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In 2023 , Indian investors traded 85 billion options contracts, more than anywhere else in the world.
Regulators are alarmed that regular folk are bypassing the tried-and-true way to build wealth.
The average time an Indian trader holds an option is less than 30 minutes , according to data.
India ’s rapidly expanding middle class has long stashed its savings in real estate and gold.
Households have only 7% in equities and mutual funds, compared with more than 40% in Brazil and China .
Small investors have largely missed out on India 's stock market boom, which may be fueling some fear-of-missing-out trading now.
India 's Silicon Valley is known as India ’s Silicon Valley .
In Bengaluru , students learn about options trading at Sathe 's academy.
“Derivatives give you leverage, and leverage with risk management is a lethal thing,” Sathe says.
As of mid-January he’d lost 400,000 rupees since August .
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