F&o

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

Nandish Shah of HDFC Securities suggests Bull Spread strategy on IGL

The stock price of Indraprastha Gas (IGL) has been taking support at 200 day EMA since January 2023

Sebi study suggests 89% retail traders in equity F&O suffered losses

Sebi on Wednesday said it will soon issue guidelines on additional risk disclosures required to be made by brokers and exchanges to investors as its study suggested that every 9 in 10 individual traders in the equity F&O segment suffered losses in FY 2021-22. The findings, part of a study conducted by the regulator under the supervision of a working group, analysed the trading by individual investors with regard to net profit or loss encountered by them in the equity F&O (Futures & Options) segment for the period FY19 and FY22 only. The study is based on a sample of all individual clients of all the top-10 stock brokers, accounting for 67 per cent of the overall individual client turnover in the equity F&O segment during FY 2021-22. It revealed that 89 per cent of the individual traders (9 out of 10 individual traders) in the equity F&O segment incurred losses, with an average loss of Rs 1.1 lakh during FY22. Moreover, 90 per cent of the active traders incurred ...

Sebi to introduce more safeguards for F&O as traders' losses mount

Regulator's study on F&O segment shows over 90% traders incurred losses in FY22, with the average hit over 15x the earnings of the 10% who made profits

Sebi brings in net settlement of cash, F&O segment upon expiry of stock

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday introduced the mechanism of net settlement of cash and Futures & Options (F&O) segment upon expiry of stock derivatives. The move is aimed at providing better alignment of cash and derivatives segment, mitigation of price risk in certain cases and netting efficiencies for market participants, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a circular. Under the mechanism, the obligations arising out of cash segment settlement and physical settlement of F&O segments, upon expiry of stock derivatives, would be settled on a net basis as against the current approach of settling such obligations separately. The benefit of netting (merged settlements) would be available to investors who trade and clear through the same TM-CM (trading member-clearing member) combination in cash and F&O segment. However, investors whose TM clears trades through different CM/Clearing Corporation (CC) will not be able to avail the benefit of .

Assess maximum possible loss before entering F&O trade: Experts

Have sufficient capital as buffer to be able to meet additional margin requirements

Sebi's stricter F&O inclusion criteria may weed out 30 stocks: Analyst

According to the current rule around impact cost, a stock's median quarter-sigma order size over the past six months cannot be not less than Rs 25 lakh

Startup of the year: What Zerodha attempted to do when it started in 2010

Zerodha has used its technological prowess and a deep discounting model to disrupt the Indian brokerage industry in ways few had imagined

Decoded: What is F&O and how is it different from equity trading?

Futures and Options are derivative contracts which allow a market participant to purchase and sell a stock or index at a specific price and on a future date. Let us find out more about them

April F&O expiry: Nifty eyeing a narrow trading range

Investors had a rollercoaster ride during the April F&O series, with bears having the slight edge. Will they triumph? Or will the bulls fight back today? Find out what to expect on the expiry day

Why the need to put up additional margin makes futures trading risky

Not only must your call be directionally right, the price movement must occur within a stipulated time frame for you to make money

Markets strategy ahead of the Q4 result season

On Friday, the markets will track the RBI policy developments for cues on the future rate cycle and inflation forecast. Find out how the markets are placed ahead of the earnings season

TMS Ep146: Consumption inequality, QS ranking, markets, Omicron BA.2

How has India's consumption inequality come down? How did India fare in QS World University ranking? What's the right markets strategy before Q4 results? What's the Omicron BA.2? All answers here

Sensex tanks 2,702pts, ends below 55K; Nifty gives up 16,250; Brent at $105

Closing Bell: Benchmark indices clocked their biggest one-day fall since March 2020 as Russia invaded Ukraine, rattling global markets

Here's why HDFC Securities recommends a Bull spread on IDFC February series

According to Nandish Shah of HDFC Securities, primary trend is bullish as the stock price is trading above all important short and medium term moving averages.

Nandish Shah recommends a Bull spread on SBI for February series

According to Nandish Shah, the short term trend is bullish as the stock price is closed above all important short- term moving averages.