In financial markets, a bid represents the highest price that a buyer is willing to pay for a financial instrument, such as a stock, bond, or commodity. On the other hand, an offer, also known as an ask, represents the lowest price at which a seller is willing to sell the same financial instrument. The Read more about Bid and Offer explained, How to quickly recall what is what.[…]
The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions can have a significant impact on global stock markets because they can affect economic growth and inflation, which in turn can affect the performance of companies and the stock market as a whole. The Fed conducts monetary policy by adjusting the federal funds rate, which is the interest rate Read more about The significance of US Federal Reserve policy to the global stock market.[…]
The concept of trapped buyers and trapped sellers refers to situations in which traders or investors are “trapped” in their positions and are unable to exit the market without incurring significant losses. This can occur when there is a sudden shift in market conditions or when there is a lack of liquidity in the market, Read more about What is the concept of “trapped buyers” and “trapped sellers” in intraday trading?[…]
An order flow chart is a graphical representation of the flow of orders in a financial market. It shows the volume of orders and the direction of the orders (e.g., buy or sell) at different price levels over a specific period of time. Order flow charts are typically used by traders and investors to track Read more about What is an order flow chart?[…]
“Lock aspect ratio” is a setting that can be found in some charting and analysis software programs. It refers to a feature that allows the user to lock the aspect ratio, or the relationship between the width and height, of the chart so that it remains consistent when the chart is resized. When the lock Read more about What is ‘lock aspect ratio’ settings on your charting platform?[…]
Algorithmic trading and high-frequency trading (HFT) are related but distinct approaches to trading in financial markets. Both involve the use of computer algorithms to facilitate the execution of trades, but there are some key differences between the two approaches. Algorithmic trading refers to the use of computer algorithms to design and execute trades based on Read more about Is algorithmic trading different from high frequency trading?[…]
Dhan.co is the first stock broker from India to appear on the list of brokers supported directly on the TradingView’s Trading Panel toolbar. So with this new facility available, if you are a dhan.co trading account holder, you will be able to login to your broker account directly from TradingView platform itself. This is a Read more about The first stock broker from India to appear on TradingView’s Trading Panel toolbar.[…]
If you are not planning to shell out heavy subscription fees to dedicated Market Profile charting platforms, here is a free alternative that you can meanwhile make use of. On the Tradingview Platform, there is a free to use indicator that draws the market profile value area, point control, etc. All the important variables of Read more about How to use Free Market Profile chart indicator on the Tradingview platform?[…]
A fresh and intuitive backoffice interface and reporting system has now been implemented for Finvasia account holders. The latest roll out is not just another feature addition to their previous backoffice interface but this a complete new revamp on their backoffice app with a fresh and modern look and with a lot more features. This Read more about A fresh and intuitive backoffice interface is now available on Finvasia.[…]
Discount stock broking services in India has not seen any major announcements in the last couple of years. However, this latest offering from Mirae Asset will probably be the biggest thing happening in the sector during 2022. Mirae Asset to enter Zero Brokerage stock broking service in India. You heard it, Not Discount stock broking Read more about Mirae Asset to offer Zero Brokerage Stock Broking services in India.[…]
Intraday leverage for equity stocks now becomes standardized to a maximum of 5 times of your trading funds. Maximum of 5 x intraday leverage across all stock brokers. Previously some brokers were providing close to or in excess of 20 times intraday leverage for the most liquid stocks. After the intraday leverage for equity stocks Read more about Policies and framework that changed with regard to day trading in India during 2021.[…]
If you are holding a trading account with one of those stock brokers who are still using that outdated back office reporting platform, you will notice an unfamiliar jobbing p&l section on the yearly p&l reports. The jobbing p&l section on your p&l reports shows details of all those intraday trades you have done in Read more about What does that jobbing p&l section mean on your trading p&l report?[…]
From Nov 2021, a new webapp of Finvasia’s Shoonya trading platform is now available at https://shoonyatrade.finvasia.com/ This latest app now supports faster loading, define and execute basket orders, lesser log out’s, supports both chart IQ & tradingview, option to set work pin for quicker login, is light weight and more intuitive for placing your orders. To Read more about Finvasia’s new web app screenshots – Nov 2021.[…]
Some things to know before dealing with Liquidbees in small / retail quantities. Liquidbees dividends get credited as additional liquidbees units to your demat account and not as cash credits to your bank account like with equity dividends. When buying Liquidbees using small funds as a retail investor, you start receiving fractional units of Liquidbees Read more about Before dealing with Liquidbees in small quantities.[…]
The Finvasia trading apps has gone through a further upgrade during Nov 2021. The new app now makes it easier for the development team to roll out updates and integrate changes that are most desired by the clients. If you see an invalid user error on the finvasia mobile app when trying to log in, Read more about How to resolve, invalid user error on the new Finvasia mobile app?[…]
Following revisions have been made to the conditions for winning and receiving the refunds for the popular Fyers 30 day challenge, brokerage refund initiative. The revision has come into effect from 12th October, 2021. Brokerage refund for the winning participants is now limited to a maximum of 5000 INR per challenge. Previously the maximum limit Read more about Revisions to the Fyers 30 day challenge from Oct, 2021.[…]
Fyers Stock Broker has now achieved a technological breakthrough on their Fyers Web Trading Platform. They have introduced the basket order feature on their web trading platform, a long awaited feature by their clients. The basket order window can be accessed from the top control panel of the fyers web trading platform. You can create different Read more about The long awaited basket order feature is now available on Fyers Web Trading platform.[…]
From July 2021 month futures contract, the lot-size for Nifty50 futures contract gets reduced to 50 quantity. Previously the lot-size for Nifty Futures Contract was 75. With the reduction in the lot-size, the margin requirement for trading derivative contracts of Nifty50 index also gets reduced. Example, for 75 unit lot-size you required around ~1.62 Lacs Read more about Nifty50 index Futures contract lot-size reduces to 50 quantity from the previous 75.[…]
The screenshot below is the common 5 level order-book you find on almost all retail trading platforms in India, except for Zerodha’s kite trading platform. Here is the advanced 20 level order-book viewing facility available on Zerodha’s kite trading platform. Say, for example you want to place a buy order for 1000 shares of Read more about Here is an example when a 20 level orderbook becomes useful for smallcap, midcap investors.[…]
The NEST desktop trading platform previously supplied by all stock brokers in India supported the basket order facility and it was a useful feature to have. The good thing about having a basket order facility is that it allows options traders to place all the legs of their options trading strategies in one go. Recently, Read more about Desktop Trading apps / platform that supports basket order feature in India.[…]