The StratLab Daily
No. 114 · Friday 7 Aug 2026 · NSE, data through close
Redesign v5 · One-thesis + Market Health · Real data
Foreign money turned: cash buying.
NIFTY −0.27% to 24,571. FII positioning is the marginal flow this market trades on; a same-day turn in cash and futures direction is mechanical fuel.
What happenedNIFTY −0.27% to 24,571. Foreign money turned: cash buying.
The tensionMarket Health is Transition at Elevated risk, 30th percentile.
Net readA tactical move inside a fragile backdrop.
Nifty Close
24,570.65
−0.27%
Market Phase
⚪ Transition
session 5 · → stable
Risk
Elevated
confidence 35
FII Idx Fut
−150.1K
74.3th %ile
Walls
24.5–24.6K
PE base · CE wall
01 The crowd
Foreign money turned: cash buying.
Positioning over the last 20 sessions
FII net index futures · 20 sessions · '000 contracts · endpoint = 7 Aug · source: StratLab participant OI
What this means: FII positioning is the marginal flow this market trades on; a same-day turn in cash and futures direction is mechanical fuel.
02 The turn
What changed today
What this means: FII cash +₹480 Cr after −₹18 Cr (provisional) · DII +₹236 Cr · FII net index futures -150,058 (74th pctile of the year)
03 The catch
Market Health reads Transition
Market health over the last 20 sessions
Market Health Index · 20 sessions · 0–100 · endpoint = 7 Aug · percentiles vs 1,257 sessions
What this means: the index moved; Market Health's 30th-percentile read says the internals haven't confirmed it yet.
Phase
⚪ Transition
risk Elevated
Participation
54.4177
delivery breadth
StratLab Breadth Index
61.2
76th %ile, trailing year
04 Days like today
18 sessions like this one.
Every session sharing today's Market Health signature — transition, Elevated risk — 18 of them on record.
Conditions analog · Phase + Trend + Risk match
n = 18 · tier: exact
| Horizon | Avg | Median | Win rate | Worst |
|---|
| Next session | −0.04% | −0.05% | 44% | −2.64% |
| Next 5 sessions | −0.73% | −0.46% | 50% | −5.61% |
| Next 10 sessions | −1.66% | −1.92% | 22% | −7.78% |
| Next 20 sessions | −1.08% | −1.06% | 50% | −9.19% |
This compares today against every session sharing the same Market Health signature, regardless of what triggered it.
Conditions like today historically favored caution, with exposure kept tight.
05 Tomorrow's tripwires
Three checks that settle the argument
Market Phase exits upward
Transition runs a median of 1 session(s) (max 9) — this is session 5. 53% of exits went up.
Market Health crosses the 50 midline
Market Health Index (MHI) at 51.5 — a close back above 50 would end the 30th-percentile read.
Phase slips to Bear Market
21.1% of Transition exits went straight to Bear — the conditions analog's worst 5-session outcome (−5.61%) lives on that path.
The ledger
Where that leaves us
Lines up bullish
- Foreign money turned: cash buying.
Lines up bearish
- Market Health 30th percentile · Elevated risk
- Conditions analog: −0.73% avg next 5 · 50% win
Net read: A tactical move inside a fragile backdrop.
Foreign money turned: cash buying. A tactical move inside a fragile backdrop.
Regime
BULL