93% retail traders lost money in F&O in 3 years: Sebi study

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When it comes to equity derivatives trading, retail investors are on the back foot, as 93 per cent of them incurred losses with average loss of around Rs 2 lakh per trader during the last three financial years (FY 22 to FY 24), according to a new study conducted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)..

Despite consecutive years of losses, more than 75 per cent, of lossmaking traders continued trading in F&O...

The top 3.5 per cent of loss-makers around 4 lakh traders faced an average loss of Rs 28 lakh per person over the last three financial years..

In contrast to individual traders, proprietary traders and Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) as a class booked gross trading profits of Rs 33,000 crore and Rs 28,000 crore, respectively, in FY24 (before accounting for transaction costs)..

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