Buying shares and holding them for certain period of time is called delivery based trading. The shares you bought will be in your demat account. Once you take delivery of shares you can hold them as long as you want. To take delivery of shares, you must have sufficient funds in your account. You don’t […]

While day trading is neither illegal nor is it unethical, it can be highly risky. As a trader you will probably fall into two main categories—traders who like to trade the breakout and traders who like to join the trend once established. Most day traders have their favourite markets.You don’t need to know everything about

The primary strategy of day trading is to earn consistent money on daily basis.   Second strategy for day trading is to observe carefully the stock price movements.Stock price movements like Open, (the first price at which the stock opens when market opens in the morning)—High, (The stock price reached at the highest level in a day)—Low

Buying and Selling of shares is called share trading. Mainly there are two ways of doing share trading. Online Share Trading. Offline Share Trading. Doing share trading with help of computer, internet connection and with trading/demat account is called Online Share Trading.If you would like to do online share trading then you should have a

There are many important things you need to know to trade and invest successfully in the stock market or any other market. 12 of the most important things that I can share with you based on many years of trading experience are enumerated below. Buy low-sell high. As simple as this concept appears to be,

Before you buy a stock, there are three questions that you need to answer. Too many people buy stocks based on price alone or a gut-feeling. You should look beyond the price or the hot tip to the company behind the stock.You may think that it doesn’t matter that much—you are a long term investor.

Financial markets provide their participants with the most favourable conditions for purchase/sale of financial instruments they have inside. Their major functions are: guaranteeing liquidity, forming assets prices within establishing proposition and demand and decreasing of operational expenses, incurred by the participants of the market.Financial market comprises variety of instruments, hence its functioning totally depends on

Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (the Exchange) is the oldest stock exchange in Asia with a rich heritage. Popularly known as ‘BSE’, it was established as ‘The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association’ in 1875. It is the first stock exchange in the country to obtain permanent recognition in 1956 from the Government of India under

Stock prices change every day as a result of market forces. By this we mean that share prices change because of supply and demand. If more people want to buy a stock (demand) than sell it (supply), then the price moves up. Conversely, if more people wanted to sell a stock than buy it, there

Have you ever wondered what makes the Sensex move and who decides how it should move?Undoubtedly, you have heard your share of eerie stories. Like the one about the mysterious unseen hand that moves the market. Or how the market has a mind of its own.In reality, though, 30 stocks decide what the Sensex does.In Sensex? What’s that?, we

It is the benchmark index for the Indian stock market. It is the most frequently used indicator while reporting on the state of the market.The index has just one job—to capture the price movement. So a stock index will reflect the price movements of shares while a bond index captures the manner in which bond

Public issues can be classified into Initial Public offerings and further public offerings. In a public offering, the issuer makes an offer for new investors to enter its shareholding family. The issuer company makes detailed disclosures as per the DIP guidelines in its offer document and offers it for subscription. Initial Public Offering (IPO) is

You must have heard stories of the fabulous returns made in the stock markets in recent times. And you longed wishfully for a piece of the action. But you could also have heard horror stories of how a man lost his everything in the stock market. And were promptly thankful that you didn’t lose yours.Wisely chosen

There are many types of stocks which can be invested in based upon your financial position, your risk comfort level, and your investment goals. In order to determine which type to invest in, you have to first determine what you want the stock to do for you. Do you plan to hold the security long-term,

A stock broker is a person or a firm that trades on its clients behalf, you tell them what you want to invest in and they will issue the buy or sell order. Some stock brokers also give out financial advice also.It wasn’t too long ago and investing was very expensive because you had to