A study on the influence of trading behaviour on trading success in equity f&o market with special reference to individual traders in Bengaluru City

This study attempts to determine whether the trading behaviour of a person has any impact on his/her trading success in the equity F&O market. Data was collected from 52 active equity F&O traders in Bengaluru city using snowball sampling technique. The results of the percentage analysis reveal that 20 to 30% of the traders exhibit good trading behaviour and only 15 to 20% of them are successful in trading the equity derivatives market. The findings of structural analysis reveal that an individual investor’s trading behaviour has a huge impact on his/her trading success. 71.1% of variance in trading success is influenced by a person’s trading behaviour.