Zerodha’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer Nithin Kamath believes that the suggested changes in the new F&O consultation paper released by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) are unlikely to affect options volumes despite the government’s increase in the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) in the Union Budget 2024. […]
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Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed a series of near-term measures to prevent speculative trading, such as gambling in index derivatives, which include curbing multiple option contract expiries and increasing the size of options contracts. The seven measures suggested by the market watchdog are […]
Budget 2024: In a shock to investors, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her presentation of the Union Budget for FY 2024-25, announced several key tax changes impacting capital gains and trading activities. FM announced that the long-term capital gains tax rate on all financial and non-financial assets will rise from […]
Margin trading facility, or MTF, is considered safer, offers higher leverage, and includes a broader range of stocks. While option traders typically prefer trading in indices, an MTF is geared towards individual stocks. The Securities and Exchange Board of India is seeking to curb “excessive speculation” by retail, or individual, […]
Mumbai: India’s markets regulator has proposed tighter rules on trading in individual stock derivatives, arguing the rules were needed to avert risks of market manipulation after recent explosive growth particularly in options trading. The move comes after two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters in April that India’s top financial […]
Warning against suffering massive losses in equities and derivates, ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2024, eminent investor Basant Maheshwari has said that retail investors and traders should stay away from futures & options (F&O) markets till the outcome of elections on June 4, 2024. ‘’The Indian market is extremely volatile […]