Most Active Put Options on National Stock Exchange (NSE)

A put option gives the buyer of the option the right to sell without any obligation. Like a call option, put option can be bought by paying a premium. If the buyer finds some value in exercising the right, he may sell the contract at the strike price. However, in case the buyer thinks that exercising the right may not be beneficial, he may choose not to sell the contract. Most Active Puts include those put option contracts whose total traded value in a given day is the highest. Information accessible through Most Active Puts is:

As 04-JUL-2008 15:30:13 hours IST

Instrument Type	Symbol	Expiry Date	Option Type	Strike Price	No of Contracts Traded	Contract Value(Rs. lakhs)	Last Traded Price	Open Interest	Value of Underlying
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	PE	3800.00	67000	131491.52	112.80	2921600	4002.25
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	PE	3900.00	63480	128891.38	149.50	1873900	4002.25
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	PE	3700.00	60442	114677.82	85.60	3063200	4002.25
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	PE	4000.00	30528	64156.88	192.00	2714950	4002.25
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	PE	4100.00	10040	21902.31	245.25	2123450	4002.25
OPTIDX	NIFTY	28AUG2008	PE	4100.00	4508	9950.04	301.50	224250	4002.25
OPTIDX	NIFTY	28AUG2008	PE	3700.00	4358	8389.56	140.00	217350	4002.25
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	PE	4200.00	2932	6643.88	310.90	2049700	4002.25
OPTSTK	RELIANCE	31JUL2008	PA	2100.00	1481	2455.25	105.00	155325	2085.00
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	PE	4300.00	1040	2438.57	380.15	1387250	4002.25

Instrument Type	Instrument type represents the type of option contract. There are two types of option contracts, namely, Index Options (OPTIDX) or Stock Options (OPTSTK).
Symbol	Symbol refers to a unique keyword denoted to a stock/index. Symbols are useful for trading purposes or/and getting information about the underlying instrument (like quotes etc).
Expiry Date	All derivative contracts are fixed term contracts. The date on which a contract automatically comes to an end is known as the expiry date of that contract.
Option Type	There are two types of options, namely, Call option or CE and Put Option or PE. A call option gives the buyer of the option the right to buy an instrument at a particular price, whereas a put option gives the buyer of the option the right to sell an instrument at a particular price.
Strike Price	Buying an option is like buying a right. The right could be to sell or buy a security at specified price. Price at which an option can be exercised is known as strike price.
No of Contracts Traded	Number of contracts represents the total number of contracts that are traded on a given day.
Contract Value (Rs. lakhs)	Contract value represents the value of a single contract available for trading on a given day.
Last Traded Price (LTP)	Last traded price represents the price at which the last trade of the underlying took place.
Open Interest	Open interest refers to the total number of outstanding contracts for the underlying on a given day.
Value of Underlying	Value of the underlying represents the value of a particular contract on a given date.