With the new index-derivatives norms rolled out from the end of November, brokerages and their distributors are finding alternative sources of revenue.
Dabba trading platforms are aggressively promoting their no-margin and high-leverage products amid the market regulator's curbs on index derivatives, which will come into effect from November 20.
Moneycontrol had earlier reported that market experts are worried about SEBI's proposed F&O curbs stoking dabba trading.
SEBI's proposed measures to curb F&O betting has raised concerns of traders turning towards illegal dabba trading, which bypasses stock exchanges and proper KYC, posing significant risks.
Legal experts say that the actor headlining the platform’s ad could turn out to be a legal liability.
Higher shares of ‘brokerage’ and vertigo-inducing leverage are making it an attractive option, although it is an unregulated market and carries high risks.
Dabba trading is an illegal form of trading in shares, where operators of such trading rings allow people to trade in equities outside the stock exchange platform.
Dabba is a parallel stock market, in which traders can bet on the direction of share prices/stock indices without a trading account, demat account, or having to give their KYC details.
Nearly decade-long demand to increase the metal’s volumes in the futures market makes an appearance this time too.
While regulators around the world are welcoming retail investors, SEBI is doing the opposite on the pretext of protecting them
The high-risk operations have been stopped as strict restrictions on movement have forced the ‘Dabba trader’ to stop work, at least for the time being.
The ED's intervention follows a first information report (FIR) that was filed by the Economic Offences Wing of Nagpur city’s police in 2016.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has gone on a campaign overdrive to curb ‘dabba trading’ but the police says that the regulator's hesitance in filing a case in several cases is letting violators get off the hook.
The Finance Ministry has proposed setting up a single gold spot exchange at a meeting with exchanges last week, all of which want to set up individual spot exchanges.
Talking to CNBC-TV 18 about the introduction of commodity transaction tax (CTT) in the Budget last week, Shreekant Javalgekar, MD & CEO, MCX, said the proposal was fraught with many inconsistencies.