Derivatives

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

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.

HNIs more cautious on foreign investment after new rules kick in

According to the new rules of the liberalised remittance system (LRS), an Indian resident can now invest $250,000 a year in foreign stocks, debt etc

Relief for brokers as Sebi relaxes norms for calculating peak margins

Broker's lobby had requested a change in the procedure for upfront collection of peak margins from clients in both cash and derivatives segment

NCDEX, IPFT launch call centre to create awareness about agri-derivatives

According to NCDEX, the information made available at the call centre will not be limited to the derivatives trading

BSE investor count touches 100 mn milestone, up 58% in past one year

Bourse had hit 10 million mark in February 2008 and 50 million in May 2020

NSE world's largest derivatives exchange for third straight year

The National Stock Exchange of India has emerged as the world's largest derivatives exchange for the third consecutive year in 2021 in terms of the number of contracts traded, according to the Futures Industry Association (FIA). In addition, the exchange was ranked fourth by the number of trades in cash equities, as per the statistics maintained by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) for 2021. In a statement on Wednesday NSE said it has ranked as the largest exchange globally in equity derivatives as well as currency derivatives by the number of contracts traded. "It is a matter of great pride for us and our country that NSE has emerged as a global leader and achieved the distinction of being the largest derivatives exchange in the world for the 3rd consecutive year and the 4th largest exchange in cash equities by the number of trades," Vikram Limaye, MD & CEO, NSE, said. The year 2021 witnessed the total registered investor base on NSE surpassing the 5-crore mark to reach a ..

Sensex can rally 2,000 pts. How to trade markets in September F&O series?

The optimism is expected to continue in September. The Sensex can move up by around 2,000 points in the coming month, charts suggest

RBI defers limits on non-centrally cleared derivative exposures for banks

The Reserve Bank on Tuesday deferred applicability of limits on non-centrally cleared derivatives exposures for banks till September-end.

Paytm Money opens F&O trading, receives over 100,000 early access requests

India's homegrown digital financial services platform Paytm on Thursday announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Paytm Money has opened Futures & Options trading for all. It aims to empower the masses with F&O trading as an important wealth management product.

Sebi examines feasibility to introduce freight derivatives contracts

"It is proposed to study the feasibility of introduction of freight derivatives in the commodity derivatives market," Sebi said in its annual report for 2019-20

NSE remains world's largest derivatives exchange for 2nd consecutive year

In addition, the bourse has been ranked fourth in the world in cash equities by number of trades by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) for calendar year 2020, NSE said in a statement on Thursday

NSE to launch derivatives contracts on Nifty Financial Services index

The financial stocks have the biggest sectoral weight in the domestic stock markets

Maintain derivatives records for at least 2 years, RBI asks banks

In case of commercial papers and bonds, there will be no grace period for repayment

SoftBank's options exit unlikely to cause stir in markets, analysts say

SoftBank's unwinding of its derivatives holdings is unlikely to cause much of a stir in markets, analysts have said

SoftBank phasing out derivatives option after losing market value by $17 bn

SoftBank shareholders balked after SoftBank's foray into derivatives trading was first disclosed in September, cutting the company's market value by as much as $17 billion

Exchanges put the onus on clearing members to report peak margins

Shortages in reporting shall be considered as shortfall of margin collection and a penalty will be levied on the clearing member of the custodian participant