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Index options' share of F&O premium

31%
, Sept 2026

Above its usual range of 3% to 26%. The record is 37%, in March 2023. Up from 26% a year ago.

202020250%10%30%40%37%, Mar 2023usual range, 3% to 26%31%2016201820202022202420260%10%20%30%40%37%, Mar 2023usual range, 3% to 26%31%2016201820202022202420260%10%20%30%40%37%, Mar 20232%, Apr 2017usual range, 3% to 26%31%2016201820202022202420260%10%20%30%40%37%, Mar 2023usual range, 3% to 26%31%

What it is. Options' share of the derivatives market, measured by money that actually changed hands.

How to read it. How much of derivatives trading is option buying and selling rather than futures.

Source: NSE business growth Method Data

The numbers

Latest31%Sept 2026
A week ago26%
A month ago27%
A year ago26%
Usual range3% to 26%
Median11%
Lowest2%28 Apr 2017
Highest37%31 Mar 2023
Percentile, full history91
Percentile, last 5 years79

The usual range is the middle half of readings since 2015. A percentile is the share of the 138 readings since 30 Apr 2015 that were below today's. Data: statistics, history (JSON); history as CSV.

To cite: tipsheet, “Index options' share of F&O premium”, data to Sept 2026, https://tipsheet.markets/i/options-share-of-premium/

Read it with

F&O contracts traded in the month 319.5 crorebelow its record
Cash turnover as a share of market value, annualised 61%usual
NSE cash turnover a session ₹1.1 lakh crbelow its record
Median IPO listing-day gain, last 3 months 15%usual
IPO heat 0.77above usual
Foreign investors' long share of index futures 8%below usual

the usual range: the middle half of all readingstodayEach line runs from the lowest reading ever to the highest.