China Impact

By now we all can see the Chinese economy is falling apart. Will that affect us? Yes, What happens in China will have a massive impact on economies around the world, which means most stocks will get hit. We have to remember China is not Greece.
The China has continued to build high-end real estate in order to show GDP growth, but very few people live in these so-called ghost cities. (Same can be said about India in few years, if we realized it on time and learn from China now.)  The Chinese government has also banned short selling, temporarily halted IPOs, pressured state-owned banks to make loans to struggling businesses, allowed pension funds to invest up to 30% of their net assets in stocks, and temporarily banned company shareholders with stakes of more than 5% from selling. If these aren't desperate measures, what is?

If the Chinese stock market crashes, it means that the investors do not believe in a bright future for China's economy.  As people see their portfolios shrink, they might start selling stocks.  That may trigger more selling.  Another thing the Chinese might sell is gold.  And if gold prices fall significantly, there is a good chance panic would come to India as well because the Indians traditionally are holding onto a lot of gold.

But there are other views too, which elaborates Indian economy much stronger to survive such external stock. And we all should believe that but just trade cautiously. Having said that there is no need to get panicked either, rather it can be seen great opportunity to invest in companies which we use and hear about everyday. These are companies will be there for long time.

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NCDEX

NCDEX - National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Markets Limited, is the leading National Spot Exchange in India. It works with domain experts and offers trading platforms for trading in a host of commodities, both agricultural and non-agricultural to various market participants, primary producers including farmers, traders, processors etc. These trading platforms combine technological efficiency and market friendly trading features in a transparent atmosphere to make trading a rich and rewarding experience.

NCDEX e Markets Limited provides a complete solution to its customers including trade-facilitation, collateral management, logistics and supply chain management and clearing and settlement.

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What is 52-Week High/Low?

Prices of commodities, securities and stocks fluctuate frequently, recording highest and lowest figures at different points of time in the market. A figure recorded as the highest/lowest price of the security, bond or stock over the period of past 52 weeks is generally referred to as its 52-week high/ low.

It is an important parameter for investors (as they compare the current trading price of the stocks and bonds to the highest/lowest prices they have reached in the past 52 weeks) in making investment decisions. It also plays an important role in determination of the predicted future prices of the stock.

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Online Trading

Online trading is nothing but trading via the Internet with the help of trading software provided by the broker. But for many of us this trading platform can be very confusing. You can also transfer funds online from your bank account to your share trading account with the click of a button.
The advantages of using online trading are:

• Fully automated trading process which is broker independent.
• Access to advanced trading tools to perform technical analysis
• Investors have direct control over their trading portfolio.
• Ability to trade multiple markets and/or products. You can trade in BSE / NSE.
• Real-time market data.
• Faster trade execution.
• Easy to operate and manage account
• No geographical limits i.e. you can be anywhere in the world you can invest in Indian share market through online trading platforms.

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Types of Price Gaps

Common gaps: Common gaps are ‘common’ and ‘uneventful’. If a Gap is formed when the markets are moving in a narrow range, it is called a Common Gap.

Breakaway Gaps: A “breakaway” gap ends a consolidation pattern and happens as prices break out. Often, they would be accompanied by huge volumes. Break-out Gaps are generally not filled for a long time, i.e. in the case of an uptrend, the price does not fall back to wipe off the gains. They may be filled as and when the prices retrace after a substantial up move. If the breakout happens to be a downtrend, the prices may not rise soon to wipe off the loss.

Runaway Gaps:Runaway gaps are best described as gaps that are caused by increased interest in the stock. For runaway gaps to the upside, it usually represents traders who did not get in during the initial move of the up trend and while waiting for a retracement in price, decided it was not going to happen. Increased buying interest happens all of a sudden, and the price gaps above the previous day’s close. This type of runaway gap represents an almost panic state in traders. Also, a good uptrend can have runaway gaps caused by significant news events that cause new interest in the stock. Runaway gaps can also happen in downtrends. This usually represents increased liquidation of that stock by traders and buyers who are standing on the sidelines. These can become very serious as those who are holding onto the stock will eventually panic and sell – but sell to whom? The price has to continue to drop and gap down to find buyers. So, in either case, runaway gaps form as a result of panic trading.

Exhaustion Gap: An “exhaustion” gap occurs at the end of a price move. If there have been two or more gaps before it, then this kind of gap should be regarded very skeptically. A genuine “exhaustion” gap is filled within a few days to a week. It is generally not easy to distinguish between the Runaway and Exhaustion Gaps. Experience in reading charts will help in due course. The best clue available is that Exhaustion Gaps are not the first Gaps in the chart, i.e. they follow the Runaway Gaps and usually occur when the runaway Gap is nearing completion. Exhaustion Gaps do not indicate whether the trend will reverse, they only call for a halt in the price movement.

