An uncontrolled popular urge to speculate in financial markets is giving regulators a headache everywhere. It is especially worrying in India, where trading in futures and options is now more than 400 times bigger than the underlying cash-market turnover. This is a slow transfer of wealth from the real economy to a financial elite, the full impact of which may only be felt when it’s too late to stop it.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s crackdown on social-media influencers peddling advice is a losing battle. Although nine out of 10 individual traders are losing money, retail investors can’t get enough of derivatives. A smartphone-led gamification of investing is complete.

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Desperate Retail Investors Drive India’s Options Craze

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12.12.2023

An uncontrolled popular urge to speculate in financial markets is giving regulators a headache everywhere. It is especially worrying in India, where trading in futures and options is........

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