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Electricity futures to remain tool for hedging: Sebi chief Pandey

Safeguards in place to avoid speculative activity on electricity futures, says Sebi chairman

Sebi aims to deepen equity market, flags concerns over derivatives frenzy

SEBI on Thursday expressed concern over the growing dominance of ultra-short-term derivatives trading, cautioning that such trends could undermine the health of India's capital markets, while contemplating steps to extend the tenure and maturity of these products. Very short-term derivatives continue to dominate equity derivative volumes, especially expiry-day index options. This is an imbalance that is obviously unhealthy and may have potential for adverse consequences," said SEBI Whole-Time Member Ananth Narayan. He was addressing the 11th Capital Markets Conclave organised by the CII. "I would strongly endorse the view that, towards this end, we must look for ways to further deepen our cash equities markets, even as we look to improve the quality of our derivatives market by extending the tenure and maturity of the products and solutions on offer. We need constructive engagement from all stakeholders to achieve this," he said. Citing the market regulator's own research, Narayan

F&O Cues: Analyst suggests 'Bull Spread' on Bank Nifty, PFC; check details

F&O strategy: Primary trend of the Bank Nifty remains positive as it is placed above its 50 and 100 day EMA

F&O turnover declines 21% as market sees impact of Jane Street ban

F&O turnover on the National Stock Exchange drops 21% on the first expiry of Nifty weekly contracts since Jane Street's ban, with index options turnover seeing a significant decline

BSE: Analysts cautious as derivatives expiry swap puts earnings at risk

BSE shares fell 6% at open after Sebi allowed expiry day swap in equity derivatives between NSE and BSE

SEBI’s Futures & Options trading 2.0 rules: Explained

SEBI, the market regulator, has just rolled out a bunch of changes to how Futures and Options (F&O) trading will work. The idea? Make our markets safer, clearer, and harder to manipulate.

Sebi set to roll out new risk metrics to curb F&O market speculation

New risk metrics target speculative churn; parts of the original plan revised after industry pushback

Sebi chief rejects aptitude test for retail traders in F&O segment

Markets regulator Sebi Chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey has ruled out the possibility of an aptitude test for retail traders wanting to participates in the Futures & Options (F&O) segment, saying it is impractical and prone to regulatory overreach. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had earlier introduced measures in November last year in a bid to curb excess speculation in derivatives. These regulatory steps came in the wake of a Sebi study that revealed a staggering 9 out of 10 retail investors lose money while trading in F&O instruments. When asked about the industry's suggestion of introducing tests for retail investors before permitting them to trade in risky derivative products, Pandey clarified the regulator's stance. "Right now, we aren't really considering any of those things." He explained the concerns of practicality and effectiveness behind such proposals. "Number one, we have to also see, will it be a regulatory overreach? Will you be able to ...

Exchanges to choose between Tuesday and Thursday for derivatives expiry

Sebi proposes to limit expiry on two days a week

Sebi proposals seek orderly conduct in F&O market amid volatility

Even as its proposed measures and those announced last year have helped, Sebi will need to be fleet-footed in its regulation and supervision of this market

Street Signs: Mkt may build on upside momentum, F&O stocks to swell to 219

FPI ownership in Indian companies has fallen to a decade low, yet their influence on domestic markets remains strong

Global F&O players push back against Sebi's proposed rule revamp

Association raises concerns with Sebi over liquidity, trading costs, and market stability in a 13-page response to Sebi

F&O trading faces reset as Sebi revisits 'open interest formula'

New futures and options risk metrics aimed at closer alignment with cash market

Sahaj Agrawal of Kotak Securities suggests Short Strangle on Nifty

The key reference points for Nifty are: Support at 22,750 and Resistance at 23,800

Trend weak; adopt 'Bear Spread' on Nifty today: Nandish Shah of HDFC Sec

Nifty Today, Jan 10: Short build up is seen in the NIFTY futures, where we have seen 8 per cent rise in the open interest

Sebi fines Reliance Securities of Rs 9 lakh for breach of market norms

Sebi has mandated brokers to retain verifiable evidence of client orders to ensure transparency and prevent unauthorised trades

Markets Today: GDP; Sensex, Bankex new expiry day; Enviro Infra IPO listing

Thursday's session proved challenging for domestic markets, with benchmarks plunging sharply on the monthly F&O expiry. Sensex crashed 1,190 pts to 79,043.74, while Nifty slid 360.75 pts to 23,914.15

45 new stocks in F&O segment expected to trigger churn in Nifty, Sensex

LIC, Zomato, Dmart among largest firms in the list of 45 stocks

Jio Fin, Zomato, Angel One, Paytm rally up to 7% on inclusion in F&O pool

Stock exchanges on Wednesday announced the addition of 45 stocks to the new list of scrips eligible for trading in the F&O segment from November 29.

F&O trading can't be a pastime, investors need to be serious: Sebi member

India cannot afford to make futures and options trading into a 'national pastime', Sebi whole-time member Ashwani Bhatia said on Tuesday, urging investors to be more serious. Speaking at an event organized by Morningstar here, Bhatia rued that investors are protesting against the latest moves to curb activity in the F&O Segment initiated by Sebi. The markets watchdog's study has revealed that 93 per cent of the trades result in a loss for retail investors, and Bhatia said it is the institutional investors who are making money in the process. "F&O cannot be and should not be a national pastime which actually means that savings of retail participants move into the pockets of institutional hands," he said, asking investors to do "serious investing". He said India is home to more than half of the global derivative volumes, making it the largest base for such bets globally, and made it clear that this is a "crown we do not wish to wear". "... uneasy lies the head that wears a ...