Futures And Options

The market regulator is planning transition to monthly expiries with defined glide path, reports CNBC-TV18

Exchanges propose to SEBI for moving F&O contracts on monthly basis, reports CNBC-Awaaz; BSE, Angel One shares fall up to 7.5%

Exchanges are of the view that weekly expiry is not serving long term hedging purpose, sources told the channel

Jane Street to argue that retail demand drove its India trades

The trading giant has been working on its defense against market manipulation allegations from the Securities and Exchange Board of India

There was no Jane Street in Feb but it was volume as usual in F&O segment

Data shows that there was no real dent on the volume in the equity derivatives segment when Jane Street nearly stopped trading for a few weeks in Feb

All exchanges need to have common day for F&O expiry: NSE CEO Ashish Chauhan

Moneycontrol GWS 2025: 'Many exchanges have expressed desire to start newer daily expiries. If you really want to remove that, you need to have one single day (for all exchanges) for expiry,' says Chauhan

Shares of Patanjali Foods, Tata Tech, Titagarh Rail, 3 other F&O entrants fall up to 11%

Shares of IREDA, Amara Raja, IIFL were also trading in the red

New F&O Rules: Short term impact on volumes before market stabilises, say experts

'The market has already adjusted to a 30% drop in volume, and we anticipate further behavioural changes based on the customer mix and other factors,' says Prabhakar Tiwari, Chief Growth Officer at Angel One at Moneycontrol Fintech Conclave

NSE to introduce futures and options contracts on 45 stocks from November 29, here's the full list

The list includes companies such as LIC, Jio Financial, Adani Energy Solutions, Adani Green Energy, Nykaa, Paytm, YES Bank and Zomato, among others

NSE revises lot size of Nifty, four other F&O segments effective November 20

NSE says lot size of Nifty has been revised to 75 from 25, Bank Nifty's lot size has been increased to 30 from 15

BSE to retain weekly options linked to Sensex after new F&O rules: Report

SEBI on Tuesday asked exchanges to cut down the number of weekly options contracts available to investors to only one from November 20

Equity delivery will continue to be free at Zerodha, says Nithin Kamath

Zerodha's 10% revenue might get affected as Sebi's true-to-label circular comes into effect on October 1

SEBI to tighten F&O rules despite investor pushback, final rules likely this month: Report

SEBI will limit the number of options contract expiries to one per exchange a week and nearly triple the minimum trading amount, the report said

SEBI's new eligibility criteria for the derivative segment will reduce market manipulation

Over the past year, there have been numerous instances of traders losing money due to short but sudden spikes or drops in the index, often driven by larger traders who could temporarily push the market in their desired direction. Such manipulations were possible at a lower cost by creating artificial moves in illiquid stocks. SEBI has introduced stricter criteria that stocks must meet to curb this practice

Expiry day trading frenzy threatens market stability: SEBI's Ananth Narayan

SEBI's current focus is on reducing the systemic frenzy associated with expiry day trading, said Ananth Narayan, while emphasising the importance of not eliminating the benefits of options trading.

SEBI's consultation paper on Proposed F&O Measures: What is it and who will be most impacted?

In a consultation paper released on Tuesday, July 30, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) proposed tighter derivatives trading rules to enhance market stability and protect retail investors. Sucheta Anchaliya breaks down the key points of these proposed measures and discusses their divergent impact on various capital market players.

F&O frenzy in equities now turning into a stampede, warns Vijay Kedia

"The interest is equities is very high, especially the attention that F&O trading is getting. I fear this may not end well, and Sebi should take action", Vijay Kedia said.

SEBI's stock selection criteria: A double-edged sword for the derivative market

Ironically, while SEBI's new criteria aim to remove illiquid stocks from the derivative market, they will also introduce new stocks

Explained: How SEBI fee on notional F&O turnover could impact short duration options contracts

Right now, BSE stands to lose more than NSE because a big chunk of its derivatives turnover is coming from its weekly options

No transaction charges on F&O trades on Nifty Next 50 for six months: NSE

NSE had recently announced the introduction of trading in F&O contracts on Nifty Next 50 Index with effect from April 24, 2024

F&O update: NSE revises lot size of derivative contracts for 54 stocks

The change will come into effect on April 26 for May 2024 and later expiries

F&O Watch for March 13: National Aluminum Company, PEL make it to NSE Ban list

BHEL, PVR Inox, RBL Bank, GNFC, Biocon, Bandhan Bank, Indus Towers and Vodafone Idea may enter the ban list as these stocks are near the 95 percent MWPL.

F&O Manual: Nifty faces stiff resistance at 19,500, shows volatile moves

The range of 19,500-19,600 appears to be an immediate hurdle for the anticipated consolidation, while the major breakout levels around 19,000-18,900 serve as a strong foundation for the market.

Are small tweaks enough for BSE to improve market share?

For BSE’s new chief Sundararaman Ramamurthy, the biggest challenge is to bring back high rollers to the exchange

STT hike on options trading to pinch small traders more than sellers: 5paisa CEO

However, the NSE rolling back the 6 percent hike in transaction charges will provide some respite, as otherwise it would’ve been a double whammy, feels Prakarsh Gagdani, CEO, 5paisa.com

MC Investigation: Social media accounts impersonate celebrity traders and defraud investors of lakhs

Fake accounts and channels on various online platforms are selling investment advisory and portfolio managements services