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The country's equity derivatives market has taken on a notably younger profile, with traders under 30 making up 43 per cent of individual participants in FY26, a sharp rise from 31 per cent four years earlier, according to a study.
However, the younger cohort also recorded a higher incidence of losses, the study by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) revealed.
Around 89 per cent of traders below 30 were loss-makers in FY26 compared to 81 per cent of participants above 60.
The changing age profile is part of a wider transformation in the retail derivatives market, which has increasingly drawn investors outside India's largest cities and from relatively lower-income groups.
About three-fourths of individual derivatives traders belonged to the annual income category of below Rs 5 lakh. This group accounted for 43 per cent of turnover, but 53 per cent of aggregate losses, the regulator said.
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