{
  "id": 662926,
  "title": "Indian Retail Traders Lose ₹91,685 Crore In F&O Trading In FY26 Despite SEBI Curbs On Derivatives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/indian-retail-traders-lose-91-685-crore-in-f-o-trading-in-fy26",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T11:49:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/indian-retail-traders-lose-91685-crore-in-fo-trading-in-fy26-despite-sebi-curbs-on-derivatives"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Indian retail investors suffered losses of ₹91,685 crore from equity futures and options (F&O) trading in the financial year ended March, highlighting the continuing challenges faced by regulators in curbing risky derivative trading among individuals. The losses were lower than the previous year’s ₹1.1 trillion, while the number of active traders also declined to less than 8 million from 9.8…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}