If you are into share trading for some time now, you would surely be familiar with the Immediate-or-Cancel (IOC) order. This order is quite popular among large traders who need to execute bulk orders without impacting the price. IOC is also common am

It is the month of November and in less than 40 days, we will be bidding goodbye to 2019. As we usher in a New Year, most of us have already made their New Year plans. Surely, you have made your New Year resolutions too. Let 2020, the 20th year of th

This document summarizes a few key points related to the issue and should not be treated as a comprehensive summary. Investors are requested to refer the Red Herring Prospectus for further details regarding the issue, the issuer company and the risk

Traders look to capitalize on short term trends. Trading could be based purely on technical charts, earnings announcements, corporate actions or impact of policy announcements. The recently announced Rs.25,000 crore package for real estate was a big

One of the key weapons of intraday trading is the stop loss. What exactly is a stop loss? Stop loss is a protection to your trade (it can either be on the long side or short side). Stop loss is almost mandatory, irrespective of whether you are tradin

Is this the time to invest in mid cap stocks? This is a million dollar question faced by a lot of investors today. Mid-caps have underperformed consistently over the last 2 years. Even if you leave out the companies with genuine problems, there are e

Stock market fluctuations are part and parcel of the trading game. Since the time the Nifty breached the 11,000 mark and the Sensex breached the 40,000 mark, there have been wild fluctuations in the index as well as specific stocks. The bad news is t

Warren Buffett once described derivatives as weapons of mass destruction. That is largely because derivatives have either been misused or used without proper understanding. As an investor, you can go beyond just futures trading to also include some v

Between 2015 and 2018, IPOs became a principal source of raising funds and also an interesting avenue for investors to park their funds. IPOs like Alkem, Avenue Supermarts and Shankara Building Products, among others, did extremely well post listing.

The election outcome in the states of Maharashtra and Haryana were, perhaps, much closer than what most of the exit polls had predicted. Most exit polls anticipated a virtual sweep for the NDA in both the states. The actual results have been much clo

The Indian equity market has been in a somber mood since last Diwali. Midcap and Smallcap indices Nifty Midcap 50, Nifty Smallcap 50, S&P BSE Midcap and S&P BSE Smallcap corrected 6.5,11.4, 3 and 9.3 respectively during November 07, 2018

With a trading account and demat account you are ready to trade. But if you are a beginner in the stock markets, then that is not all. You also need to keep a tab on some major do’s and don’ts before you venture into investing in the st