Derivatives

Sebi's six-step measures seen making a dent in F&O volumes by up to 40%

The steps are intended to raise the entry barrier for retail investors, whose losses have been mounting, as per a recent study by the watchdog

BSE revises transaction fee for derivatives; KRN Heat IPO subscribed 214x

Other market infrastructure institutions have also revised their charges as per the Sebi mandate

Inside The Wharton-INSEAD Wall Street Alumni's Secret Formula To Redefining Investments in India

Poornima Vardhan and Taponeel Mukherjee developed The APEX Formula to identify investment opportunities that deliver outsized returns that outperform benchmarks.

Motilal Oswal maintains buy on Angel One post Sebi's F&O proposals

Not more than 50 strikes would be introduced for an index derivatives contract at the time of contract launch.

Chorus around rising retail interest in riskier derivatives gets louder

Says mkt claim on real economy 'excessively high', warns it may lead to instability

Global investors lift India's derivative holdings to record $101 bn

Foreign funds' open interest, or the number of contracts outstanding in value terms, reached 8.4 trillion rupees ($101 billion) on the National Stock Exchange Tuesday

Why is BSE exchange upset about new Sebi order? An Explainer

The Bombay Stock Exchange will need to pay a higher regulatory fee to the market regulator on complying with Sebi's direction on fee based on notional value. Here's all you need to know.

NSE set to launch derivative contracts on Nifty Next 50 from Wednesday

National Stock Exchange (NSE) is set to introduce derivative contracts on Nifty Next 50 index from Wednesday. This came following an approval received from markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). The Nifty Next 50 index represents 50 companies from Nifty 100 after excluding the Nifty 50 companies. Under the derivative contract, the exchange would offer three serial monthly index futures and index options contract cycles. The cash-settled derivatives contracts would expire on the last Friday of the expiry month. The introduction of derivatives on the Nifty Next 50 index would complement the existing index derivatives product suite. The Nifty Next 50 index would represent the space between the Nifty 50 index comprising the top large & liquid stocks and the Nifty Midcap Select index comprising the top large & liquid mid-capitalised stocks, Sriram Krishnan, Chief Business Development Officer at NSE, stated last week. As of March 2024, the Nifty Next 50 ...

Jane Street's $1 billion trade puts spotlight on Indian derivatives market

Despite the risks, the allure of India's market potential remains strong for both domestic and foreign market makers

NSE to launch derivatives on Nifty Next 50 Index starting April 24

The cash-settled derivatives contracts will expire on last Friday of expiry month

Brokers, traders differ on proposal to extend derivatives trading: Sebi

Brokers will firm up their opinion on the matter in a couple of months, after which investors will be consulted, Madhabi Puri Buch said at a brokers' forum in Mumbai

Retail investor interest in derivative trading, SMIDS concerning: RBI

The report said that the rally in the mid, small, and microcap segments was significantly larger than the gains made by the benchmark Nifty this year

Moth to a flame: Why are retail traders inexorably drawn to derivatives?

Why do sensible traders use these? Some hedge using F&O. Others play news-based events

Retail traders bullish even as India run eases, derivatives data shows

The benchmark NSE Nifty 50 Index failed to scale a much-hyped 20,000 level and has fallen over 1% from its peak on July 20

No proposal to curb retail participation in derivatives trading: Sebi

Citing what it said were speculative media reports, SEBI said in a statement, "It is clarified that there is no proposal to curb retail participation in derivative markets"

Sebi proposes measures to contain price volatility on shares in derivative

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Sunday came out with a proposal to strengthen the existing price band formulation for scrips in the derivatives segment to deepen volatility management and minimize information asymmetry in the market. Price bands for scrip or a derivative contract represent the boundaries within which the competing orders of buyers and sellers are accepted for the day by the trading system of the stock exchange. For scrips having derivative contracts on them, these price bands are dynamic and can be flexed depending on trading during the day. In its consultation paper, Sebi has proposed that in case a share in the futures and options segment falls or rises beyond 20 per cent a day, cooling off period should be increased in a phased manner, subject to a maximum cooling-off period of one hour from the current 15 minutes at present. After this, such scrip should be permitted to move only a further up to 2 per cent as against the current limit of 5 per cent. The ...

The real gainers from F&O 'casino'

Whether they make or lose money, traders have to incur transaction costs, including brokerage, exchange fees, turnover fees, and securities transaction tax, etc.

Bourses get Sebi's approval to launch derivatives on bond indices

Sebi's decision is aimed at enhancing liquidity in the bond market. It will also give an opportunity to investors to hedge their positions

Sebi suspends trading of agri commodity derivatives for 1 more year

Data showed that before the ban last year, the aforementioned commodities contributed nearly 54 per cent of the total deposits in NCDEX between April 2021 and July 2021

F&O strategy: Bull Call Spread Strategy on M&M by HDFC Securities

The stock price of M&M has broken out on the daily chart where it closed at highest level since 22-Sept 2022