Risks of F&O trading on Zerodha

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Futures and options trading carries risks that differ in kind, not just degree, from buying shares. A delivery investor in Zerodha can lose at most the money put in. An F&O trader using leverage can lose a multiple of the margin posted, can be forced out of a position at the worst possible moment by a margin call, and, in the case of a written call option, faces a loss with no fixed ceiling. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) studied the segment and found that most individual traders lose money: about 91 per cent posted net losses over three financial years, with the aggregate loss running to Rs 1.81 lakh crore.

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Risks of F&O trading on Zerodha