Showing posts with label Trading platforms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trading platforms. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Myriad investing options in India

How many companies are there in the share market of India where you can invest? Well, there are thousands of companies listed in the National Stock Exchange, Bombay Stock Exchange, and other bourses of the country. The performance of these companies all depend on market volatility. 

But there are few companies that have outperformed, maintaining an uptrend always with very negligible downfalls. It is only research and your dedicated time and efforts that will help you find out these companies. Investing in such companies for the long term will certainly yield results. For novice investors in the Indian stock market, all companies will seem the same. It has been rightly said that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So, before you start investing in the share market of India, do familiarize yourself well with the trading terminologies, about the bourses, and everything related to the capital market. It is then only that you can expect experiencing a win-win situation in your investment venture no matter what the segment is whether it is the Indian stock market or the commodity market or mutual funds.

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Just What Is Algorithmic Trading?

In the simplest terms, algorithmic trading is the use of computer programs to enter trading orders with sophisticated computer algorithm. This method decides on various aspects of the order such as the timing, price, quantity of the order, and the overall initiation of the order without any human intervention whatsoever.
This trading method has because extremely popular rather quickly. In fact, a third of all EU and US stock trades back in 2006 were algorithms.

Skip ahead just three years later and high frequency trading firms now account for 73% of all US equity trading volume. While numbers have not been crunched just yet, it is predicted American and European markets will range as high as 80% with algorithm trades from 2008.
Algorithmic trading is most commonly used by pension funds, mutual funds, and other investor driven traders. The reason for this is to divide large trades into countless small trades. As a result, it helps to manage market impact and the overall risk.