INVESTMENT : It is when we buy shares as the purpose of investment that is we buy shares and get them transfer by our name to our demate account . It is usually done to gain long term gains and grow ur capital with growth of company and get regular dividents. It may be short term (1-3 months) mid term (6-12 months) and long term (more then 1 year) .It is mostly considered safe .Just be careful while selecting ur portfolio and profile.
TRADING : Trading is done usually to to gain fastly . It is considered to be of high risk as we all know the funda (HIGH RISK HIGH GAIN ) , So u could end up a day gaining some good amount as well may be loosing (bad luk that wat we say when we loose) .
So wat is TRADING ?
It is done at the market time say we buy some shares of bajaja auto @ 2300 rs ..after and after some time say within the same day and market hours it has gained 50 rs ..now priced at 2350 , so now we can sell them .how much we gained say for 100 shares 100X50= 5000 rs. For trading usually the broker charge us very low , and for saome reason say if the market price got lowered then our buy price we have to book the loss.
We can also carry our deal that is buy deal for selling say tommorrow or some other day but that will cause the shares as to be delievered, so we may have to pay some good amount of commision to our broker so that will too add up in our buy price.
Trading within same day i.e buying and sellingh with in same day is usually called as intrady trading .
i.e we have to buy and sell at the same day.
For this we get some limit from our brokerage after giving them some deposit and we can buy and sell within that much of amount , for eg after giving them a deposit of 30,000 we get the limit of 200000 so we can buy and sell within that limit only .
FEW TERMS USED in MARKETS .
CMP : Current Market Price (Termed as price on whicg the share of a company is trading ).
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BTST : Buy Today Sell Tommorow ( when u buy something for today for selling tommorow also called overnight positions)
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STBT : When u sell something today to buy tommorrow. same as BTST but opposite.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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The basics of trading: Buying Low and Selling High
Almost all of us hear this term, buy low and sell high. Most of the analyst also say that if you buy low and sell high then you will make good money.
Now the question is what is low and what is high?
This is very difficult question as well as a very easy one. I will try to explain that below with examples. This strategy can be used for intraday, short term as well as long term trading. Why? How can one strategy be used for all the trading types? Well, trading is no rocket science and you don’t need to know a hell lot of things to learn trading. It is all about doing the basics right.
Now lets take some example.
IDBI
Now the question is what is low and what is high?
This is very difficult question as well as a very easy one. I will try to explain that below with examples. This strategy can be used for intraday, short term as well as long term trading. Why? How can one strategy be used for all the trading types? Well, trading is no rocket science and you don’t need to know a hell lot of things to learn trading. It is all about doing the basics right.
Now lets take some example.
IDBI
What I have picked up above is not an ideal case. This is a general case which you can find in almost all the scrips.
Both the charts are of IDBI. The intraday chart is for 28th August, 2007.
The market was volatile on this day and was oscillating between red and green for the entire day.
Now lets read the charts. I will start with the intraday chart.
As the day was volatile so you can also see that the entire day trade was volatile. But can you see a buying opportunity and selling opportunity in this chart?
I can see one opportunity to short sell first and buy at a later stage.
Where? At the top?
The answer is no. You can never catch a high or a low. If some one tells you can do that, then I would say he is bluffing. If some one did catch the high or a low, then it is just a coincidence and nothing else.
So where is the short sell opportunity in this chart?
The opportunity is around 12 o’ clock.
If you see the chart, the charts were making a lower high and a lower low for every spike. This means that the trend is bearish and the scrip is going to fall to lower levels. So this is an entry point for intraday trade. Short sell at this point.
Now the next question comes, where to exit this trade?
If you around 1:30 pm, you can see that the bearish trend has changed and the chart shows that the scrip is making higher high and higher lows. This is a signal of change in mood of the traders and you can exit at this point. i.e. cover you shorts.
Now, you must have noted that I have not taken an opportunity to short sell at the highest point nor have I covered at the lowest point. Why?
The answer is simple. How do you know which is a high and which is a low?
So rather than trying to catch a high or low, always try to catch a trend.
What I have shown you above is a very small move and you might catch a 1% move in this chart. On a better day, you will get a much better move.
So what you should do now? Choose your scrip. Watch the intraday chart for the scrip and try to identify entry and exit points. And then compare your calls at the end of the day. You need not trade. But be honest with your calls and let me know what calls you had identified. If the calls failed, I will try to tell you why it failed.
While identifying your calls, keep two things in mind. Try to go with the general trend in the market. If the market is bearish, look out for short sell opportunity. If the market is bullish, look out for buying opportunity.
Can you identify any buying and selling opportunity in the 1st chart given?
Both the charts are of IDBI. The intraday chart is for 28th August, 2007.
The market was volatile on this day and was oscillating between red and green for the entire day.
Now lets read the charts. I will start with the intraday chart.
As the day was volatile so you can also see that the entire day trade was volatile. But can you see a buying opportunity and selling opportunity in this chart?
I can see one opportunity to short sell first and buy at a later stage.
Where? At the top?
The answer is no. You can never catch a high or a low. If some one tells you can do that, then I would say he is bluffing. If some one did catch the high or a low, then it is just a coincidence and nothing else.
So where is the short sell opportunity in this chart?
The opportunity is around 12 o’ clock.
If you see the chart, the charts were making a lower high and a lower low for every spike. This means that the trend is bearish and the scrip is going to fall to lower levels. So this is an entry point for intraday trade. Short sell at this point.
Now the next question comes, where to exit this trade?
If you around 1:30 pm, you can see that the bearish trend has changed and the chart shows that the scrip is making higher high and higher lows. This is a signal of change in mood of the traders and you can exit at this point. i.e. cover you shorts.
Now, you must have noted that I have not taken an opportunity to short sell at the highest point nor have I covered at the lowest point. Why?
The answer is simple. How do you know which is a high and which is a low?
So rather than trying to catch a high or low, always try to catch a trend.
What I have shown you above is a very small move and you might catch a 1% move in this chart. On a better day, you will get a much better move.
So what you should do now? Choose your scrip. Watch the intraday chart for the scrip and try to identify entry and exit points. And then compare your calls at the end of the day. You need not trade. But be honest with your calls and let me know what calls you had identified. If the calls failed, I will try to tell you why it failed.
While identifying your calls, keep two things in mind. Try to go with the general trend in the market. If the market is bearish, look out for short sell opportunity. If the market is bullish, look out for buying opportunity.
Can you identify any buying and selling opportunity in the 1st chart given?
3 comments:
Hey,
Nice Blog! The chart example really helped and I will now try to make calls.
Could you please also write upon other things such as PE ratio etc. which helps to shortlist scrips.
Hi, Can you throw some light on STBT. I am using icicidirect.. I can see BTST but not STBT.Does it depend on the Broking Agent selected?
yes some time , sell today buy tommorrow is some time not possible , it is usually done by ppl who trade on margins
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