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Over the previous three fiscal years, individual traders in the futures and options (F&O) market have lost an incredible Rs 1.8 lakh crore in total. According to persons acquainted with the situation who unveils in a report on the condition of anonymity, a draft circular pertaining to stricter derivatives laws is anticipated to be released “very soon”.

Additionally, according to sources, the board of capital market regulator Sebi does not need to approve these draft regulations involving derivatives. The highly anticipated board meeting on September 30 resulted in no modifications to the index-derivatives regulations from the capital market regulator.

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On July 9, it was announced that the capital market watchdog was debating a new framework that would be based on suggestions from a Working Committee on Futures and Options. In order to curb excessive speculation in the derivative market, Sebi established an expert committee.

Following COVID-19, the F&O market in India saw an enormous increase in volume, and the majority of sole proprietorships and individual traders lost money as a result, according to Sebi.

Regulators estimate that, in FY23, about 92.5 lakh of these participants lost around Rs 51,700 crore (not including statutory transaction expenses).

Nine out of ten traders, or nearly 93% of the more than 1 crore investors, suffered average losses of Rs 2 lakh each, according to a recent Sebi study on individual traders in the futures and options (F&O) market. The study revealed an astounding Rs 1.8 lakh crore in aggregate losses over the previous three financial years.