Trading Basics

Trading is when a buyer and a seller agree to exchange financial products (shares, futures, options, currencies, commodities, etc.) at...

What is the business model for Upstox? When you trade in the stock markets, it is not for free. You...

Players in the equity market are called investors and traders. The names are often considered interchangeable. This assumes that investors...

What are your trading hours? The trading hours are critical for you to know since different segments have different timings....

What is a broker and how do I choose a broker? In a vibrant market like India where there are...

Part of selecting a broker to trade with involves getting the best price for your brokerage. Many brokers in India...

The Difference Between Discount Brokers and Full Service Brokers Generally speaking, a discount (or “low-cost”) broker differ from a “full-service”...

Overview Zero brokerage trading might be a recent buzzword you may have heard about. It is a new way of...

Can you provide an example of zero brokerage trading? In India, most brokers charge brokerage on your trades. Brokerage is...

Both Nifty & Sensex are ‘Indices’ (plural of Index), they represent a group of top companies averaged out in a single...

Stock markets are all about share trading. It is when you buy shares at a lower cost and sell at...

intraday trading, intraday trading tips, free intraday tipsStock market earns you great returns if you are a long term investor....

Stock market trading has many faces. Some involve actual buying and selling of shares, while some others are simply monetary...

When you buy and sell a stock within the same day, it is called Intraday Trading. When you purchase shares...

The Upstox Brokerage Calculator is, by far, the most popular tool that our customers use on our website. It is...

What control measures does the risk team take during high volatility? Risk management is a crucial function of any broker....

A contract note is a bill of all your trades during each trading day and is generated daily. It is...

The percentage breakdown of all the statutory charges are mentioned below: Equity Delivery: STT is 0.10% only on Turnover Transaction...

STT (Securities Transaction Tax) STT or Securities Transaction Tax, is a tax levied on securities trades (not on commodities or...

There are four major order types. Limit Order A limit order is one of the order types in which the...

Product Codes Each trade placed must have a product code and an order type. Here, we will go through the...

A Cover Order is a special type of order through which the user can take an intra-day position and take...

What is a bracket order A Bracket Order is a special type of order through which the user can take...

Futures contract A futures contract is a type of financial contract where two parties agree to transact a set of...

Each Futures contract has a lot size. The Nifty Future, for example, has a lot size of 50: meaning each...