What is an F&O ban in NSE?

When the Open Interest of a futures contract crosses 95% of the Market-Wide Position Limit (MWPL) set by NSE, the stock enters into an F&O ban. MWPL is the maximum open interest that is allowed for a stock's futures contract. In numerical terms, MWPL is the lower of either one of these metrics: 30x average shares traded daily (in the month before), or 20% of the total number of shares non-promoters hold (using the free float method).

Which stocks are in F&O?

There are 185 stocks whose futures and options that you can trade in India. Dhan helps you conveniently check all futures stocks listed on the NSE with real-time data. You can either search for stock futures that you've already shortlisted or discover new ones using the alphabetically arranged list.

How can I invest in futures?

Investing in all stock futures on NSE is possible using an app like Options Trader by Dhan. The app is built especially for India's F&O traders who want a modern, lightning-fast platform to execute their trading strategies.

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Futures Stocks

as on 2026 Aug 21 at 6:33 PM

Here you get a complete list of all stocks that have futures trading on them listed on the Dhan platform. This comprehensive list includes companies across various sectors that have futures contracts available for trading. It is particularly useful for traders looking to engage in futures trading, providing opportunities for trading or hedging in a diverse range of industries. This resource helps users identify which stocks have active futures markets, aiding in strategic trading decisions.

Name	LTP	Change %	Volume	Market Cap (Cr.)	PE Ratio	Industry PE	52W High	52W Low	1M Returns	3M Returns	1 Yr Returns	3 Yr Returns	5 Yr Returns	PB Ratio	Dividend	ROE	ROCE	EPS	50 DMA	200 DMA	RSI	MTF	Margin Pledge

*The scrips mentioned above are just for research purpose and not recommendations. Please do your own due diligence before investing.

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About Futures Stocks List

Whether traders are seeking a way to hedge their positions or simply seeking to benefit from the short-term market trends, the identification of stocks that can be traded for futures is the fundamental step for a successful approach. Here, Dhan's future stocks list comes into play. It provides the entry point for traders to find the most liquid stocks eligible for future derivative trading.

About the future stocks list

The future stocks list is a curated list where traders can find all stocks that are eligible for futures trading. As of 2026, there are about 208 stocks eligible for Futures trading.

Each stock on this list meets stringent exchange criteria, including minimum average daily turnover thresholds, market-wide position limits based on free-float market cap, minimum market capitalisation, and free-float six-month average daily delivery value criteria. These requirements ensure that only liquid, well-capitalised stocks with sufficient trading interest qualify for the derivative trading.

How can this list help investors?

For investors, time is the most valuable asset. Manually sifting through thousands of stocks to find those that are F&O-compliant can be inefficient. This future stocks list solves this by offering:

Instant filtering: It acts as a powerful filter. Traders don't need to guess whether a stock has a futures contract; if it's on this list, it's ready to trade in futures derivatives.
Liquidity assurance: Stocks within the futures segment are often the most liquid in the market. By adhering to this list, traders can ensure that they are entering trades with adequate depth, reducing slippage and the impact costs.
Sectoral overview: The list enables traders to quickly scan which sectors (ex, Banking, Pharma, IT) are leading the derivatives landscape and help them identify sectoral shifts before they become apparent trends.

How does the future stocks list help?

Beyond discovery, this list serves as a strategic tool for executing advanced trading manoeuvres that are not possible in the standard cash market:

Portfolio hedging

If traders hold a long-term portfolio of equity shares, they can use this list to determine whether their specific holdings have corresponding futures contracts. This allows them to hedge against short-term market corrections by taking a short position in the future, which helps them preserve the portfolio value.

Short-selling

In the cash market (delivery), market participants cannot sell a stock that they do not own and carry it forward. Future stocks enable traders to take short positions and hold these positions for days or weeks until expiry and also make gains through them.

Leverage management

This list identifies stocks in which traders can trade with leverage. Instead of having to pay the entire contract value, traders only pay a margin, enabling greater capital efficiency.

What should investors know about future stocks?

Trading in futures is a high-risk, high-reward game. Before traders choose a stock from this list, consider the following factors:

Lot sizes: Unlike the cash market, where market participants can buy 1 share, futures contracts are traded in lot sizes. For example, if a stock has a lot size of 500, traders must trade in multiples of 500.
Expiry dates: Every contract on the future stocks list has an expiration date. Thus, traders must either square off their position or roll it over to the next month before the expiry.
Mark-to-market (MTM): Profits or losses in futures are calculated on a day-to-day basis. If the stock goes against traders' investments, funds will be deducted from their ledger at day's end.
F&O ban period: When there is excess speculative activity in a stock above a certain limit (95% of the market-wide position limit), the stock is put into an F&O ban category. During this time, traders are only allowed to move out of existing positions; new positions are not permitted.

