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Beginners Guide
INTRODUCTION
TO
STOCK MARKET
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What is a Market?
• A Market is a place where people gather to buy and sell a particular
good/services.
• The action of buying and selling is called Trading.
• For Eg FISH MARKET
• FISH MARKET is place where people gather to buy and sell FISH.
• In other words, FISH MARKET is a place where fish is Traded.
• Similarly, Stock Market is a place where people gather to buy and sell
STOCKS
• In other words, SM is a place where Stocks are Traded.
• The word Stock and Share can be used Interchangeably. Stock is a
general term. Share is a more specific term. So when I use
Share/Stock, they are same.
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WHAT IS STOCK MARKET?
• A Stock Market is a place where SHARES of PUBLIC LISTED
COMPANIES are TRADED. (In other words, Stock Market is a place where people gather
to buy and sell SHARES of Public Listed Co)
This piece of
paper can be
called as
share. (For
Now)
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FISH MARKET PRODUCT
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• For Now, Just imagine Share is a just a Piece of Paper.
What that piece of paper indicates will be discussed in
coming slides
• A Fish should reach the Fish market first so that people
gathered in the Fish Market can buy and sell it right?
Just Like that a Share should reach the Stock Market
so that it can be traded by the people who gathered in
the stock market.
• In the next few slides, you will see What exactly is that
piece of paper. And how that piece of paper arrives at
the stock market for trading.
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What is a Stock?
• Remember, The word Stock and Share can be used Interchangeably.
• Before understanding the definition of Stocks, the definition of
company is required to be understood.
• A Company is a separate legal entity which is operated by a group of
people. It is primarily formed to run a business.
• The Company requires money to run the business
• The Company has got 3 broad options to raise money.
• Promoters Own Cash
• Loan from Bank
• Collect money from Public by issuing shares to them.
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• We just understood the definition of Company.
• We also understood that Company issues shares to public for raising
money.
• If a company raises money from the PUBLIC by issuing SHARES, then
that company is called PUBLIC LISTED COMPANY.
• When issuing shares to public, it will have a fixed value. This means,
each piece of paper will have a fixed value.
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Here the value is Rs 10/share
• When the company offers this piece of paper to public, they pay the
amount indicated in it and BUY it.
• If someone buys this paper, they become owner of the company for that
portion of shares acquired by him.
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• After reading the previous 2 slides, you are ready to read
the technical definition of SHARE.
• In the coming slides we will discuss
• The Technical Definition of Share
• How Shares are issued to PUBLIC
• And finally, how it reaches the Stock Market.
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Definition of Share.
• A share is referred to as a unit of ownership which represents an
equal proportion of a company's capital.
Lets
understand
the definition
with an
example
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After printing 100000 share certificate, Company
Approaches Securities & Exchange Board of
India(SEBI). (They are the prime body which makes rules
and regulates the stock market in India)
Just like
After issuing, shares are listed in Fish is
brought to
Stock Market for Trading. the Fish
Market
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Initial Public Offer (IPO)
• An initial public offering (IPO) is the first time a company
issues shares to the public. This is when a private company
decides to go ‘public’.
• When a company decides to go PUBLIC via an IPO, it is done in
the Primary Market.
• Primary Market is also called New Issue Market.
• During an IPO, the company opens its shares for sale to the
public. As an investor, you can buy shares directly from the
company and become a shareholder.
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Example on How Public participates in the IPO
Mr A purchases
• Rs 10 each
100 shares
Mr A spent Rs
1000
Mr A received
100 Share
Certificate
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Mr B purchases
• Rs 10 each
1000 shares
Mr B spent Rs
10000
Mr B received
1000 Share
Certificate
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Mr C purchases
• Rs 10 each
5000 shares
Mr C spent Rs
50000
Mr C received
5000 Share
Certificate
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Mr A1000 Mr B10,000 Mr C50000
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After IPO, Shares
are Listed in Stock
Market
STOCK MARKET
National Stock
Once Shares of Public Listed
Exchange
Companies are listed in the
Stock Market, that share
becomes a product that
people can BUY and SELL.
Bombay Stock
Exchange
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When company raised Rs 10 Lakhs via IPO, the people like Mr A, Mr B ,
Mr C etc, who bought the shares of the company became owners for
that portion of shares they bought.
SHAREHOLDERS=OWNERS
See next
slide
Once the shares are issued in the primary market, then those shares are listed in the secondary
market for Trading. Investors/Traders meet at a place so that they can BUY & SELL the shares of
the company. (Recollect the Definition of Stock Market here. SM is a place where shares of Public Listed Companies are
traded.)
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Secondary Market
• Secondary market is where previously issued shares of a company are
traded.
• In other words, Secondary Market is literally what we call as “Stock
Market”.
