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Need to reconsider sachetisation of F&O trade to safeguard savings: CEA

Cautioning against household savings getting invested in futures and options trade, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Saturday said there is a need to reconsider sachetisation of F&O trade because it requires different financial literacy. Speaking at the CII's Annual Business Summit, 2024, Nageswaran said whenever financial sector development precedes national development the story hasn't ended well for other countries as well. Asian crisis 1997-98 is a very important example, he said. When we take pride in the fact that we have the world's largest trading volume in futures and options (F&O), we need to ask ourselves is that a sign of progress or a sign of concern, the CEA said. He said the financial sector has a responsibility to ensure that capital market grows in those areas where we can actually harness Indian household savings for productive purposes. Many of the people currently engaged in the market do not understand them The sachetisation of futures and ...

FM Sitharaman flags retail F&O frenzy: Here's why investors should be wary

Retail trading in F&Os can be risky and requires a good understanding of the market and strategies involved

Problem of plenty

Derivatives volumes can increase risks

NSE to stop issuance of new futures and options contracts for ZEE

On April 16, the NSE said contracts for new expiry months for Zee Entertainment will not be issued once the existing contract months expire

SBI to L&T: NSE revises F&O lot size of derivative contracts for 54 stocks

Exchange has cut the lot size for the futures and options contracts of 42 stocks to half of the current lot sizes. The revised lot sizes will be effective from 26 April for expiries in May or later

Derivative Strategy on Cummins for March expiry as stock nears fresh high

Primary trend of the stock has been bullish with higher tops and higher bottoms on the weekly chart

Majority of F&O trading from co-location for second consecutive year

Co-location is the practice by institutional investors to locate their servers on the site of the stock exchange, in exchange for a fee, to cut down on latency and trade that much faster

Trading turnover logs fresh high in February, rises 2 times in a year

Sign of strong investor confidence say experts

Regulatory nod for US spot bitcoin ETF options may take months: Report

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month approved spot bitcoin ETFs, in a watershed for the crypto industry

Voltas sees long build up: Here's a Bull Spread Strategy for the stock

Long build up is seen in the VOLTAS Futures on Thursday where Open Interest rose by 7% (Prov)

Confused, surprised at investor interest in F&Os, says Sebi chief

Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch on Monday said she is "confused and surprised" at investor interest in Futures and Options (F&O) despite 90 per cent of individuals losing money in the segment. Buch said there is a need for investors to look at the long term and added that chances of making inflation-beating returns are much brighter through this strategy. Speaking during the launch of the Investor Risk Reduction Access (IRRA) platform at Asia's oldest stock bourse BSE here, Buch pointed to a recent research by the capital markets regulator which pointed out that only 11 per cent of the 45.24 lakh individual traders in the F&O segment made profit. As per the research, there was an exponential increase in the F&O segment participation during the pandemic, with the total number of unique individual traders increasing by over 500 per cent from the 7.1 lakh in FY19. "I must admit, I am always a little confused and surprised as to why people continue to do that (bet in ...

HCLTech strong on charts: HDFC Securities suggests Bull Spread Strategy

Technology stocks are looking good on the short to medium-term charts, said Nandish Shah of HDFC Securities

From October 16, Bankex derivatives expiry date to shift to Monday

The exchange had chosen Friday as the expiry day for its relaunched Sensex and Bankex futures and options contracts to differentiate from market leader NSE

Sebi mandates risk disclosures for F&O trades, to protect retail investor

A study published by Sebi in January showed that only one in 10 F&O traders turned out to be profitable during FY22

F&O strategy: HDFC Securities suggests Bull Spread on L&T Finance

Nandish Shah of HDFC Securities recommends to buy L&T Finance 96 call option and simultaneously sell 100 call of the May series

Average daily cash volumes continue to dip; F&O segment hits new high

Markets remained volatile during the month amid the banking crisis in the developed world, boosting trading activity

Finance Bill 2023: STT hike on F&O likely to make a dent in volumes

Sebi study for FY22 had shown that 9 out of 10 F&O traders had incurred losses

Finance Bill: Centre hikes STT on futures and options trading by up to 25%

STT was introduced in 2004 and is levied on transactions involving different types of securities through the stock exchange route

NSE withdraws decision to drop Zee Entertainment from F&O segment

NSE said post the NCLAT order, ZEEL will move out of IBC framework, hence the surveillance action in the stock shall be reverted and the F and O contracts with May 2024 will be available

Stocks to watch: M&M, Nykaa, SAIL, Sun Pharma, NALCO, Oil India, Tata Steel

Stocks to watch today: SAIL, Nykaa, Power Finance Corporation, Gujarat Gas, Castrol India, Campus Activewear will report the October-December quarter (Q3FY23) results