Learn about futures trading, along with how contracts work, key market factors, risks, and potential benefits, and how investors use futures to hedge or speculate.

Union Budget 2026 raised securities transaction tax on futures and options, increasing trading costs across India’s ...

Explore the origins of options contracts, from rice traders in ancient times to today's financial markets. Understand their historical significance and ongoing impact.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a major increase in the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on Futures and Options ...

The F&O tax hike fits into a broader Budget 2026 theme of promoting financial stability over speculative excess. While the government continues to encourage long-term investment and capital market ...

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) saw record trading activity across total futures and options market during Q3 2024, it said on Tuesday, with 517M contracts traded during the quarter. Q3 trading ...

Under the new proposals, STT on futures trades has been raised from 0.02% to 0.05%, while options trading now attracts a flat ...

Securities transaction tax (STT) is a tax imposed on the value of securities transactions on recognised stock exchanges in the country. It applies to trades in equity mutual funds, equities, futures ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced an increase in the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on Futures and ...

Every F&O trade now costs more. Frequent, high-volume speculative trading becomes less attractive, which is exactly what the ...

Budget 2026 has increased Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on futures and options trading to curb excessive retail ...

Discover how the recent increase in Security Transaction Tax affects costs for futures and options trading in India.