average of 19.1%, 4.3 standard deviations above normal.

40.0%50.0%60.0%7,3007,4007,5007,600Spot 7,434
At-the-money implied volatility
S&P 500 0DTE, last 30 sessions
40.9%
10.0%20.0%30.0%40.0%OctNov20-session avg 19.1%40.9%

Option market readings

Each reading against its own last 20 sessions. The furthest from normal becomes the chart of the day.

MarketReadingToday20-session avgStandard deviations
S&P 500 0DTEAt-the-money implied volatility40.9%19.1%+4.3
NIFTY 50At-the-money implied volatility18.5%13.9%+1.8
NIFTY 50Near minus next expiry implied volatility+2.2 vol points-0.1 vol points+1.6
SENSEX25-delta put minus call implied volatility-2.9 vol points+2.6 vol points-1.6
SENSEXAt-the-money implied volatility20.8%16.8%+1.2
SENSEXPut-call open interest ratio1.301.04+1.0
S&P 500 0DTEPut-call volume ratio0.971.04-0.8
S&P 500 0DTE25-delta put minus call implied volatility+2.5 vol points+1.8 vol points+0.7
NIFTY 50Put-call open interest ratio1.050.92+0.6
NIFTY 5025-delta put minus call implied volatility+1.4 vol points+2.6 vol points-0.4
SENSEXNear minus next expiry implied volatility+2.9 vol points+2.4 vol points+0.2
IndexVol indexImplied moveActual moveActual / impliedInside implied, 20 sessionsSession
S&P 500VIX 28.181.8%0.3%0.14x70%Two-way
NIFTY 50India VIX 15.581.0%2.0%2.05x55%Trend up
SENSEXIndia VIX 15.581.0%2.2%2.21x55%Trend up

Short-premium structures in the US index faced high 0DTE implied volatility but benefited from the realised move falling well short of expectations. In India, trend-following strategies using vertical spreads captured the 2.01% index gain as the market closed at the top of its range.

Volatility

Index levels and volatility gauges

IndexCloseSessionMonth to dateRealised vol, 20 sessions
NIFTY 5025,030.35+2.01%+8.58%16.3%
SENSEX81,028.02+2.17%+8.82%17.4%
India VIX17.47+12.13%+14.18%Index level
S&P 5007,376.86+0.31%-2.68%19.8%
VIX25.64-9.01%+32.03%Index level
Desk

What our books did

US Index Options
+0.41%
MTD +2.01% · since live +2.48%
India Index Derivatives
+0.29%
MTD +1.94% · since live +1.37%

US Index Options book realised a 0.41% return with a 0.97 correlation to research results.

India Index Derivatives book returned 0.29% with a 0.91 correlation to research results.

Books

Live results, research record alongside

Each curve starts at 100 and adds daily returns on a fixed capital base, so 100 to 103 is 3% of capital.

US Index Options

Systematic, S&P 500 index options

Live since 7 Jul 2026Research from 15 Feb 202319 sleeves
Last session
+0.41%
Month to date
+2.01%
Since live start
+2.48%
82 sessions
Live max drawdown
-9.13%
LiveEquity, indexed to 100
100.0105.0AugSeptOct102.5
ResearchEquity, last 260 sessions
100.0125.0150.0NovFebMayAug156.8
Statistics
StatisticLiveResearch
Sessions82933
Total return+2.48%+254.62%
Annualised return+7.6%+68.8%
Annualised volatility13.3%26.3%
Sharpe0.572.61
Sortino0.574.02
Max drawdown-9.1%-6.4%
Current drawdown-5.5%-2.3%
Longest drawdown, sessions3467
Up sessions65%62%
Best session+2.29%+4.63%
Worst session-3.41%-4.73%
Skew-1.36-0.51
ResearchDrawdown from previous high
-10.0%-5.0%0.0%NovFebMayAug-5.0%
ResearchRealised volatility, 20 sessions, annualised
20.0%30.0%NovFebMayAug30.7%
Diversification

How the books and their sleeves move together

Correlation of daily returns

Last 12 months, 235 common sessions.

US optionsIndia optionsNIFTY 50S&P 500
US options1-0.000.08-0.14
India options-0.001-0.02-0.09
NIFTY 500.08-0.0210.08
S&P 500-0.14-0.090.081

Correlation between sleeves

Average pairwise correlation inside each book, rolling 63 sessions. Lower is more diversified.

0.000.100.202024202520260.25
US Index Options, 19 sleeves 0.25India Index Derivatives, 8 sleeves 0.08
Execution

Live fills against the model

The model line uses the same sessions and capital as the live account. The gap is the cost of trading in the market: slippage, fees and missed fills.

US Index Options

Live against the model on the same 88 sessions and the same capital.

Daily correlation
0.97
Live minus model
+0.97%
cumulative
Slippage
16.5 bps
of traded premium
Fees
7.4 bps
of traded premium
98.0100.0102.0AugSeptOct102.8
Live 102.8Model 101.8
0100200AugSeptOctNov17

India Index Derivatives

Live against the model on the same 19 sessions and the same capital.

Daily correlation
0.91
Live minus model
+0.28%
cumulative
Slippage
5.1 bps
of traded premium
Fees
58.7 bps
of traded premium, estimated
100.0101.0Nov101.4
Live 101.4Model 101.1
-25025Nov10

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