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miohtama ◴[] No.44484193[source]
On Indian options markets

> India retail investors make up 35% of options trades. Institutions, seeking to hedge their risk or profit for their companies’ accounts, handle the rest. Regulators are alarmed that regular folk are bypassing the tried-and-true way to build wealth: buying and holding stocks and mutual funds.

> Instead they’re engaging in pure speculation. The average time an Indian trader holds an option is less than Instead they’re engaging in pure speculation. The average time an Indian trader holds an option is less than 30 minutes, according to data from mutual fund provider Axis Asset Management Co. “If you want to gamble, if you need diabetes and high blood pressure, then go into this market,” Ashwani Bhatia, a board member on the nation’s top stock market regulator, said last year.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/options/indias-...

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1. 0xDEAFBEAD ◴[] No.44485979[source]
How about some sort of tax on financial asset transactions?
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2. SpicyLemonZest ◴[] No.44486299[source]
India has one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_Transaction_Tax). Retail investors don't choose to day trade options because of some rigorous financial analysis, so they aren't going to be discouraged by any feasible transaction tax rate.