Types of Orders

Order types and conditions The system allows the trading members to enter orders with various conditions attached to them as per their requirement. These conditions are broadly divided into Time conditions, Quantity Conditions, Price Conditions and Other Conditions. Several combinations of the above are allowed thereby providing enormous flexibility to the users. 1) Time Conditions: … Read more

Segments of Scrips traded

On the Stock Exchanges in India there are thousands of listed companies. Some companies are very large and some companies have small market capitalization. Therefore, the risk involved in investing in these companies varies accordingly. To help Investors in making well-informed decision both the exchanges have divided the Securities in different categories. The scrips traded … Read more

Types of order books in trading

Trading System The trading system operates on a strict price-time priority. Best priced order gets the first priority for matching.  Orders are matched automatically by the computer. If an order does not find a match, it remains in the system and is displayed to the whole market, till a fresh order comes in or the … Read more

Stock Trading on NEAT and BOLT

Trading, Clearing and Settlement The trading in securities is buying and selling of securities listed on the recognized stock exchanges. The clearing is a process of determination of obligations of member-brokers by the stock exchanges after which the same are discharged by the concerned parties by settlement. The settlement is a process of settling of … Read more

Indian Stock Exchanges

There are 28 official stock exchanges (SE) in India. The largest exchanges in India are Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) Here are the names of others: Calcutta SE Cochin SE Inter-connected SE of India Multi-Commodity Exchange of India OTC Exchange of India Pune SE National Commodity and Derivative Exchange … Read more

Basics of Stock Exchange

What is Stock Exchange? As per the Wikipedia, A stock exchange, security exchange or bourse, is a facility where stock brokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock and bonds and other financial instruments. Stock exchanges may also provide for facilities like the issue and redemption of such securities and … Read more

What is Secondary market?

Capital Markets can be divided into Primary Market and Secondary Market. Secondary market Secondary Market refers to a market where securities are traded after being initially offered to the public in the primary market and/or listed on the Stock exchange. It is also called as aftermarket. Majority of the trading is done in the secondary … Read more

What is ISIN?

Each of the securities dematerialized in the NSDL/CDSL depository bears a distinctive ISIN – an identification number. International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) is a unique identification number for each security issued in any of the International Standards Organization (ISO) member countries in accordance with the ISIN standard (ISO 6166). ISO 6166 was developed for use … Read more

Rematerialisation Process

What is re-materialization? Rematerialization is the exact reverse of dematerialization. It Refers to the process of issuing physical securities in place of securities held electronically in book-entry form in a depository. Under this process, the depository account of a beneficial owner is debited for the securities sought to be re-materialized and physical certificates for the … Read more

Dematerialization

What is dematerialization? Dematerialization is the process of converting physical shares into an electronic form. Shares once converted into the dematerialized form are held in Demat account. India adopted the demat system successfully and there are plans to facilitate the trading of almost all financial assets in demat format in the future. Advantages of Dematerialization … Read more