Smart Money Tracking: FII/DII, Bulk & Block Deals
Learn to read institutional money flows: daily FII/DII data, bulk and block deals, tracked operator activity, and how these signals combine into correlation alerts.
What Is Smart Money Tracking
"Smart money" refers to institutional participants — foreign funds, domestic mutual funds and insurers, and large operators — whose trades are big enough to move markets and who often act on research and information ahead of retail participants. Their footprints are public, but scattered across exchange reports. RxFlow collects them into three streams you can read in seconds on Telegram:
🏦 FII/DII Flows
Daily net buying or selling by Foreign and Domestic Institutional Investors in the cash market. Answers: which way is big money leaning today?
📊 Bulk Deals
Single-client trades of 0.5% or more of a company's equity in one day. Answers: who is accumulating or exiting which stock?
💼 Block Deals
Large negotiated trades executed in a separate exchange window. Answers: where are major positions changing hands?
All Data Comes from NSE
FII/DII Flows
Who Are FIIs and DIIs?
- •FII/FPI (Foreign Institutional Investors): overseas funds investing in Indian markets. Their flows often follow global risk sentiment and currency moves, and can drive sharp index swings.
- •DII (Domestic Institutional Investors): Indian mutual funds, insurance companies, and banks. Steady SIP inflows make DIIs a consistent buying force that frequently absorbs FII selling.
Reading the /fiidii Message
Send /fiidii to get the latest daily flows. A typical message:
🏦 FII/DII Update - 01 Dec 2025
📈 DII (Domestic Institutions)
Total: +₹11945.37 Cr ✅ BUYER
├─ NSE: +₹9556.30 Cr (80%)
└─ BSE+MSEI: +₹2389.07 Cr (20%)
📉 FII/FPI (Foreign Institutions)
Total: -₹3421.55 Cr ❌ SELLER
├─ NSE: -₹2737.24 Cr (80%)
└─ BSE+MSEI: -₹684.31 Cr (20%)
💡 DII buying while FII selling - domestic confidence high!
- •Total: net value (buys minus sells) for the day, in ₹ crores. Positive → ✅ BUYER, negative → ❌ SELLER.
- •NSE / BSE+MSEI split: where the activity happened, with each exchange's share of the total.
- •Insight line: a one-line read of the day's combination (see table below).
The Four Sentiment Combinations
Both Buying
Foreign and domestic money agree — a strong bullish signal for the broad market.
DII Buying, FII Selling
Domestic confidence is high; local funds are absorbing foreign selling. Common during global risk-off phases.
FII Buying, DII Selling
Foreign interest is strong; domestic funds are booking profits or meeting redemptions.
Both Selling
Cautious sentiment — both cohorts reducing exposure. Worth tightening risk management.
Data Timing
NSE publishes institutional flow data after market close. RxFlow fetches it at 7:15 PM IST every day. Before then,/fiidiishows the previous trading day with a freshness note telling you when today's numbers will arrive.
Cash Segment Only
The 7-Day Trend
A single day can mislead — one large redemption or index rebalance can flip the number. Send /fiidii_trend to see the last 7 days in one view:
📈 FII/DII 7-Day Trend
Summary (Last 7 days):
DII Net: +₹32450.12 Cr
FII Net: -₹18220.45 Cr
DII Buying Days: 6/7
FII Buying Days: 2/7
Daily Breakdown:
01 Dec: DII 🟢 +11945Cr | FII 🔴 -3422Cr
28 Nov: DII 🟢 +4210Cr | FII 🔴 -1876Cr
...
- •Net totals show the cumulative weekly picture — sustained one-way flows matter more than any single day.
- •Buying days (e.g., "FII 2/7") show consistency. 6-7 buying days is conviction; 3-4 is churn.
- •Daily breakdown (🟢 net buy / 🔴 net sell) lets you spot when a streak started or broke.
Context, Not Prediction
Bulk Deals
A bulk deal is any transaction where a single client buys or sells 0.5% or more of a company's listed equity in a single day, across normal market trades. Exchanges require these to be disclosed end-of-day — which means you get to see exactly who moved size in which stock.
Reading the /bulk Message
Send /bulk for today's deals, grouped by stock and sorted by total value:
📊 Bulk Deals Today (12 total)
📈 EXAMPLESTOCK - Example Industries Ltd
🟢 BUY ALPHA CAPITAL PARTNERS
Qty: 12,50,000 @ ₹482.15
Value: ₹60.27 Cr
🔴 SELL BETA SECURITIES PVT LTD
Qty: 8,00,000 @ ₹481.90
Value: ₹38.55 Cr
- •🟢 BUY / 🔴 SELL with the client name — the fund, operator, or entity behind the trade.
- •Price is the weighted-average trade price; Value is in ₹ crores.
- •All of today's deals are shown — long lists split across multiple messages automatically.
What to Look For
Block Deals
A block deal is a large trade negotiated privately and executed in a separate exchange window, at a price close to the market. Unlike bulk deals (which accumulate through normal trading), a block deal is a single pre-arranged transfer — typically between institutions — and signals a major position changing hands at an agreed price.
