Any discrimination will be a clear violation of constitutional rights and will be challenged accordingly. Tax bharne k bad mein apne paiso ko aag laga du meri marji.
Recents new about SEBI's new regulations where Only accredited investors should be allowed in F&O is largely misunderstood. SEBI always stated that all their decisions are purely data driven, let me explain what could be the possible measures SEBI could take in restricting F&O.
Did anyone started exploring trading in Crypto Futures & Options in India? With platforms like CoinDcx or Delta Exchange? I could see that Cryptos have daily expiry but the spreads are really high in Options. What's your experience so far?
@ashok_gual Then why not sack her from the post? And by that logic no one should be allowed to start business because 70% of businesses fail in the first 2-5 years
SEBI’s intent may be good, but these measures show how far from real time they are. It will never reduce volumes, easier solutions would have been to allow all index trading with a single expiry day per exchange to distribute the volumes instead they are focusing them on one.
SEBI’s intent may be good, but these measures show how far from real time they are. It will never reduce volumes, easier solutions would have been to allow all index trading with a single expiry day per exchange to distribute the volumes instead they are focusing them on one.
Two simple things SEBI can do to curb excess F&O:
1. Create a net worth based entry barrier: Allow F&O activation only if net worth/ account value is greater than certain threshold (Eg: > 10 lac)
2. Certification: Make NISM VIII type certification mandatory for F&O trading
These steps are likely to -
a. Prevent options trading by traders who are not well funded
b. Persons with no knowledge of F&O will not be able to trade
The regulator needs to take steps to cure the root problem, without bringing an up and running industry to a halt.
@nsitharaman@nsitharamanoffc
So the guy who built his business by offering leverages and discount brokerage thinks there should be a framework to check "seriousness" of retail traders.
A few thoughts on SEBI’s consultation paper on F&O:
The suggested changes, even with the STT increase, won’t really change options volumes. But on the flipside, they will reduce futures volumes.
From what I’ve seen at Zerodha, futures traders have higher odds of making money than option buyers. On a gross basis, futures traders are profitable about 50% of the time as opposed to options traders, who are only profitable about 10% of the time. This is because options come with almost unlimited leverage, whereas leverage on futures is capped at 6 times (15% for index).
Whether it is an STT increase in budget or contract size going up to 20 lakhs, these changes will incentivize futures traders to move to options.
If the intent is to reduce speculation, then the solution is maybe to make it harder for non-serious people to trade by having a product suitability framework.