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Stats › Active, passive and flows › Indian retail derivatives

Indian retail traders lost 2.03 lakh crore rupees in equity derivatives over two years

FY19: 85.0%+85.0%FY19FY22: 89.0%+89.0%FY22FY22 to FY24: 93.0%+93.0%FY22 to FY24FY25: 90.9%+90.9%FY25FY26: 87.7%+87.7%FY26

Share of individual equity derivatives traders with a net loss after transaction costs, from three regulator studies published in January 2023, September 2024 and August 2026. The middle bar is a three year aggregate rather than a single year, so it is not directly comparable to the others. None of the studies reports a significance test, a standard error or a confidence interval, and all three state they are descriptive.

Across five regulator studies the share of individual derivatives traders losing money ran from 85 per cent in 2019 to a peak of 93 and then 87.7 in the year to March 2026. Net losses after costs were 1.12 lakh crore rupees and then 91,685 crore.

87.7%Individual traders losing money, year to March 2026
90.9%The same in the year to March 2025
1,11,788 crore rupeesNet loss after costs, year to March 2025
91,685 crore rupeesThe same for the year to March 2026

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