{
  "id": 1518450,
  "title": "SEBI warns investors against live trading strategies offered on social media",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/sebi-warns-investors-against-live-trading-strategies-offered-on",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-17T16:39:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindu BusinessLine",
    "slug": "hindu-businessline",
    "url": "https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/sebi-warns-investors-against-live-trading-strategies-offered-on-social-media/article71357659.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a warning to investors against following live trading strategies or real-time strategies promoted on social media. SEBI stated that these online sessions may involve unregistered investment advisory services, which could lead to poor investment decisions. The regulator noted that certain individuals on social media claim to be experts in the securities market and provide detailed analysis of investment and exit times, strategies, and positions for market indices. Some of these individuals even claim to trade in real-time while displaying their trade performance, market patterns, and expected targets. SEBI pointed out that such live trading sessions have a large viewership, with live chat features allowing unregistered advisory services to be exchanged. SEBI also clarified that market price data can only be shared for investor education and awareness purposes with a thirty-day lag and without any monetary incentive. Further, market price data should not be used to indicate future prices or provide advice on securities. SEBI emphasized that entities can share live market data only to maintain the orderly functioning of the securities market or to fulfill regulatory requirements. SEBI advised investors to be cautious, not to trust claims made by persons promoting live or real-time trading strategies on social media, and to avoid making investment decisions based on these sessions. SEBI urged investors to deal only with SEBI-registered intermediaries and to remain vigilant during securities market transactions.",
  "summary": "The regulator has flagged growing online sessions offering market positions and trading advice, urging investors to rely only on registered intermediaries.",
  "key_points": [
    "SEBI warns against live trading strategies on social media",
    "Unregistered advisory services may lead to poor investment decisions",
    "Market data should not be used for future price prediction or advice"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}