Trading

Active derivatives traders fall 18% in FY26 to 8.75 million: Sebi study

Individual traders' aggregate net losses declined 18 per cent to Rs 91,685 crore, but the average net loss per trader rose 2.4 per cent to Rs 1.17 lakh in FY26

CAS may cause near-term drag in index-options trading: Bernstein

India is one of the world's largest equity-derivatives markets and the National Stock Exchange was the largest derivatives exchange by the number of contracts in 2025

Using MTF? Keep sufficient cash for margin calls, avoid forced selling

Investors should restrict margin trading facility use to liquid stocks, maintain adequate cash buffers for margin calls, and avoid excessive leverage during periods of market stress

The Hidden Cost of Broker Downtime: What Indian F&O Traders Lose on Expiry Day

When a broker's platform goes offline for five minutes on an expiry Tuesday, the loss is not a complaint. It is a calculable number.

CoinDCX user base rises 16% in H1CY26 as trading value declines 37%

The crypto exchange added 3 million registered users in the first half of CY26, while trading value declined amid evolving market dynamics and growing institutional participation

WazirX bets on AI, futures trading to fuel comeback after $235-mn hack

Crypto exchange WazirX is betting on artificial intelligence-powered products, futures trading and an enhanced customer experience to drive growth as it seeks to regain market share following its court-approved restructuring after last year's USD 235 million cyber attack. Founder Nischal Shetty said the exchange is preparing to launch "WazirX AI", an artificial intelligence assistant that will allow users to interact with the platform through natural language commands rather than navigating traditional trading interfaces. "I think that's the future, where instead of trying to learn how a trading interface operates, where the stop losses are, how do you fill up a form... I think the more natural way of trading for people will be where you just instruct your AI to do things for you, and it does it," Shetty said. The AI tool is expected to help users execute trades, conduct research, analyse market sentiment and evaluate investment opportunities. Users could, for instance, instruct the

Sebi seeks to tighten MTF rules with new exposure, funding norms

The market regulator has proposed higher eligibility norms, expanded funding sources and revised exposure rules for brokers offering margin trading facilities

Planning to use algo trading? Key checks retail investors must make

Check back-test and live-trading data, drawdowns, and net-of-cost returns before you adopt an algo

Democrats feud over stock trading amid anti-corruption push against Trump

After three terms in the US House and two unsuccessful campaigns for the US Senate, Colin Allred said he's heard plenty about voters' suspicions that politicians are just trying to make a buck in Washington. "'What about the stock trading in Congress? What about people getting rich in Congress?'" Allred said they ask him regularly. "And I have to say to them, you're absolutely right about that, too. We need to be better." He's challenging Rep. Julie Johnson in the Democratic runoff for a Dallas-area House seat on Tuesday, and he's one of several candidates trying to harness populist anger over congressional stock trading. Allred has denounced Johnson for trades involving companies like Palantir, a data analytics firm with ties to President Donald Trump's administration. Johnson said her trades were handled by a financial manager, and she accused Allred of being "only out for himself". She pointed to financial disclosures that showed Allred's wealth nearly doubling during his own tim

Proprietary derivatives trading share shrinks after STT hike, shows data

Higher STT rates squeezed arbitrage margins in April, reducing proprietary trading activity in India's equity derivatives market

Sebi bars 7 from markets for 'fraud' trades, directs ₹20 cr disgorgement

The individuals gained by manipulating prices in several stocks through recommendations on social media

British hedge fund Qube Research & Tech first to set up shop in GIFT SEZ

High-frequency trading firm to get tax sops on derivative trades

Trump discloses thousands of stock trades in cos influenced by his policies

Call him the Trader in Chief. Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen, but Donald Trump smashed that precedent in the first quarter of this year with more than 3,600 buy and sell orders, many of them involving companies whose profits have been directly impacted by his decisions as head of the government. Among the Trump trades in a recent report filed with a federal ethics agency was as much as USD 6 million in Nvidia, whose advanced chips Trump approved for sale to China last year. His portfolio also scooped up stocks of several US military suppliers impacted by the Iran war, including Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman. "If he were defence secretary, he would be committing a crime," said Richard Painter, the chief White House ethics adviser in the George W Bush administration and a big critic of congressional trading, too. "Technically he can do this, but it is ...

Brokers seek clarity from Sebi on withholding payouts in fraud cases

Brokers have called for clarity on resolution timeline, granting market institutions more powers to Access and act alone

Street Signs: Oil calm, boardroom scrutiny and NSE's surveillance push

Strong earnings and election results lifted markets, but rising US-Iran tensions, governance concerns and tighter NSE surveillance kept investors cautious

BSE plans commodity derivatives push, raises concerns over SOR delays

BSE MD Sundararaman Ramamurthy said delayed smart order routing approvals are hurting market share growth as the exchange explores commodity derivatives

Retail trading is becoming more disciplined, says Upstox CEO Ravi Kumar

Upstox CEO Ravi Kumar says retail investors are becoming more discerning and risk-aware, with trading behaviour shifting from momentum-driven bets to more disciplined strategies

Smart order routing gains traction, but overall adoption remains low

Colocation gains further ground in cash trading with 44% value share

Sebi mulls MTF rule revamp, dynamic price bands to boost market activity

Market regulator weighs expanding collateral norms, easing operations, and introducing dynamic price bands to enhance liquidity and strengthen market infrastructure

Sebi clears MCX plan to set up coal exchange with ₹100 crore investment

MCX to launch coal exchange subsidiary with full ownership initially, aiming to build a transparent and technology-driven market platform for coal trading in India