# Does Option premiums move according to Spot chart or the Futures Chart?

**URL:** https://tradingqna.com/t/does-option-premiums-move-according-to-spot-chart-or-the-futures-chart/190198
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**Created:** [January 6, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/does-option-premiums-move-according-to-spot-chart-or-the-futures-chart/190198 "2026-01-06T12:17:53Z")
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### Author: ![pal\_36](https://tradingqna.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pal\_36](https://tradingqna.com/u/pal_36)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/does-option-premiums-move-according-to-spot-chart-or-the-futures-chart/190198/1 "2026-01-06T12:17:53Z")

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How do options premiums move in relation to the spot chart versus the futures chart?

I analyzed my trading setup using the futures chart, which reduced the number of trades by filtering out false ones. Additionally, setting stop-losses based on the futures chart has been effective.

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### Author: ![Jason\_Castelino](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/jason_castelino/32/91357_2.png) [@Jason\_Castelino](https://tradingqna.com/u/Jason_Castelino)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/does-option-premiums-move-according-to-spot-chart-or-the-futures-chart/190198/2 "2026-01-06T12:25:54Z")

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Futures if it has same expiry.  
If it doesn’t have same expiry then synthetic futures.

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### Author: ![BB789](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/bb789/32/91597_2.png) [@BB789](https://tradingqna.com/u/BB789)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/does-option-premiums-move-according-to-spot-chart-or-the-futures-chart/190198/3 "2026-01-06T13:13:29Z")

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Neither. Big money(for manipulation) is in options, then futures and then cash. So, option prices move first:

> [@Spot violent expiry and manipulation/Insider Trading](https://tradingqna.com/t/spot-violent-expiry-and-manipulation-insider-trading/181346/9):
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> It always moves before spot. Spot plays catching up with Fno. I can always tell which way spot is moving in next 1 min. But that’s of no use because options have already priced that in a min back. In theory, options move based on underlying. But practically 9 out of 10 times, options move first and then the spot. Now this is just my observation based on my market experience.

Futures is also not as liquid as options or spot, which may result in erratic moves.