Wrap up

Our future stocks list is a way for traders to make informed decisions. By offering a clear, accessible, up-to-date resource, Dhan empowers its users with the information they need to confidently venture into the futures market.

FAQs on Futures Stocks

There are 182 futures stocks on NSE whose contracts you can trade in India. NSE was the first exchange in India to introduce futures trading in 2000.

But the first organized futures trading market in India stretches further back to 1875 when the Bombay Cotton Trade Association engaged in trading cotton futures contracts.

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R Reliance Industries fuzz it	1,316.00	0.21%	54,34,871	₹ 17,80,882.10	20.19	13.29	1,611.80	1,249.80	-0.54%	-3.21%	-6.86%	4.44%	34.95%	1.97	0.46%	8.54%	9.18%	101.61	1,306.09	1,400.69	52.21	78.00%	91.00%
B Bharti Airtel fuzz it	1,946.00	0.22%	30,16,258	₹ 11,85,752.17	33.31	33.65	2,174.50	1,740.50	0.30%	2.16%	0.91%	123.18%	223.05%	6.89	1.21%	8.11%	17.67%	21.42	1,917.58	1,947.40	51.68	78.00%	91.00%
H HDFC Bank fuzz it	726.95	0.26%	2,60,29,811	₹ 11,19,561.84	13.57	3.20	1,020.50	715.10	-6.51%	-4.29%	-26.87%	-8.53%	-4.02%	1.86	2.13%	13.93%	5.86%	89.49	769.83	855.49	37.75	78.00%	91.00%
I ICICI Bank fuzz it	1,420.00	0.57%	45,65,280	₹ 10,18,637.69	16.95	3.20	1,480.00	1,187.60	-2.75%	14.77%	-0.74%	48.66%	108.61%	2.71	0.85%	16.67%	5.70%	64.38	1,407.41	1,352.35	50.45	78.00%	91.00%
S State Bank of India fuzz it	1,048.70	0.07%	65,34,213	₹ 9,68,014.87	10.78	8.44	1,234.70	798.50	-1.07%	10.28%	26.51%	83.44%	157.86%	1.65	1.66%	15.83%	5.16%	81.94	1,040.49	1,035.49	49.43	78.00%	90.60%
T Tata Consultancy Services fuzz it	2,302.00	0.17%	20,66,749	₹ 8,32,883.75	16.57	26.65	3,350.00	1,976.80	2.26%	-1.09%	-25.71%	-32.33%	-35.33%	7.73	4.80%	50.48%	54.93%	131.54	2,236.73	2,646.05	48.07	78.00%	88.93%
B Bajaj Finance fuzz it	1,095.00	-	30,42,594	₹ 6,81,742.00	33.03	16.78	1,176.40	787.90	2.91%	18.62%	23.34%	55.36%	64.39%	5.98	0.55%	18.84%	10.71%	241.14	1,042.01	975.92	55.07	76.00%	87.95%
L Larsen & Toubro fuzz it	4,093.00	0.29%	12,58,912	₹ 5,63,085.95	28.55	16.85	4,440.00	3,288.10	6.62%	4.66%	13.94%	53.74%	156.84%	5.13	0.93%	15.18%	16.35%	96.60	4,010.69	3,979.22	60.34	76.00%	89.90%
L LIC of India fuzz it	422.25	0.78%	1,00,62,346	₹ 5,34,146.06	8.87	16.78	468.48	360.75	-2.48%	5.49%	-6.10%	29.49%	-3.51%	3.00	1.19%	49.36%	0.98%	66.13	422.61	418.76	55.42	76.00%	87.50%
H Hindustan Unilever fuzz it	2,015.00	-0.64%	8,57,550	₹ 4,73,442.64	31.96	35.20	2,705.09	2,008.30	-5.83%	-8.79%	-23.27%	-20.07%	-21.80%	9.82	2.01%	19.99%	22.15%	43.99	2,128.28	2,246.79	36.96	78.00%	91.00%
S Sun Pharmaceutical fuzz it	1,902.40	-0.08%	14,91,953	₹ 4,56,449.48	37.64	18.61	2,046.90	1,548.00	-2.76%	1.18%	16.49%	67.26%	149.94%	5.46	0.84%	14.38%	17.94%	43.95	1,912.60	1,791.69	43.08	78.00%	91.00%
