Derivatives News
Vivek Kaul: Sharma ji ka beta and the economics of imitation
Vivek Kaul reflects on societal pressures to pursue an engineering course, paralleling it with the pitfalls of imitation in career choices, pyramid schemes, stock trading, and seeking to ape the likes of George Soros. But what was really behind the billionaire investor’s winning strategies?
14 min read2 Oct 2024Sebi may adopt all Padmanabhan committee measures to curb retail F&O frenzy
Brokers expect derivatives volumes to tumble at least 30% once measures, including higher upfront margins and bigger lot sizes, are implemented to curb euphoria that led to losses worth ₹1.8 trillion for retail investors in three years through FY24
3 min read27 Sep 2024Nine out of 10 individual F&O traders lost money in FY24, Sebi study reveals
The study showed that 91.1% of individual traders collectively lost ₹750 billion in the futures and options segment in FY24.
2 min read23 Sep 2024How you can avoid the fate of most retail option traders
In India, 90% of retail traders lose money in options markets. Unlike stock trading, options require complex strategies and precise timing, benefiting informed traders and hedge funds
6 min read29 Aug 2024F&O signals more rally in markets as analysts expect a pullback
Whenever retail and high networth investors turn long and FIIs turn net short, markets tend to rise as FIIs cover their short positions. As of 14 August, FIIs turned net bearish index futures by cumulatively having shorted 30,547 contracts.
3 min read16 Aug 2024Everybody loves a good old dumb retail investor
Nearly a third of individual investors, many of them still young, incur significant losses in intraday stock trading and derivatives. And yet there’s no stopping them from throwing away their money on random bets. Does trading give them a high? Or is it the misguided lure of making a quick buck?
11 min read7 Aug 2024SEBI’s proposed F&O measures: How will brokerages like Zerodha, Angel One, ICICI Securities be impacted?
SEBI’s proposed F&O measures will remove 12 (of 18) weekly option contracts and impact 35 percent of industry premiums, said Jefferies. This comes after SEBI proposed seven key amendments to the derivatives trading framework, aiming to enhance investor protection and market stability, on Tuesday.
5 min read31 Jul 2024Mint Explainer: How Sebi’s proposed measures for index derivatives framework will affect traders
Sebi found that 9.25 million individuals and proprietorship firms traded in index derivatives on the NSE and cumulatively incurred a trading loss of ₹51,689 crore in FY24.
8 min read31 Jul 2024Sebi’s seven measures to tame the “tail that’s grown bigger than the dog”
Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch said “the tail had grown bigger than the dog”, referring to the exponential rise in derivatives volumes on the sidelines of an event organized by the National Stock Exchange.
5 min read31 Jul 2024STT hike on F&Os in Budget targeted at high-frequency traders: Nilesh Shah of Kotak AMC
Shah believes Budget achieved the trinity of fiscal prudence, appropriate funds for investments, and employment generation. But can it help us change the orbit to achieve $10 trillion by 2030?
4 min read29 Jul 2024Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared