Dev Shankar

Indian, Fitness Enthusiast, Corporate Cricketer, Cheerful, Nonconformist, Sanguine, Atheist to Agnostic, Maverick, Political ideology = Public Welfare

[Aditya Pachwaria @fintinity]

@_anujsinghal @AnilSinghvi_ ..sir i have trading markets for over 18yrs..have researched global markets too. Pls if u can arrange a 1:1 debate with @NSEIndia or @SEBI_India on #CAS. Let's argue with facts, figures and theories, nothing arbitrary

[PRAFUL KULKARNI @PRAFULKULKARN18]

12th August.
No trades day.
Not a single trade.

[Kundan Prajapati @ScholarTrading]

Sensex Straddle opened at around 500 rs today, and now after more than 3 hours of theta decay it is trading at 680+

Regulators have made joke of all the foundations and theory of option trading

@SEBI_India Kuchh sunai dikhai de rha ?

#RollBackCAS

[Nifty Buddy @niftybuddy]

Everyone please support and Tweet with this hashtag: #NotradingonAug12th

[Theoptionseller (GG) @Theoptionselle1]

STOP TRADING

Dry up volumes completely

Traders ACT together for God's sake to save your livelihoods.

Make this viral spread the word.

#rollbackCAS

[Kundan Prajapati @ScholarTrading]

Dear @NSEIndia , instead of conducting a one-way webinar, have the courage to hold an open, two-way discussion with active traders and market participants.

I am ready to present clear, practical reasons why the Closing Auction Session may not work effectively in the Indian market and could create fresh problems for retail traders.

Let the exchange answer genuine questions publicly instead of only explaining its own narrative.

Retweet this if you want @NSEIndia to organise a transparent and debatable session with traders on the real impact of CAS after its implementation.

#RollBackCAS

[⭐JC 🏹 @niftywizard]

#NotradingonAug12th

[Kundan Prajapati @ScholarTrading]

Although I have already stopped trading in the Indian market since yesterday, let us choose one day when the entire trading community stands together.

On Tuesday, August 11, 2026 - the day of NIFTY expiry
let us observe a complete trading shutdown to protest against the Closing Auction Session.

No trading. No orders. Not even a single order from our side.

I request every trader, educator, influencer, and market participant to spread this message and support the protest.

Let us show that traders are not just a source of volume - we deserve to be heard too.

Retweet and spread the word

August 11, 2026 - Complete Trading Shutdown against CAS.

#RollBackCAS #ProtestAgainstSEBI

[Dev Shankar @CricDev]

@mevedtech @TheNewspinch Aare mhanubhav hunger strike pe hi hai but ye paani bhi pine se mana kar diye the. Without water koi 3-5 din se jyada zinda nahi reh sakta is liye ye suicide jaisa hai. to sirf paani piyenge namak wala.

[Dev Shankar @CricDev]

@Swapnja_Sharmaa @HarshKa49485508 Wow please do it tomorrow and show how it is done. Challenge for you .

[Dev Shankar @CricDev]

@ScholarTrading Its time to unite retail traders and bring a protest against this arbitrariness of SEBI and NSE. Lets begin with online protest. #RollBackCAS #takebackCAS @SEBI_India
@NSEIndia
Everyone raise your voice before its too late.

[Dev Shankar @CricDev]

@NSEIndia Its time to unite retail traders and bring a protest against this arbitrariness of SEBI and NSE. Lets begin with online protest #takebackCAS @SEBI_India
@NSEIndia
Everyone raise your voice before its too late.

[Dev Shankar @CricDev]

@NSEIndia @ashishchauhan Its time to unite retail traders and bring a protest against this arbitrariness of SEBI and NSE. Lets begin with online protest #takebackCAS @SEBI_India @NSEIndia Everyone raise your voice before its too late.

[Kundan Prajapati @ScholarTrading]

What the hell is happening to the Indian stock market?

Dear @SEBI_India & @NSEIndia @BSEIndia

How many times do you expect traders to rebuild their entire business?

> December 2020 – 50% leverage removed
> March 2021 – 75% leverage removed
>September 2021 – 100% leverage removed

We adapted.

Yes, leverage is a double-edged sword. But thousands of genuine traders with smaller capital were affected. Still, we adapted.

> September 2023 – Bank Nifty expiry was shifted from Thursday to Wednesday, while BSE launched Sensex weekly expiry on Friday. Suddenly, we had expiries almost every trading day.

Many traders, especially algo and 0-DTE traders, redesigned their entire systems.

We adapted.

> November 2024 – Weekly expiries of FinNifty, Bank Nifty and other indices were removed. Only Nifty and Sensex weekly expiries remained.

Again, thousands of traders had to change their strategies.

We adapted.

> February 2025 – Expiry-day margin benefit was removed.

STBT traders were hit badly.

We adapted.

> 1st September 2025 – Nifty expiry shifted from Thursday to Tuesday.

Again...

We adapted.

> Jane Street reportedly made billions of dollars from Indian markets over the years. Later, regulatory action was taken, and subsequently trading restrictions were lifted after payment of regulatory dues/settlement.

How exactly did all of this benefit Indian retailers?

Meanwhile...

- Option STT has increased massively over the last few years.
- Bid-ask spreads have widened.
- Slippage has increased.
- Global volatility has increased.
- Transaction costs keep rising.

We adapted to everything.

And now...

Closing Auction Session (CAS).

Seriously?

Every few months there's another structural change.

Every few months traders are forced to rebuild their systems.

Every few months liquidity takes another hit.

You say these changes are for retail investor protection.

Then please show us the data.

Can you show even one report proving that retail trading losses have actually reduced because of all these interventions?

If not, then what exactly are these constant changes achieving?

Instead of making markets more efficient, you're making trading more expensive, more complicated, and pushing serious traders towards crypto and international markets.

As a full-time trader, my inner soul genuinely cries today seeing the direction our markets are heading.

We survived leverage removal.

We survived daily expiries.

We survived removal of daily expiries.

We survived expiry changes.

We survived removal of expiry margin benefits.

We survived higher STT.

We survived wider spreads and slippage.

Now we are expected to survive CAS as well?

Enough is enough.

I request SEBI and the exchanges to reconsider this rule.

Before implementing such major structural changes, consult the trading community. There should be proper communication, public discussion, and representation from active traders.

I also request every trader to raise their voice through the proper channels. If you genuinely believe these changes are hurting market participants, please send your feedback or complaint to SEBI through its official grievance mechanism. And if anyone from the industry has a direct channel to the exchanges or regulators, please help convey the concerns of the trading community.

Please Retweet this so our voice reaches the right people.

Enough of silent adaptation. It's time the trading community is heard.

@AnilSinghvi_ @_anujsinghal @SarangSood @PRAFULKULKARN18 @adigitalblogger @iarjuntandon @JayneshKasliwal @sunilgurjar01 @piyushchaudhry @SantoshPasi @RakeshPujara1 @TanmayKurtkoti @justnottamomma @AshishGupta325

[Dev Shankar @CricDev]

@NSEIndia @ashishchauhan NSE ko gaali na pade is liye SEBI ka naam le rhe aacha hai dono ko saath mai gaali pad rhi.

[Dev Shankar @CricDev]

@chitraaum Bilkul sahi yahi suluk jhuuth bolne wale neta aur media channel k saath hona chahiye.

[Dev Shankar @CricDev]

@WithLoveIndiaa @DRM_DDU @RailwaySeva @drmdhnecr @ECRlyHJP @drmdnr No one will compensate. They will just keep saying matter is escalated and so on.

[Dev Shankar @CricDev]

@raghav_chadha There is one more data that you guys hide. About 60% of retailers loose money because of charges. So remove all charges except brokerage.

[Dev Shankar @CricDev]

@anand11_du @ManojBhartiJSP Fir entrance exam hi kyun lena hai? toss kara k ya lucky draw niklwa liya jaaye

[Dev Shankar @CricDev]

@priyarajputlive This lady should be in jail. She don't have any authority to do this to anyone.