India bonds slump on Fed rate hike bets, benchmark trades at discountIndian government bonds faced a downturn on Monday as yields spiked significantly. Hawkish statements from the head of the U.S. Federal Res...
Low apple crop, rising input costs leave Himachal growers worried despite firm prices; traders report lossesHimachal Pradesh apple growers face a difficult season with reduced production. Erratic weather severely impacted fruit setting, leading to...
US Fed rate hike bets soar to 57% from 30% after Warsh's speech. What are Goldman Sachs and others saying?US rate-hike expectations jumped sharply after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech, with traders pricing a 57% chance of a Septembe...
F&O Talk: Traders should maintain caution amid CAS volatility, says Sudeep Shah; picks 6 stocks for next weekThe Indian stock market ended higher on Friday, but heightened volatility and sharp index divergences amid the Closing Auction Session (CAS...
Gold drops 3% as Fed's Warsh comments lift rate hike betsOn Friday, gold prices plummeted by more than three percent due to comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh regarding inflation. ...
How Kosher, Halal and Jain diets signalled trust, turning food laws into passports for global tradeJain and Marwari merchants in India created, perhaps, the strongest iteration of this framework. Their strict vegetarianism and avoidance o...
Bankex put sees a dramatic surge of 14,700% on expiry dayBankex options saw a significant surge during Thursday's expiry session. This unusual spike occurred within minutes, causing considerable t...
Monthly Expiry shock: Did CAS fail its biggest test after Sensex loses 2,000 points in 6 minutes?The Sensex witnessed a sharp late-session swing of over 2,000 points in six minutes on Thursday, raising fresh questions about the Closing ...
From being mocked for buying a Nano to a ₹1.5 crore Mercedes, trader’s journey moves heartsHarshit Patel’s video showing his mother crying inside a ₹1.5 crore luxury car has drawn emotional reactions online. Patel recalled how his...
US Stock Market: Nvidia earnings to test AI boom as markets brace for sharp moveNvidia options are pricing in a 5.4% post-earnings move, implying a potential $280 billion swing in market value after its Q2 results. The ...
Derivatives get gen Z twist, but losses cast a long shadow: SebiYoung traders below thirty years of age now make up an impressive forty-three percent of participants engaged in equity derivatives. Howeve...
Why Indian retail options traders are having a tough time to defuse what Warren Buffett called lethal time bombsSebi’s latest study shows that 88% of individual F&O traders lost money in FY26, with options accounting for 92% of aggregate losses. Despi...
Losing game! How India's small F&O traders carried 70% losses while prop desks made Rs 44,000 croreIn FY26, small Indian traders suffered a staggering seventy percent of the losses in the futures and options market, while proprietary desk...
F&O trading bill: Retail traders pay Rs 25,000 crore transaction costs in FY26 despite big lossesRetail traders paid around Rs 25,000 crore in F&O transaction costs during FY26, while nearly 88% incurred losses. Aggregate losses reached...
Rs 91,685 crore gone! 88% retail investors lost money in F&O trading in FY26 even after strict Sebi rulesIndividual traders incurred substantial losses in India's equity derivatives market during FY26. Options trading accounted for the vast maj...
Retail F&O boom hits reverse gear as active trader base falls 18% in FY26: SebiSEBI found individual equity derivatives traders fell 18% to 88 lakh in FY26, the first annual decline in over a decade. Yet 87.7% still lo...
2,000 years ago, a Tamil trader left his name across 5 ancient tombs in Egypt’s Valley of Kings; Here’s what inscriptions revealTamil Brahmi inscriptions were recently identified in ancient Egyptian tombs. These inscriptions reveal Tamil merchants travelled deep into...