After SEBI standardised lot sizes, the National Stock Exchange has not acted to change the lot sizes, resulting in the unhappy situation of my not being able to take on a Tata Motors contract because it violates my position size limits. (Tata Motors is…

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I’ve been railing about the cash volumes in the market recently. With volumes reaching 12,000 cr. – lesser than most of 2007 – and as I recently tweeted, less than the daily volume of one share, Apple, in the US market. Our market has obviously s…

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SEBI has allowed trading of additional currency contracts apart from the currently traded USD-INR contracts. We’ll soon be able to trade the Euro, the Japanese Yen and the UK Pound (see Zip file) with the Indian Rupee. The contract specs are – 100…

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SEBI has now specified new lot size standards for all futures/options contracts: Price Band (Rs.) Contract Size Lot Size (No. of units of underlying) Value (Rs. lakh)…

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