Stock Trading

A day trader is a pure capitalist whose agenda is three fold – make the most amount of profit, in the shortest possible time and at the most reasonable levels of risk

I-T dept raids proprietary trading firm Graviton as govt steps up scrutiny

The raid at Graviton’s offices near New Delhi began at the start of this week and is set to conclude Thursday

SEBI cracks down on stock trading frauds, recovers over Rs 1,083 crore in 5 years

A total of 6,717 cases of stock trading fraud, including insider trading and market manipulation, were recorded between FY 2019-20 and FY 2023-24.

US stocks rally as investors weigh economic data, Trump policies

U.S. stocks rallied for a second straight session on Monday, with the Dow gaining more than eight-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 adding more than six-tenths and the Nasdaq climbing three-tenths of a percent.

Mas Financial stands out as a conservative lender Caption Mas under the weather | stock of the day

Mas Financial is a lender to the bottom of the pyramid although its book is largely secured and exposure to microfinance is minimal and that too through well-capitalised NBFC partners. Company has decided to slowdown growth to protect its asset quality.#stockoftheday

Stoxkart launches behavioural tool for stock traders to assess cognitive biases

The free tool, not restricted to Stoxkart users but to everyone in the trading universe, has been created after thorough research including thousands of traders and professional psychologists offering five assessments

'Needs to be tempered', PhonePe’s Sameer Nigam urges caution in F&O trading amid boom

PhonePe's broking and investment app Share.Market's daily orders rocketed from 20,000 to over 6 lakh after it launched F&O in April, Nigam said

Groww banega crorepati: Active user base set to cross 1 crore in May

Groww's approach to education and investment helped them stand out from the trading-focused competitors.

What do successful traders watch in markets?

The slightest of an edge over the crowd keeps a trader ahead of the curve and leads to higher trading profits

Option trading mania has reduced big payoff chances on expiry day: Squareoffbots founder

Most traders are finding it harder to make big profits because the volatility in a particular index on expiry day has reduced significantly, says Kirubakaran Rajendran

Bengaluru man addicted to stock trading seeks NIMHANS treatment after losing Rs 30 lakh

The man decided to consult professionals at Service for Healthy Use of Technology (SHUT) clinic and the decision came after he lost more than Rs 30 lakh in trading.

Having regulatory foresight while building products is super important: Zerodha's Nitin Kamath

Keeping things really simple and having the conviction to avoid "shiny technology trends" has been one of the founding principles for the company, said Zerodha CTO Kailash Nadh.

GuruSpeak | Joy Mukherjee -- A call centre employee's journey to trading success

Every single trader incurs losses but losing like a professional is an art. If we can lose less, the reward ratio goes higher, always, says the ace trader

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala planned 'smooth transition' to sustain his legacy: Rare Enterprises

"We pledge ourselves to fulfill his dreams and vision. We are confident that our investee companies will continue to prosper and conquer new heights," Rare Enterprises said.

Zerodha's Nithin Kamath explains why 'trading is one of the toughest ways to make money'

Taking to Twitter, Kamath shared a piece of advice for stock market traders, "For most traders living in the social media bubble, it must seem like everyone except you is killing it trading the markets...

Karvy ex-CEO Amitabh Chaturvedi weighs buyouts to make Purple a small finance bank

Chaturvedi is aiming at multiple acquisitions in the space of financial services both for attaining the size of business as well as for listing on bourses

Meta: Reality bites social media group’s metaverse vision

The fall in shares in after-hours trading suggests investors would have liked a heads-up about the dip in profits along with visions of the future

How to use back ratio spreads strategy in trading biased volatility

Back Ratio Spread is a strategy where for Bullish Biased Volatility, we need to Sell a Call of the strike closest to the current underlying level and Buy not 1 but 2 lots of a higher strike Call.

Stock trading via mobile phones grows during lockdown

Going forward, the trend of trading via smartphones is going to further pick up as mobile medium enables customers to have real-time access to key developments related to trading and investments, they added.

Robinhood has lured young traders, sometimes with devastating results

More than at any other retail brokerage firm, Robinhood’s users trade the riskiest products and at the fastest pace, according to an analysis

Stock trading simplified by Afzal Lokhandwala

One of the most enticing areas, Stock Markets, acts as a slow poison to the majority and a consistent money generator for a very few.

Competition hots up, Groww goes live with stock trading

The startup hopes to introduce futures and options and also intra-day trading over the next few months.

Are you a day trader? If yes, here are top 7 factors to consider for wealth creation

"The key to successful day trading is being consistent and doing things which are repeatable. Hence tone down your expectations, if you are generating between 3-4 percent return per month," says Karthik Rangappa, VP, Educational Services at Zerodha.

Investors prefer 'call' over internet to trade: Sebi survey

When it comes to stock trading, a vast majority of 78 percent investors in India continue to "call in" their trades, while just 22 percent use internet to place their trades despite a growing dependence on online technology, a Sebi survey showed today.

20 years of demat:A move that transformed share trading in India

The introduction of dematerialization — conversion of physical shares into electronic form -- in the mid-90s was a radical move that changed the character of the Indian market forever.