The Economic Survey 2023-24, released today, sheds light on the macroeconomic risk associated with the increasing trend of young retail investors participating in derivatives trading, particularly expiration-day trading. After Sebi, exchanges and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commented that derivatives trading has become a threat to household finances, the Department of Economic Affairs also seems to have the same view. Union Finance Ministry's Economic Affairs department even went on to the extent of saying that a substantial stock market correction could lead to significant losses for retail investors engaged in derivatives trading and they may feel "cheated", never to return to capital markets for a long time, which will be a loss to the economy.