• The investors BUY and SELL stocks among themselves.
• There is NO involvement of the company who issued those shares
through IPO.
• For example, if you go to buy INFOSYS(INFY) stock, you are dealing
only with another investor who owns shares in Infosys. Infosys is not
directly involved with the transaction.
• In Secondary Market, the price of the share changes depending on
Demand and Supply.
• Once shares are issued through IPO, the shares are then pushed from
Primary Market to Secondary Market so that Investors/Traders can
meet and do business. 21
Difference between Primary Market and Secondary market
Role of the market Market where stocks are issued Market where stocks are traded
for the first timeIPO once issued
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STOCK
MARKET
BROKERS Zerodha/Upstox
Brokers connect
Stock Market and
Investors by
providing Trading
Platforms and
Demat Account
INVESTORS
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In 1996, SEBI decided to throw away this paper
piece. The “piece of paper” term was for better
understanding of the concept. SEBI decided to
make Digital Copies of Share Certificate in 1996 so
that it can be stored digitally in a separate
account called DEMAT ACCOUNT. So a DEMAT
account is required for Investing in Stock Market.
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Investors Participate in the Stock Market to
create WEALTH
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In the previous slide, the effect of Demand and
Supply on share price was explained. But how did
Demand for a particular stock increase or decrease?
What triggers change in Demand and Supply? Lets
understand the main FACTORS that determine
demand and supply.
COMPANIES
MARKET SENTIMENT
PERFORMANCE
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COMPANY PERFORMANCE
DEMAND
SUPPLY
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MARKET SENTIMENTS
DEMAND
• A positive news about the company is spreading slowly in the market. People tent to
believe that the companies stock is worth buying. This increases the demand. This in
turn increases the price.
SUPPLY
• A negative news that might affect the company is spreading slowly in the market.
People tent to believe that the companies stock is not worth holding. This
decreases the demand. Panicked people who hold the share will start selling the
share at lower prices thus leading to increase in supply. This in turn decreases
the price.
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BUYERS
SELLERS
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STOCK MARKET INDEX
NIFTY 50 SENSEX
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• In layman terms, Stock Market Index is the weighted average of MARKET VALUE of
top companies in a particular STOCK MARKET.
NIFTY 50-9066
NIFTY 50 is an Index introduced by NSE in 1996. NIFTY 50 stands for National Index Fifty, and
represents the weighted average of MARKET VALUE of 50 Indian company stocks in 17 sectors.
SENEX-30,818
SENSEX is an Index introduced by BSE in 1986. SENSEX stands for Stock Exchange Sensitive
Index, and represents the weighted average of MARKET VALUE of 30 Indian company stocks.
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THE IMPORTANT QUESTION
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LONG TERM INVESTMENT TRADING
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LONG TERM INVESTMENT
• When you buy a share and you bring that to the DEMAT Account, we say that, we took
DELIVERY of that share.
• Remember the word Delivery. As you will see this in Order Window of Zerodha/Upstox
• Once we take delivery of that share ie Once we bring it to our DEMAT Account, we can
hold it for:
• One Day
• Two Days
• 1 Week
• 1 Month
• 1 Year.
• 10 years
• 50 years
• If you hold a share for a very long time, then it can be called as Long Term Investment.
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Trading
Position
Day Trading Swing Trading
Trading
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DAY TRADING
• What is Day Trading?
• Why is it so special?
• How to do Day Trading?
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Check List before starting Day Trading
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WHAT IS DAY TRADING?
• When you buy a stock and sell it on the same day, then that is called Day
Trading.
• Stock Market opens at 9AM and closes at 3:30PM.
• If you after at 9:30AM. You must sell it before 3:30PM.
• Day Trading is also called as Intra Day Trading
• Leverage Leverage gives you an opportunity to trade large quantities and thus, make
huge profits with small capital.
• In Simple words, Leverage is the additional Capital provided by broker for us so that we
can buy and sell more number of Shares.
• For eg: If I have 1000 Rs in my Trading Account & the leverage provide by the broker is
20x, we can buy shares for 1000x20 = Rs 20,000. Rs 19,000 is borne by the broker on
behalf of us. This inturn increases purchasing power of Day Traders.
• Lets understand the concept of Leverage with the help of an example.
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NORMAL INVESTMENT EXAMPLE
Number of Share 1
Profit Rs 100
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DAY TRADING EXAMPLE
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NORMAL AMOUNT
INVESTMENT INVESTED=Rs 1000
Profit = Rs 100
AMOUNT
DAY TRADING Profit = Rs 2,000
INVESTED=Rs 1000
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A Quick Presentation of HOW To place Intraday Order using Zerodha
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Questions in Mind about Leverage
Another way to limit losses is by putting a Stop Loss Order. The exact working of
STOP LOSS ORDER will be demonstrated in the next slide.
