SEBI chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey announces July retail derivatives study
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Heads up if you dabble in stocks: SEBI is dropping a fresh report this July on how retail investors are really doing in the derivatives market.
Announced by SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey after Friday's board meeting, the study examines profit-and-loss outcomes and the financial impact of equity derivatives trading on individual investors, using recent data from big brokerages.
Most traders lost, SEBI tightens rules
It turns out trading F and O isn't exactly easy money: 91.1% of individual traders lost money in FY24, and total losses jumped 41% in FY25 to ₹1.05 trillion.
To help protect everyday investors, SEBI has already rolled out stricter rules like bigger contract sizes and limits on weekly options expiries, all aimed at curbing risky bets.