We have entered 2021 and here is the list of trading holidays for the exchanges. You may plan your long vacations this year as we are having lots of long weekends coming on the way. 2020 has been a great year for trading as stocks have skyrocketed with booming 20% returns in the last calendar year.
A holiday calendar is one of the tools of an options trader. As in the case of a holiday, the options premium is always higher. So an option writer is more comfortable when writing options on a week having fewer trading days. The risk of gap up and gap-down movement is higher as less number of days for trading.
If you are willing to do BTST (buy today sell tomorrow), then have a look at the settlement and clearing holidays as well. As the next day being a holiday, brokers may not permit to sell the stocks bought today. So better is to check the holidays’ calendar and proactively ask the broker if taking BTST trade will be good.
Trading holidays for 2021:
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Republic Day | 26 January 2021 | Tuesday |
| Mahashivratri | 11 March 2021 | Thursday |
| Holi | 29 March 2021 | Monday |
| Good Friday | 02 April 2021 | Friday |
| Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti | 14 April 2021 | Wednesday |
| Ram Navami | 21 April 2021 | Wednesday |
| Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Id) | 13 May 2021 | Thursday |
| Bakri ID | 21 July 2021 | Wednesday |
| Muharram | 19 August 2021 | Thursday |
| Ganesh Chaturthi | 10 September 2021 | Friday |
| Dussehra | 15 October 2021 | Friday |
| Diwali-Laxmi Pujan* | 04 November 2021 | Thursday |
| Diwali-Balipratipada | 05 November 2021 | Friday |
| Gurunanak Jayanti | 19 November 2021 | Friday |
*Muhurat Trading will be conducted on Thursday, November 04, 2021. Timings of Muhurat Trading will be updated later. Also, we will be sharing muhurat trading picks once timings are announced.
Holidays For Settlement and Clearing for 2021:
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Republic Day | 26 January 2021 | Tuesday |
| Mahashivratri | 11 March 2021 | Thursday |
| Holi | 29 March 2021 | Monday |
| Good Friday | 02 April 2021 | Friday |
| Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti | 14 April 2021 | Wednesday |
| Ram Navami | 21 April 2021 | Wednesday |
| Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Id) | 13 May 2021 | Thursday |
| Bakri ID | 21 July 2021 | Wednesday |
| Muharram | 19 August 2021 | Thursday |
| Ganesh Chaturthi | 10 September 2021 | Friday |
| Dussehra | 15 October 2021 | Friday |
| Diwali-Laxmi Pujan* | 04 November 2021 | Thursday |
| Diwali-Balipratipada | 05 November 2021 | Friday |
| Gurunanak Jayanti | 19 November 2021 | Friday |
Holidays For Commodity Trading- MCX/NCDEX for 2021:
| Holiday | Date | Day | Morning Session | Evening Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | 01 January 2021 | Friday | Open | Closed |
| Mahashivratri | 11 March 2021 | Thursday | Closed | Open |
| Holi | 29 March 2021 | Monday | Closed | Open |
| Good Friday | 02 April 2021 | Friday | Closed | Closed |
| Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti | 14 April 2021 | Wednesday | Closed | Open |
| Ram Navami | 21 April 2021 | Wednesday | Closed | Open |
| Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Id) | 25 May 2021 | Thursday | Closed | Open |
| Diwali – Laxmi Puja | 04 November 2021 | Thursday | Closed | Open |
| Diwali-Balipratipada | 05 November 2021 | Monday | Closed | Open |
| Gurunanak Jayanti | 30 November 2021 | Monday | Closed | Open |
The list of holidays for Currency Derivatives Segment should be the same as above.
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