NIFTY expiry 1 September 2026: what the 24,000 options did in the last 30 minutes
On Tuesday 1 September 2026 the NIFTY strike nearest the index at 15:00 was 24,000. The index went from 23,980 at 15:00 to 24,056 at 15:30, up 76 points across the settle walk.
The at-the-money legs, 15:00 to 15:30
| Leg | 15:00 | High | Low | 15:30 | End vs 15:00 | Open interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24,000 CE | ₹28.4 | ₹77.3 15:22 | ₹19.9 15:03 | ₹55.7 | 2.0× | 38.7M → 14.6M |
| 24,000 PE | ₹37.0 | ₹46.5 15:16 | ₹0.1 15:29 | ₹0.1 | worthless | 23.1M → 28.3M |
Premium of the strike nearest the index at 15:00, sampled every ten seconds from the NSE option chain. Index values are the chain's own quote. Dotted verticals mark a pin-book flip on Gamma Terrain.
What happened
The 24,000 call was ₹28.4 at 15:00. It reached ₹77.3 at 15:22, 2.7× its 15:00 price. It ended at ₹55.7, 2.0× the 15:00 price. Open interest at the strike went from 38.7 million to 14.6 million, so positions were closed through the window.
The 24,000 put was ₹37.0 at 15:00. Its high was ₹46.5 at 15:16. Its low was ₹0.1 at 15:29, less than half of where it started the half hour. It ended at ₹0.1, worthless. Open interest at the strike went from 23.1 million to 28.3 million, so positions were added through the window.
Gamma Terrain's pin-book read flipped: at 15:20 the resting depth read the call strikes above the pin thinning (puts 116 %, calls 6 % of their baseline). A flip names the side whose book is emptying. Across 45 sessions it has not been a direction tell, it is a vacuum tell.
For context, across 21 NIFTY and SENSEX expiries measured to 2026-09-08, 15 of 42 at-the-money legs doubled at some point in this window, 26 lost half, and 13 ended at or above their 15:00 price. This page states what the tape did. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.
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