Less than 2% dare to go only-derivatives

Only about 1.8 per cent of India’s registered investors traded exclusively in equity derivatives over the past 12 months, according to National Stock Exchange's (NSE's) latest Market Pulse report, which includes data upto September.

- KHUSHBOO TIWARI

Ofthenearly 9 million individual investors active in the equity derivatives segment, 2.1 million traded only in futures and options (F&O) during the period. In contrast, of the 37.2 million investors who tradedin the past 12months, around 28.2 million — or nearly 76 percent —were active only in the cash segment. Moreover, about 77 per cent of derivatives traders also participated in the cash segment.

“These figures help dispel thecommon misconception of disproportionately high retail participation in the equity derivatives segment,” the report observed.