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• Lets Assume that you bought 1000 Quantity of TATA MOTORS @ 70 Rs.(Refer Slide 43)
• You expect price to go up to 90
• Expected profit Rs 20,000
• But what if price dropped to Rs 45
• You will have a loss of Rs 25,000
• Inorder to avoid that huge loss, a stop loss order can be placed.
• How Stop Loss Order can be placed?
• Once Buy Order for 1000 Qty is placed, Immediately place a SELL Order as follows.
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SHORT SELLING
• Short selling is one of the biggest advantage of Day Trading. This might
be a little hard to digest.
• YOU CAN MAKE MONEY WITH DAY TRADING EVEN WHEN THE MARKET
GOES DOWN
Expecting
Expecting
Market to go
Market to go up
down
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How can we
sell something
that is not
even with
us??
For Now, Just remember that, As a Day Trader you can Make Money even
when the Market Falls. And that is called Short Selling.
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Day Trading Check List
If your are going to do Day Trading, you need to know 7
things
• Trading & Demat Account
• Knowledge about Leverage
• Target & Stop Loss
• Candle Sticks ,Charts, Tool
• Technical Analysis
• Technical Indicators
• Discipline and Money Management
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TARGET AND STOP LOSS
Set Target @
Buy @ Rs 100 Set SL @ 90
Rs 120
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Technical Analysis
So after reading the previous slides, you now know that before entering a
trade, you need to be well prepared and informed. You need to decide 4
things written below.
1. At what price you are going to BUY the stock?
2. How long will you hold the stock?
3. At what price you are going to sell it (Target)?
4. What amount should be set for Stop Loss Order?
In order to know the above listed things, you need to do some research
obviously. There are mainly two types of Research Technique.
• Fundamental Analysis
• Technical Analysis
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Fundamental Analysis is a concept which is more associated with Long Term
Investing. Since we concentrate on Day Trading, we are not going to discuss
Fundamental Analysis here.
As a Day Trader, one must definitely master the art of Technical Analysis. In
simple words, TA is a research technique which allows a trader to define the
trade based on 4 parameters mentioned above. In much simpler words,
Technical Analysis help you to identify possible BUY PRICE, SELL PRICE, and
STOP LOSS PRICE.
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You are going to buy a Laptop from Amazon. You have no idea about Laptops. You have two ways
to decide the laptop that you need to buy.
Option 1 Research about laptops from various laptop brands, compare their specifications, sit and
read about each and everything about the laptop. You might call and ask your friends about
laptops. And finally choose the laptop based on your research and buy it from amazon.
Option 2 You just filter the amazon page for “Laptops with Top Rating”. Amazon short lists the
top rated laptop. You just found out a laptop which is gaining a lot of crowd’s attention. Here you
can make a very simple assumption. This Laptop is top rated in Amazon, it attracts huge crowd, so
it must be the best laptop. Based on your assumption and the crowd’s preference, you decided to
BUY the laptop. There are high chances that you end up receiving the best laptop available in the
market.
Option 1 is Fundamental Analysis where you as an INVESTOR, research about the nuke and corner
of a company before buying its share.
Option 2 is similar to Technical Analysis where you scan for opportunities to buy a stock based on
the preference of the market participants.
Fundamental analysis and Technical Analysis can’t be compared. They both are different.
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Now lets breakdown the technical definition of Technical Analysis
Technical Analysis is a research technique to identify trading opportunities in the market based
on the actions of market participants. The actions of Market Participants can be visualized by
means of Stock Chart.
• TA is a Research Technique This means TA involves collecting and analyzing a set of data to
arrive at a conclusion.
• The Data collected is about the actions of Market Participants i.e. people who gather to buy and
sell stocks (Bulls & Bears)
• Such Actions of Market Participants are reflected in Stock Charts.
• This means TA involves collecting data from stock chart and analyzing it.
• Why such analysis is conducted?
• Such Set of Data is collected and analyzed to Identify Trading Opportunities.
• At what price should you Buy a stock
• What is the Target Price.?
• What should be the Stop Loss?
So you understood Technical analysis involves analyzing Stock Charts to identify trading
opportunities.
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Stock Charts
Technical Analysis Involves analyzing Stock Charts. Given below is the chart of ICICI
BANK. You can open chart of any stock from your brokers platform.
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Those Green and Red Blocks are called Candle Sticks.
HIGH
HIGH
OPEN
CLOSE
CLOSE
OPEN
LOW
LOW
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The chart you saw in Slide No: 55 does not look like the typical chart you learnt in High school. That’s
absolutely True. As far as Technical Analysis is concerned, The Stock Chart is not made by typical Line
Charts. It is made by Japanese Candle Sticks. You will see Japanese Candle Sticks anatomy in coming
slides.
