Overview

• Speaking at World Investor Week 2025, Tuhin Kanta Pandey urged retail traders to assess risk capacity and avoid speculative F&O, emphasizing derivatives are meant for hedging rather than quick gains.
• SEBI cited FY25 analysis showing retail traders lost about Rs 1.06 lakh crore, with 91% of individuals posting net losses and participation dropping after tighter rules introduced in November 2024.
• The regulator’s survey of more than 90,000 households, conducted with AMFI, NSE, BSE, NSDL and CDSL, found only about 9.5% of households actually invest despite widespread awareness.
• Pandey warned that unsolicited messages, dubious influencers and fake trading apps or websites lure investors with false promises of “guaranteed returns.”
• SEBI said over 100,000 unlawful or misleading posts were removed in the past 18 months, with quarterly data-sharing prompting actions by Google, Meta, X and Telegram, and a reduction in such violations observed.