Futures And Options
Prop brokers' index options market share surges in FY26
Prop traders accounted for almost half of the popular index options' gross turnover on NSE during April-December 2025, up 2.3 percentage points year-on-year.
2 min read17 Feb 2026Indian market is 18 months ahead of its fair value: DSP Mutual Fund's Kalpen Parekh
Despite consolidating over the past year, the market remains expensive and investors should therefore moderate their return expectations, Parekh told Mint in an interview.
6 min read12 Feb 2026What the STT hike means for your arbitrage fund returns
While the increase is small in absolute terms, it has material implications for arbitrage funds, which depend on cash-futures spreads to generate returns.
2 min read2 Feb 2026‘$12 billion gone every year..’: Why Saurabh Mukherjea says F&O trading is hurting Indian middle-class investors
SEBI data indicates retail investors lose $12 billion annually in F&O trading, primarily affecting 30–40-year-old males from small towns. Mukherjea emphasizes the need for policy changes to protect these investors from structural imbalances favoring institutional traders.
3 min read26 Dec 2025The Beat Report: The secret life of Mr Market
What writing a market year-end review taught Mint's Abhishek Mukherjee about Roman history, parenting, and life’s cycles.
6 min read20 Dec 2025F&O trading keeps its grip on retail investors despite Sebi intervention
Newcomers drive equity option volumes above levels seen before Sebi's curbs in October 2024. Analysts say measures have strengthened the derivatives market.
5 min read17 Dec 2025Sebi may cut non-expiry day margins to boost longer-term derivatives trading
This move could deepen the derivatives markets, where most of the trading by large, high-frequency and proprietary traders as well as individual investors takes place on weekly option contracts' expiry.
3 min read13 Dec 2025Nifty 50 Trading Strategy: Analysts recommend Bull Call Spread options strategy for 25 November expiry
Nifty 50 Trading Strategy: Axis Securities has recommended a Bull Call Spread strategy for Nifty options contracts expiring on 25 November 2025, forecasting a moderately bullish view.
2 min read18 Nov 2025NSE to launch pre-open session for F&O segment from December 8. Key things to know
F&O pre-open session will be conducted using a call auction mechanism for a duration of 15 minutes i.e., from 9:00 am to 9:15 am, NSE said. This 15-minute session will be split into three components:
2 min read4 Nov 2025Big market shift: FPIs convert futures to cash shares
Huge conversion of stock futures on expiry day by FPIs results in a bloated buy figure of over ₹10,000 crore.
2 min read29 Oct 2025