Market pulse

We all know about normal order, which is an instruction to buy or sell stocks on a trading platform. You bought a stock and then the price starts moving against you, then we place another order to limit our loss and that is called a Stop Loss Orders.

Today we will discuss Execution Range and its effect on your option trading. Currently, option trading has been contributing up to 80% of total exchange volume in NSE. But the liquidity is limited to present month contracts. With low trading activity in most contracts, there is a higher probability of higher impact cost.

Nifty, derived from the combination of two words “National” and “Fifty”, is a major stock index introduced by the National Stock Exchange of India. It comprises 50 stocks that are actively traded on the National Stock Exchange or the NSE.

Taxation in leu of gains from trading or investing in shares is somewhat complex. SAS Online has made an attempt to simplify it for the taxpayers. Before you can figure out how much to shell off as the tax you must first decide whether you are a trader or an investor.

The answer depends on a variety of factors such as the buyback mechanism adopted, the premium offered, and the acceptance ratio

Valuations within the Indian equity markets have turned expensive. The Nifty 50 is currently trading at a PE of 24.43, way above its long-term average. The Nifty Midcap 50 is trading at 55.22, and the Nifty Small cap 50 at 44.21.When valuations are so stretched, there is always the risk that any adverse news from within the country or abroad could cause the markets to tumble.

Analyzing securities and making investment decisions is complex and there are several methodologies to do so. Among the primary methods, technical analysis is the most used method in case of forecasting the price movements of market-based on already reflected past data.

You might sometimes ponder over the best practice to pick stocks – whether to look at the fundamentals or go by the technical charts? These are two distinct methods that sometimes give similar and sometimes give the contradictory view of the same stock. Then which one should you follow? Before going into that, let’s just quickly go over the crux of these two methods of analysing a stock

Have you ever noticed that as the economy fluctuates, some stocks react extremely, while a few others remain unaffected! Called as Cyclical Sector and Defensive Sector, knowledge about these stocks can help you plan your investment portfolio. Let us understand them in detail.

You must have noticed that many stocks such as Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd (SABTN), Dr,Reddy’s and Coal India are trading below or near their all-time low prices and you might think to yourself that this would be the best time to enter such stock