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What are the basics of Stock Market? | Technical analysis

by Ahmad Shakeel Blogger
The stock market refers to the group of markets and exchanges in which the regular activities of buying, selling, and issuing shares of publicly owned companies are carried out. Such financial activities are carried out through formal institutional exchanges or OTC markets that operate under a specific set of regulations. There can be multiple places for stock trading in a country or region that allows transactions in stocks and other forms of securities.

The stock market is an important part of the country's economy. The stock market plays a pivotal role in the growth of the country's industry and trade, which ultimately affects the country's economy to a large extent. This is the reason why the government, industry, and even the country's central banks closely monitor stock market events. The stock market is important from the industry's point of view as well as from the investor's point of view.

These are basics of the stock market

  1. Primary and Secondary Markets
  2. How to Buy/Sell Stocks
  3. Market Hours
  4. Stock Exchanges

Of course, this is only the primary function of the stock market and half the role the stock market plays. The secondary function of the stock market is that the market plays a common platform for the buyer and seller of these shares listed on the stock market. It is the secondary market for the stock exchange, where retail and institutional investors buy and sell stocks. Indeed, it is these traders in the stock market who raise money for companies by investing in stocks.

  • Several different types of orders can be used to trade stocks more effectively.
  • A market order simply buys or sells shares at the prevailing market rates until the order is executed.
  • The third most important key to success in stock trading for beginners is the effect of how time and timing affects equity investments. Timing is the ability to predict the direction of the market so that you can buy a stock at the lowest possible price before price gains or sell another stock at the highest possible price before its price drops.
  • The specified order sets a specific price at which the order must be executed, although there is no guarantee that some or all of the orders will trade if the limit is set too high or low.
  • Commissions are usually reduced on market orders.
  • Trailing orders, a type of limit order, are executed when the stock moves above or below a certain level and is often used as a way to insure against greater losses or to secure profits.

Unlike fundamental analysis, which attempts to assess the value of a security based on business results such as sales and profits, technical analysis focuses on study, price, and size. Technical analysis tools are used to scrutinize the ways in which supply and demand for securities will affect changes in price, size, and implied volatility. Technical analysis is often used to generate short term trading signals from different chart tools, but it can also help improve security or weak security assessment for the broader market or one of its sectors. This information helps analysts improve the overall assessment rating there RajaQQ.

A guaranteed way for beginners to play the stock market for success is to use a combination of the three mentioned points as a basis for their investment strategies. Hence, you must have a mix of growth and income stocks, know when to enter or exit positions based on business fundamentals and technical analysis, and know-how to make market timing and time factor with your trading allies.


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