Tag: Stock Market Basics
What does the term term “Margin Trading” mean ?
November 3rd, 2010, 24 Comments
What does the term term “Margin Trading” mean ? Many times you would have come across a term Margin trading. What is trading on margin and how is it different from normal trading is what is explicated here.
Alpha and Beta of Stocks
November 3rd, 2010, 8 Comments
Alpha and Beta of Stocks Every investment involves two important aspects – returns and risk. And every investor wants to get the maximum returns with minimum risk. In this post is described the significance of Alpha and beta parameters of the stock portfolio that are used to describe the two main risks inherent in investing in stocks.
Your Trading Cost – Break up of brokerage you pay to your broker
July 28th, 2010, 17 Comments
Your Trading Cost – Break up of brokerage you pay to your broker, “what is your trading cost”?. How much part of your earning are you passing on to your broker in the form of commissions because it really affects your “profit margin”.
Battle between Bulls and Bears
May 4th, 2010, 19 Comments
Battle between Bulls and Bears, One of the interesting phenomena of stock markets that tend to be catchy is the movement of stock prices at the blink of eyes. At one instant, you may find your portfolio in “green’ while in next couple of minutes it may turn “red”. This battle between bulls and bears may prove devastating for the traders if they do not exercise caution in tracking their stocks portfolio
ONLINE TRADING Do’s and Don’ts
March 10th, 2010, 88 Comments
ONLINE TRADING Do’s and Don’ts. Trading online has become very popular in today’s time when you just need a trading account and after that you can trade comfortably while sitting at your home. Apart from comfort of trade it provides various facilities Ease of buying and selling of shares on Internet, Online receipt of contract notes/ trade statement for the transactions, Direct deposits of dividends/ bonus amount etc to account Various trading tools for ease of making investment decision online.
Stock Quote – lifeline of an investor
November 10th, 2009, 9 Comments
Stock Quote – lifeline of an investor. Do you plan to invest in stock market? Do you have some selected scrips in your mind for making investment? If yes, it is extremely important for you to know how well that stock is performing; at what price is it available in the market and how it is expected to do in future.
Trading Types – Day Trading, Swing Trading and Position Trading
November 3rd, 2009, 20 Comments
Share Market Trading can be classified into either of these categories Day Trading, Swing Trading and Position Trading. However, the common factor among all types of traders is that Stock market traders keep up with the news. The businesses and industries react to government actions, changes in oil prices, economic forecasts and world events.
Futures and Options explained
October 28th, 2009, 34 Comments
Futures and options are the derivative instruments in which the buyer and seller enter into an agreement or transaction which will get settled on a future date. In simple terms it is a promise between buyer and seller to transfer the actual underlying assets (commodities, gold, stock, currency etc) on a specific future date at a specific stipulated price as per the agreement.
What are Derivatives ? A Brief Introduction
October 26th, 2009, 10 Comments
Derivatives, as the name indicates are the financial instruments which derive their value from some other asset of monetary value called as “underlying asset”. This underlying asset can be gold, currency, stock or any commodity. In short, derivative is not an asset in itself but an agreement or a contract to transfer the real asset in future whenever exercised
Methods of buying and selling of shares.
October 24th, 2009, 61 Comments
Methods of buying and selling of shares.Given below are the types of orders which are used for buying and selling of shares. Market order, Limit Order, Stop loss trigger price
