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91% F&O Traders Lost ₹1.06 Lakh Crore: Here's What They Did Wrong

By Team Agora Circle

Written by the Agora Circle editorial team. Educational content, explained for the Indian market. Not investment advice.

Published 23 Apr 2026

SEBI's data is blunt: about 91% of Indian retail traders ended FY25 in the red, with combined losses near 1.06 lakh crore rupees. This video argues the root cause is a mindset error, treating trading like a hobby or a quick-income scheme rather than a business. Most beginners arrive chasing the fantasy of two hours of work for fifty thousand a month, with entries but no system and hope but no plan. The reframe is to run trading like a startup with three non-negotiable phases: structured learning first, then a written business plan, then small-scale practice before any attempt to scale. It is aimed especially at beginners and salaried professionals tempted to quit a stable job, because the difference between surviving and blowing up is rarely the strategy. It is whether there is a real system underneath it.

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