Planning to use algo trading? Key checks retail investors must make
Last Update Date: 05-10-2026
Published by Business Standard
Abhishek Kumar's role: Quoted
Abhishek Kumar said a strategy's data should be tested across bull, bear and sideways markets, and advised traders to verify exchange registration and, for black-box algos, the provider's Sebi research analyst licence.
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With brokers preparing to offer algorithmic trading strategies to retail clients under Sebi's revised framework, Business Standard lists the checks to make first. These include the strategy's logic, back-test and live data, drawdowns, success rates, costs, capital at risk, the provider's registration and the tax treatment of trading income.
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Planning to use algo trading? Key checks retail investors must make