Happy 2025: Five new-year resolutions for smarter equity investing
Live MintNEW DELHI : India's stock market had another winning year, but the gloss of 2024 came with cautionary tales. Read this | Indian stock markets: Navigating bullish trends, valuation risks, and what’s next in 2025 Or take the Noida-based IT firm that sought to raise ₹44 crore from SME investors. Resolution #5: I will not play games which I can’t win Here’s a sobering statistic from a recent report by the Securities and Exchange Board of India : Over 93% of more than 10 million individual F&O traders lost an average of ₹2 lakh each between FY22 and FY24, amounting to a staggering ₹1.8 trillion in aggregate losses, including transaction charges. Wall Street titans like Jane Street, Millennium, Citadel Securities, and Jump Trading have turned their gaze to Dalal Street, lured by the immense potential of India’s derivatives segment. Last year, Jane Street and Millennium were locked in a legal battle in a Manhattan federal court over allegations of two former Jane Street traders stealing a secret India options trading strategy.