Retail Traders

A damning SEBI study reveals that 91 percent of individual traders lost money in derivatives trading, with retail investors collectively losing Rs1.06 lakh crore in FY25 while sophisticated algorithmic traders profited at their expense

Are retail traders biting off more than they can chew?

Margin Trading Facility data show a spurt in borrowing by retail traders to invest in stocks

Retail traders’ pivot exposes them to a greater risk of lower returns

Traders are switching to options from futures, to cope with higher capital allocation requirements. But that’s the wrong solution for the problem they are seeking to solve

The odds are stacking up high against retail traders

US markets are seeing a rising tide of off-market trades that deny retail traders access to data they need to make informed trades. It adds to the uncertain times traders are living in

India's F&O volume leadership a 'crown we should not wear', says Sebi's Ashwani Bhatia

Bhatia adviced first-time retail investors to enter the stock market through the mutual fund route or through direct investing, instead of the futures and options route.

Retail traders hold the key to market trends

Retail investors tend to have a weak hand compared with foreign institutional investors, and traders must keep this in mind

Retail traders, skill up for a big challenge in 2025

A reduction in the tick size of shares can see a flood of overseas institutional traders -- such as HFTs, hedge funds, algo traders, and AI-assisted traders—enter Indian markets, posing a challenge for retail traders

Retail traders face major challenge in markets in 2025 – Are you ready?

A tech revolution is sweeping the world and markets are getting affected too, throwing up unusual aftereffects. Retail traders need to skill up to survive

HFTs, arbitrage firms to face brunt of STT hike, retail traders likely to retreat

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 25 percent hike in Securities Transaction Tax by hike on selling futures and options caught everyone by surprise. In the F&O segment, the number of retail investors touched 3.2 million in January 2023, a number that could now fall

Retail traders up against not just big daddies of trade, but machines too

The SEBI report has made it clear that only the top 1% of traders make significant profits, while the vast majority lose money 

Why risk profiling of derivative traders is a bad idea

Denied an opportunity to trade in the regular market, these retail traders will shift to the dabba market or be part of a collective trading scheme where an ‘eligible’ trader will punch orders on behalf of smaller traders for a fee

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SEBI's new margin rules have hit commodity markets; will it do the same to equities? 

ANMI argued that the rate of overnight margins levied on intraday trades is almost 3.33 times more than what is warranted based on the risks of the trade. 

Decision to open shops in malls soon after taking into account health ministry's guidelines

Issues of retail traders were discussed in a meeting between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday with representatives of traders associations through video conferencing.

Compulsory physical settlement is another blow by SEBI to retail traders

The move will result in increased volatility and speculation in the week before expiry

100-Word Take | Retail derivative traders unaffected by SEBI's stricter margin norms

Earlier, stock exchanges and clearing corporations gave an option, mostly to bigger members, to pay on a T+0 or T+1 basis.

Outside financials & consumer, mkt struggling for ideas: Udayan

Speaking to CNBC-TV18 Consulting Editor Udayan Mukherjee said that there is nothing one can do but to participate in this rally. The Nifty is close to its all-time high. “There is no point in second-guessing the market because that is not how it works."