Trade-to-Trade (T2T) Segment in Stock Markets

12.03.2025

Trade-to-Trade (T2T) Segment in Stock Markets

Why in the news?                        

            The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is considering a major revamp of short-selling regulations, potentially allowing it for all stocks excluding those in the trade-to-trade (T2T) segment.

About Trade-to-Trade (T2T) Segment:

• T2T stocks or Trade-to-Trade stock means stocks that must be delivered in order to be traded (T+2 settlement).
• This implies that such equities cannot be traded intraday or, in the case of Buy Today Sell Tomorrow, on a daily basis.
• This means if you acquire T2T stocks today, you won’t be able to sell them until the settlement takes place.
  • Your order will be refused if you try to sell these shares the same day or before they are in the Demat account.
• Stocks are put under the T2T segment by the exchanges based on criteria such as their price-earnings ratio, price variations, market capitalisation, etc.
• Stocks that are very volatile or have irregular price movements are monitored by exchanges in cooperation with the market regulator, SEBI.
• They put stocks in the T2T section to shield regular investors from being caught up in the volatility and to limit unwarranted speculation on such equities.
• On a bi-weekly basis, exchanges relocate stocks to the T2T section, and they are shifted in and out of the segment depending on quarterly evaluations.
• Also evaluated for transfer to the T2T sector are stocks that are not available for trade in the Futures & Options section.

How to identify stocks in the T2T segment?

• Stocks in the T2T segment can be identified by changes in their scrip names:
  • National Stock Exchange (NSE): The addition of the word "BE" to the scrip name. For example, "ADANI POWER" becomes "ADANI POWER BE" in the T2T segment and reverts to "ADANI POWER" after normal trading is allowed.
  • Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE): The addition of the letter "T" to the scrip name. For instance, "ADANI POWER" changes to "ADANI POWER T" when moved to the T2T segment.

                                                           Source: The Hindu

Consider the following statements with respect to Trade-to-Trade (T2T) Segment in Stock Markets:

1. Trade-to-Trade stock means stocks that must be delivered in order to be traded.

2. Trade-to-Trade stocks cannot be traded intraday.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A.1 only

B.2 only

C.Both 1 and 2

D.Neither 1 nor 2

Answer C