I have written about educated speculation in the stock markets (here) and about how to create an ideal streamlined portfolio of stocks for the long term (here). A topic I have never touched is short term trading in stocks. The irony is that this is what keeps me busy...
If you read my previous posts you will know that usually I am not the one who recommends going short on stocks. Almost never! The big advantage of not being extremely dogmatic with how money making is done is that when opportunities are crystal clear you implement...
Block Deal: A single trade of over 5, 00,000 shares or a trade where the total value in monetary terms is greater than or equal Rs. 5 Cr. Timing: The market participants are allowed to enter into block deals only during the first 35 minutes of the continuous trading...
Today I will try to answer a question which I received from one of our subscribers. Vijay asked – “How are stock prices determined? I mean, why would a stock like Bosch trade at Rs. 26000+ while Noida Toll Bridge would trade at Rs. 35? Does it purely depend on how...
What is Volatility? Volatility in the context of stock markets is the amount of price change which a stock experiences over a given period of time (i.e. breadth or the difference between high-low). Put differently, if the price stays relatively stable, the stock has...
What markets do day to day is overwhelmingly driven by random chance. Ascribing explanations to short term moves is like trying to explain lottery numbers. It’s no secret that in the short term – investor sentiment is arguably the only driver of stock prices. Their...
