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Retail investors vs algorithms: A battle of lambs to slaughter?

Most of the 93 per cent, who rely on their own half-baked strategies or strategies rented from brokers, are sure to lose money in F&O trading

The average daily trading volume (ADTV) for the futures and options segment climbed to a new record high of Rs 537 trillion in September, rising 7.2 per cent on a month-on-month basis. The ADTV for the cash segment, however, fell nearly 4 per cent to

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Harsh Roongta

4 min read Last Updated : Oct 06 2024 | 10:00 PM IST

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Housing societies’ gatherings in the 1980s often featured food stalls and light gambling games. One popular game was ‘Lucky 7’, played with two dice. Players bet on whether the total would be ‘below 7’, ‘above 7’, or ‘exactly 7’.

A Rs 10 bet on ‘below 7’ or ‘above 7’ could win you Rs 20, while betting on ‘lucky 7’ could win you Rs 40. Most people bet randomly for fun, winning occasionally. But eventually most lost and quit.

I thought I had devised a clever strategy: doubling my stake after each loss to recover my original bet. I started

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