Why traders prefer Candle Stick Chart over traditional Line Chart? For understanding that, LETS take one
particular example of a Line Chart. Given below is the Line Chart indicating Time and Price of INFOSYS’s
Share for 1 day.
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Time Last Traded Price
• The table on the left side is used to plot the Line Chart in
Previous Slide
09:15 AM 80 • As a Technical Analyst, you have got very less data to analyze in
09:30AM 100 a Line Chart.
• Line graphs provide significantly less information about price
10:00 AM 150
because it only connects the closing prices of the given interval.
10:30 AM 75 • The information provided in the Line Chart is not enough for a
11:00 AM 200 Trader to analyze and arrive at conclusions. In other words,
Technical Analysis wont be effective if data is taken from Line
11:30 AM 250
Chart. In order to conduct effective technical Analysis, 4 critical
12:00 PM 275 data is required.
12:30 PM 300 • OPEN
• HIGH
01:00 PM 320 • LOW
01:30 PM 100 • CLOSE
02:00 PM 125
• This 4 Critical Data can be collectively visualized in a Candle
02:30 PM 175 Stick Chart and thus it is a Traders powerful tool for Technical
03:00 PM 195 Analysis.
03:30 PM 180
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• Each candlestick in a chart is separated into fixed timeframes. For example, a candle stick can
represent 1 minute, 5 Minutes,15 Minutes, 1 hour, 3 Hours, 1 Day, 1 week, 1 month etc. Each
candlesticks represent the high, low open and close price for a specific period of time.
• We can set timeframe from using the Trading Platforms provided by Brokers.
• When looking at a 15min chart, each candle represents a 15 min period, or session, of trading activity.
It indicates Open, High, Low, Close price for 15 minute time frame.
• When looking at a daily chart, each candle represents one day of trading activity and shows Open,
High, Low, Close for 1 day.
• Lets take the example of Infosys shown in previous slide.
• Set Time Frame of Candle Stick to 1 Day
• A Single Candle Stick will be formed denoting the following data.
• OPEN Rs 80 (Price when Market opened @ 9:30AM)
• HIGH Rs 320 (Highest price reached on that day)
• LOW Rs 75 (Lowest price reached on that day)
• CLOSE Rs 180 (Price when Market closed @ 3:30 PM
• As far as Candle Stick Charts are concerned, a timeframe is defined as the time duration which one
used to study a Chart. One can customize timeframe as per requirement. A Day Trader may use time
frames of 5 minutes , 15minutes etc.
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Anatomy of candle Stick(This will be explained in detail during the session.)
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Assumptions in Technical Analysis
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Market Discounts Everything.
This assumption tells us that, all known and unknown information in the public domain is
reflected in the latest stock price. For example, there could be an insider in the company buying
the company’s stock in large quantity in anticipation of a good quarterly earnings announcement.
While he does this secretively, the price reacts to his actions thus revealing to the technical
analyst that this could be a good buy.
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Price moves in Trend
All major moves in the market is an outcome of a trend. The concept of trend is the foundation
of technical analysis. For example, the recent downward movement in the NIFTY Index to 9000
from 12000 did not happen overnight. This move happened in a phased manner, in over 3
months. Another way to look at it is, once the trend is established, the price moves in the
direction of the trend.
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TECHNICAL INDICATORS
• Indicators are independent trading systems introduced to the world by successful traders.
Indicators are built on preset logic using which traders can supplement their technical study
(candlesticks, volumes, S&R) to arrive at a trading decision. Indicators help in buying, selling,
confirming trends, and sometimes predicting trends
• In simpler words, Indicators are tools that are developed by successful traders, that we use to
analyze the charts so that we can predict where the price is going. Such tools are called
Technical Indicators.
• There are two types of Indicators
• Leading Indicators which signals occurrence of a reversal or new trend in Advance.
• Example RSI, Oscillators
• Lagging Indicators which signals the occurrence of a reversal or new trend after it has
occurred.
• Example Moving Averages, MACD
Disclaimer : Do not take trading decision solely based on Indicators. Indicators tend to give false signals.
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DISCIPLINE & MONEY MANAGEMENT
• No matter how good you are at Technical Analysis, if you are not disciplined, you will fail as a Day
Trader.
• We panic when we see a loss and forget the strategies and plans
• If you end up in a loss, you will try to recover it resulting in irreversible damage to your Trading
Account.
• Lack of Discipline is directly proportional to Capital Loss.
• So if you are planning to start Day Trading, you must have to
• Learn a lot about Day Trading
• Make a Plan
• Stay Focused and Disciplined while executing the plan
• And finally STICK to the plan
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