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Why are retail investors safer if they stay away from derivatives?

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), India’s capital markets regulator, is clearly concerned about the high level of retail investors’ involvement with equities market derivatives. It may be noted that far too many people have just entered the F&O (Futures & Options) game, and it is highly unlikely that they completely understand the risks that …

An easily relatable example of Base rate fallacy:

In a Base rate fallacy, people prefer to disregard statistical and other commonly accepted facts in favour of merely fresh or recent information that they have been presented with. Consider these two examples – In one example, a Finfluencer, appears in front of a nice high-end luxury car and claims that everyone can make money and …