The Income-tax Act, 2025, effective from April 1, 2026, retains largely unchanged tax treatment for futures and options (F&O) traders. F&O transactions continue to be treated as non-speculative business income, not capital…
A new SEBI study reveals that 96.5% of individual traders in futures and options (F&O) lose money over four years. Only 0.5% of those who traded for five years made profits every…
A Sebi study on F&O trading for FY26 reveals that proprietary traders made a gross profit of about Rs 44,000 crore, while individual traders lost Rs 72,000 crore. Foreign funds, corporates, mutual…
Options contract volumes on Indian bourses fell 51.5% in FY26 after the Securities and Exchange Board of India tightened rules to curb retail speculation, according to its annual report. Futures volumes also…
BSE has advised investors and brokers, particularly those trading futures and options stocks, to understand the Closing Auction Session and its effect on closing prices and derivative settlements. The exchange’s notice does…