 

 

 

 

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Forex

Forex is a commonly used abbreviation for "foreign exchange," and it is typically used to describe trading in the foreign exchange market by investors and speculators. For example, imagine a situation where the U.S. dollar is expected to weaken in value relative to the euro. A forex trader in this situation will sell dollars and buy euros. If the euro strengthens, the purchasing power to buy dollars has now increased. The trader can now buy back more dollars than they had to begin with, making a profit. It is similar to stock trading. A stock trader will buy a stock if they think its price will rise in the future and sell a stock if they think its price will fall in the future. Similarly, a forex trader will buy a currency pair if they expect its exchange rate will rise in the future and sell a currency pair if they expect its exchange rate will fall in the future.

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Swing Trading .... 4

Up Trend: Simply put an uptrend is a series of higher highs and higher lows. In other words, an uptrend is a series of successive rallies that extend though previous high points, interrupted by declines which terminate above the low point of the preceding sell-off. Often the high of the last "swing" in the trend will serve as support for the next low. These areas are circled.

Down Trend: Simply put a downtrend is a series of lower highs and lower lows. In other words, a downtrend is a series of successive declines that extend though previous low points, interrupted by increases which terminate below the high point of the preceding rally. Often the low of the last "swing" in the stock's trend will serve as resistance for the next high. These are circled.

Long Swing Trades: Once an uptrend has been identified a swing trader looks for buying opportunities in that stock. This can be identified when the stock experiences a minor pullback or correction within that uptrend. The swing trader then activates a trailing buy-stop technique. If prices break out above the trailing stop loss, you will be stopped out and long in the trade. If prices decline, your buy-stop will not be touched.

Short Swing Trades: Once an downtrend has been identified a swing trader looks for selling opportunities in that stock. This can be identified when the stock experiences a minor rally within that downtrend. The swing trader then activates a trailing sell-stop technique. If prices break down and fall below the trailing stop loss, you will be stopped out on the short side. If prices rally, your sell-stop will not be touched.

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Swing Trading .. 3

1. Swing Trading combines the best of two worlds -- the slower pace of investing and the increased potential gains of day trading.
    
2. Swing Trading works well for part-time traders — especially those doing it while at work. While day traders typically have to stay glued to their computers for hours at a time, feverishly watching minute-to-minute changes in quotes, swing trading doesn't require that type of focus and dedication.
    
3. While Day Traders gamble on stocks popping or falling by fractions of points, Swing Traders try to ride "swings" in the market. Swing Traders buy fewer stocks and aim for bigger gains, they pay lower brokerage and, theoretically, have a better chance of earning larger gains.
    
4. With day trading, the only person getting rich is the broker. "Swing traders go for the meat of the move while a day trader just gets scraps." Furthermore, to swing trade, you don't need sophisticated computer hook-ups or lightning quick execution services and you don't have to play extremely volatile stocks.

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Swing Trading ... 2

• The basic strategy of Swing Trading is to jump into a strongly trending stock after its period of consolidation or correction is complete.
   
• Strongly trending stocks often make a quick move after completing its correction which one can profit from.
   
• One then sells the stock after 2 to 7 days for a 5-25% move. This process can be repeated over and over again. One can also play the short side by shorting stocks that fall through support levels.
   
• In brief a Swing Trader's goal is to make money by capturing the quick moves that stocks make in their life span, and at the same time controlling their risk by proper money management techniques. 

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Swing Trading

What is swing Trading? To be honest, I was baffled too when I first heard the term. Swing Trading takes advantage of brief price swings in strongly trending stocks to ride the momentum in the direction of the trend. Swing trading combines the best of two worlds - the slower pace of investing and the increased potential gains of day trading. Swing traders hold stocks for days or weeks playing the general upward or downward trends.

Swing Trading is not high-speed day trading. Some people call it momentum investing, because you only hold positions that are making major moves. By rolling your money over rapidly through short term gains you can quickly build up your equity.

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Stock Exchange

Stock Exchanges are an organized marketplace, either corporation or mutual organization, where members of the organization gather to trade company stocks and other securities. The members may act either as agents for their customers, or as principals for their own accounts.

Stock exchanges also facilitate for the issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments including the payment of income and dividends. The record keeping is central but trade is linked to such physical place because modern markets are computerized. The trade on an exchange is only by members and stock broker do have a seat on the exchange.

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Introduction to Share Market

Share and Share market

Still not able to decide whether to invest your money in Share Market or not and it is due to your lack of knowledge about Share Market. Then I will try to help you in this and in my upcoming articles to understand the share market. How does it work? What are important factors to consider? What to avoid? And what not to miss? Let me explain you first what does ‘Share’ means and what does ‘Share Market’ means.

Share: - Share is nothing but the Ownership of the company divided into small parts and each part is called as Share or Stock. Share is also called by different names. And they are Equity, Financial security and so on.
A person carrying a share of a company holds that part of ownership in that company. A person holding maximum shares carry maximum ownership and designated like director, chairman etc. So when you buy shares of any company you become one of the owner of that company. Isn’t it cool?

Share Market: - A Share market is the place where buying and selling of shares takes place.
Now days due to internet and advanced technology there is no need to present physically in exchanges like NSE and BSE but in fact the buying and selling of shares can be done from anywhere, where there is a computer with internet connection.
One should have a Demat and trading account, computer and internet connection and he/she can start the share trading or investing from anywhere.

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