I Infosys fuzz it	1,121.00	-0.80%	60,94,967	₹ 4,54,818.39	15.12	26.65	1,728.00	982.40	3.12%	-6.09%	-25.08%	-20.24%	-35.31%	5.32	4.24%	29.67%	38.99%	64.20	1,101.91	1,331.17	46.95	78.00%	88.14%
T Titan fuzz it	5,086.10	0.36%	3,52,381	₹ 4,51,536.92	78.02	45.33	5,168.00	3,303.10	9.53%	23.86%	41.48%	65.22%	171.00%	28.62	0.30%	37.22%	38.43%	38.91	4,685.76	4,249.44	68.80	78.00%	90.68%
M Maruti Suzuki fuzz it	13,565.00	-1.77%	2,24,951	₹ 4,26,487.09	30.24	29.58	17,370.00	12,201.00	0.38%	4.32%	-4.61%	43.72%	98.00%	4.05	1.02%	15.75%	17.22%	467.71	13,819.92	14,430.66	40.63	78.00%	90.74%
M Mahindra & Mahindra fuzz it	3,412.20	-0.37%	17,30,623	₹ 4,24,316.91	21.14	29.58	3,839.90	2,896.00	7.79%	9.29%	0.49%	121.78%	334.32%	4.59	0.93%	15.83%	17.26%	88.80	3,236.66	3,356.11	56.84	76.00%	88.66%
K Kotak Bank fuzz it	402.80	1.37%	1,56,70,257	₹ 4,00,645.38	19.53	3.20	453.20	345.50	5.43%	5.11%	-0.17%	14.41%	18.22%	2.19	0.16%	13.83%	5.54%	93.78	391.84	400.86	62.14	78.00%	91.00%
A Adani Power fuzz it	205.50	0.74%	1,05,03,673	₹ 3,96,300.48	26.99	-23.45	254.20	116.70	-6.58%	-6.69%	71.26%	216.30%	1,226.66%	6.32	-	48.28%	15.47%	41.44	216.47	179.25	40.94	60.00%	83.68%
A Adani Ports & SEZ fuzz it	1,700.00	0.24%	11,13,535	₹ 3,91,673.05	29.73	22.60	1,891.10	1,292.00	-7.81%	-4.10%	24.03%	98.10%	147.38%	4.07	0.44%	15.69%	11.50%	46.34	1,772.06	1,592.85	44.56	75.01%	80.00%
A Adani Enterprises fuzz it	2,997.00	0.07%	8,03,177	₹ 3,89,881.24	53.88	13.13	3,245.00	1,753.00	-5.85%	10.80%	29.50%	17.11%	116.16%	4.27	0.04%	7.45%	9.64%	37.44	3,055.47	2,476.69	45.68	71.37%	80.00%
A Axis Bank fuzz it	1,245.80	-0.42%	36,90,270	₹ 3,87,493.59	13.93	3.20	1,418.30	1,042.50	-0.81%	-0.32%	15.33%	30.78%	68.29%	1.76	0.08%	16.77%	5.47%	86.46	1,291.87	1,286.73	47.69	78.00%	90.54%
H HCL Technologies fuzz it	1,302.50	-1.21%	14,84,443	₹ 3,53,454.88	20.54	26.65	1,780.10	1,030.00	6.65%	11.34%	-12.93%	10.45%	16.57%	4.77	4.09%	23.01%	27.21%	60.53	1,229.71	1,402.62	49.91	76.00%	88.48%
U UltraTech Cement fuzz it	11,570.00	-0.04%	1,33,753	₹ 3,40,943.80	39.86	27.47	13,110.00	10,325.00	-2.80%	1.41%	-10.13%	40.77%	54.40%	4.46	2.07%	11.62%	11.90%	243.84	11,677.26	11,786.74	43.62	78.00%	90.82%
I ITC fuzz it	269.40	-0.83%	83,12,928	₹ 3,37,543.87	16.84	15.97	427.00	265.00	-4.70%	-12.40%	-33.65%	-36.41%	36.32%	4.69	5.35%	27.71%	36.47%	16.36	283.49	323.47	35.34	78.00%	91.00%
H Hindustan Aeronautics fuzz it	5,000.00	0.04%	7,33,538	₹ 3,34,387.50	35.84	-30.97	5,149.90	3,479.10	11.33%	15.57%	11.90%	161.72%	787.71%	8.14	0.90%	26.15%	13.80%	113.89	4,596.39	4,377.20	66.43	74.66%	87.50%
N NTPC fuzz it	340.00	0.74%	65,34,716	₹ 3,29,686.65	11.57	-23.45	414.40	315.55	-2.09%	-13.36%	-0.58%	55.39%	197.85%	1.61	2.66%	12.31%	9.22%	22.08	348.76	357.13	44.50	76.00%	91.00%