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.

Under the new proposals, STT on futures trades has been raised from 0.02% to 0.05%, while options trading now attracts a flat 0.15% STT on both option premiums and exercised contracts. The move marks ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made it clear in her Budget speech that the Securities Transaction Tax, or STT, will go up for derivatives trades from April 1, 2026.

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

Broadridge creates a platform delivering competitive advantages for the Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) community through the introduction of innovative and disruptive technologies The platform ...

The F&O tax hike fits into a broader Budget 2026 theme of promoting financial stability over speculative excess. While the ...

The announcement means that the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) charged on futures trading has been increased to 0.05 per cent of the transaction value.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget 2026 speech on February 1, proposed increasing Securities Transaction Tax ...

Washington, DC — FIA today released statistics on the number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide in 2023. The total volume of trading reached 137.3 billion contracts in 2023, up 64% ...

In the Budget, the government proposed an increase in the Securities Transaction Tax on several derivatives products. The ...