Can a chartered accountant do intraday trading?

Can a chartered accountant do intraday trading?

If he is in practice then No.
Otherwise yes.

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Yes,but if you are doing trading then according to Professional ethics you can’t do practice as a CA.
Another option is you can do trading from account of another person like any family member.

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You’d violate the code of conduct and ethics as prescribed by ICAI.
However investing for long term is a acceptable.

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It is permissible for a member in practice to engage in derivative transactions in his personal capacity, but not in professional capacity i.e for clients. Such engagement in derivatives would not be violative of provisions of Clause (11) of Part-I of First Schedule to The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949.

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It is permissible for a member in practice to engage in derivative transactions in his personal capacity, but not in professional capacity i.e for clients. Such engagement in derivatives would not be violative of provisions of Clause (11) of Part-I of First Schedule to The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949.

Only for the purpose of hedging and not for trading.

This is not allowed.