India’s booming derivatives market has become one of the most active in the world, with trading volumes exploding over the past decade. But according to Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath, the structural shift in the market—especially the dominance of weekly options contracts—may be making it harder for serious investors to hedge their risks. In a recent…
MUMBAI : Proprietary traders, whose cost of capital is set to rise sharply under the banking regulator’s new funding directives on capital market exposure, posted a significant increase in market share in the popular index options space. Their gross market share based on premium turnover jumped by 230 basis points (bps) year-on-year to 49.5% in…
India VIX, the volatility index, slipped below the 12 mark during Tuesday’s intraday session, even as benchmark indices — Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex — traded largely flat with a positive bias. India VIX, often referred to as the market’s “fear gauge,” measures the expected short-term volatility in the Indian equity market over the next…
India VIX: Stock market volatility is often felt before it is fully understood. Sharp intraday swings, sudden corrections, and nervous reactions to global cues usually show up first in derivatives data — before they are reflected in headline indices – Nifty 50 and Sensex. This is where India VIX, commonly referred to as the market’s…
In the last trading session on Friday, their strategy consisted of selling more Nifty call options expiring on Tuesday, in anticipation of corrective to flat markets, which would enable them to retain the premia paid by the call buyers. After India and the US issued joint statements on an interim trade deal reached on 2…
The Indian stock market extended its rally for the third straight session on Tuesday, with the benchmark Sensex surging above 84,300 level, and the Nifty 50 hovering near 26,000 level. The Sensex was up 380.13 points, or 0.45%, at 84,445.88, while the Nifty 50 traded 113.75 points, or 0.44%, higher at 25,981.05. Bank Nifty index…
