Futures & Options

The NSE will introduce a 15-minute pre-open session for equity derivatives from December 8, aiming to improve price discovery and align futures trading with the cash market

Today's wrap of the Opinion Page considers the E20 mandate and its potential impacts, what a US court's ruling on Google means, India's spice trade, and the regulatory aspects of options trading

BSE said changes related to the pre-open session in the Equity Derivatives Segment will be available for testing from October 6, 2025

Derivatives volumes rose 10% in July, reaching an 8-month high, as retail and proprietary traders responded to increased market volatility despite the ban on Jane Street

In January, the Facebook parent said it would trim about 5 per cent of its "lowest performers" and plans to hire for the impacted roles this year

Cues from F&O data: Despite holding a bearish view in the February series, data shows FIIs may have added few long positions in Nifty, MidCap Nifty futures; while added short positions in Bank Nifty.

DIIs, retail and proprietary traders continue to hold bullish bets in index futures, shows NSE derivative data. Technically, Nifty near support rises to 23,630.

New steps to ensure risks in both cash market and derivatives are comparable, curb any possible manipulation

The upfront collection of option premiums and the removal of calendar spread treatment on the expiry day will come into effect from February 10

On Thursday, 5 stocks - Bandhan Bank, Hindustan Copper, L&T Finance, Manappuram Finance and RBL Bank were placed under futures & options ban period on the NSE.

Not the time to raise the sail as investors batten down the hatches

Warns Sebi whole-time member Ashwani Bhatia as regulator takes steps to curb frenzy in derivatives segment

Most of the 93 per cent, who rely on their own half-baked strategies or strategies rented from brokers, are sure to lose money in F&O trading

The benchmark Nifty 50 index rose nearly 4 per cent while the Nifty Midcap 100 and the Nifty Smallcap 100 indices ended the month little changed in September

The regulator has been under pressure with accusations of a toxic work culture and allegations of conflict of interest against the chairperson

The market regulator had proposed seven key measures to curb retail participation in index futures and options (F&O) to limit losses

A vibrant F&O market enables better price discovery, and participants can hedge more efficiently. In aggregate, traders help generate the volumes, which ensure high liquidity and low spreads

Over Rs 1.8 trillion losses in F&O between FY22 and FY24; 75% continued trading despite consecutive losses

New rules likely to be issued without taking it up with the board

Kacholia said that going forward, a sizeable portion of outperformance may come from SMID space, where earnings are rebounding more quickly and there are still pockets of reasonable value