Reading the /block Message
Send /block for today's block deals, sorted by value:
💼 Block Deals Today (4 total)
📈 EXAMPLESTOCK - Example Industries Ltd
Client: LARGECAP GROWTH FUND
Qty: 25,00,000 @ ₹480.50
Value: ₹120.13 Cr
Bulk vs Block at a Glance
Update Schedule
NSE finalizes same-day deal disclosures after market close. RxFlow fetches bulk and block deals at 6 PM, 7 PM, and 8 PM IST, so the evening picture fills in progressively. Checking during market hours shows deals reported so far.
Automatic Smart Money Alerts
Most smart money data is on-demand — you ask, the bot answers. But when something big happens, RxFlow pushes it to you. These are the exact triggers:
DII net crosses ₹500 Cr or FII net crosses ₹1,000 Cr (either direction) → the day's full FII/DII breakdown is pushed to all linked users.
A single stock records 3 or more bulk deals in one day — a sign of concentrated interest.
A client from RxFlow's tracked-operator watchlist — entities with a history of market-moving trades — appears in today's bulk deals.
Any single block deal of ₹50 Cr or more.
One Evening Digest
How Smart Money Feeds Correlation Alerts
Correlation alerts are RxFlow's highest-conviction signal: they fire when unusual options activity in a stock lines up with institutional trades in the same stock. Four signals are scored together:
Unusual Options Activity
Weight: 35/100 — volume spikes, OI changes, aggressive trades
Bulk Deals
Weight: 25/100 — meaningful net buying or selling in the stock
Tracked Operator Activity
Weight: 25/100 — a known operator in the stock's bulk deals
Block Deals
Weight: 15/100 — sizeable block transactions in the stock
Why FII/DII Isn't a Correlation Signal
What Must Align
- 1.At least two signals must be present — options activity alone is a regular alert, not a correlation.
- 2.Directions must agree. Bullish options (CE activity) + net institutional buying = bullish correlation. If signals conflict, you get a divergence warning instead.
- 3.The combined score must reach 45/100. Historical pattern data adjusts the score — setups that historically worked get boosted, ones that failed get penalized.
Confidence Levels
The Day-1 / Day-2 Pattern
Correlation looks back 24 hours for institutional activity — deliberately long enough to catch a classic sequence: an operator accumulates a stock through bulk deals on day 1 (disclosed that evening), then unusual options activity appears in the same stock on day 2 morning. The engine connects the two.
Divergence Warnings
When signals conflict — say, bullish CE activity but institutions net-selling the stock — RxFlow sends a divergence warning instead:
⚠️ DIVERGENCE WARNING: EXAMPLESTOCK
Bullish Signals 📈
├─ Options Market: CE EXTREME
Bearish Signals 📉
├─ Bulk Deals: 2 deals (₹60 Cr)
💡 Exercise caution! Wait for clarity before taking positions.
Delivery
Correlation alerts respect your severity setting and watchlist, and have their own separate daily quota tracked independently from regular alerts. Check /status for your 30-day correlation statistics.
Quick Reference
Commands
- •
/market— Smart Money hub (tap buttons for everything below) - •
/fiidii— today's FII/DII flows - •
/fiidii_trend— 7-day trend - •
/bulk— today's bulk deals - •
/block— today's block deals
Daily Data Timeline (IST)
- • 9:15 AM - 3:30 PM — live options alerts & correlations
- • 6 / 7 / 8 PM — bulk & block deals fill in from NSE
- • 7:15 PM — FII/DII data for the day
- • 9:00 AM next day — daily summary of the previous session
A Simple Evening Routine
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I see FII/DII data on Telegram?
Send /fiidii to @rxflow_alerts_bot for the latest daily flows, or /fiidii_trend for the 7-day view. You can also send /market to open the Smart Money hub with tap buttons.
When is FII/DII data updated each day?
NSE publishes institutional flow data after market close; RxFlow fetches it at 7:15 PM IST daily. Before that, /fiidii shows the previous trading day with a note that fresh data is pending.
What is the difference between bulk deals and block deals?
A bulk deal is any single-client trade of 0.5% or more of a company's equity in one day, executed on the normal market and disclosed end-of-day. A block deal is a large negotiated trade executed in a separate exchange window. RxFlow shows both, sourced from NSE.
Do FII/DII flows trigger correlation alerts?
No. FII/DII data is market-wide, so it can't be tied to one stock. Correlation alerts combine four stock-specific signals: unusual options activity, bulk deals, block deals, and tracked operator activity. FII/DII flows are separate market context.
Which smart money events send automatic alerts?
A big FII/DII day (DII net over ₹500 Cr or FII net over ₹1,000 Cr), a stock with 3+ bulk deals in one day, tracked operator activity, or a block deal of ₹50 Cr+. Everything else is available on demand.
What is a divergence warning?
When smart money signals point in opposite directions — for example bullish options activity but net institutional selling in the same stock — RxFlow sends a divergence warning instead of a correlation alert, suggesting you wait for clarity.
Does FII/DII data include F&O positions?
No. The data covers the cash (capital market) segment, split into NSE and BSE+MSEI components, with all values in ₹ crores.