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Basics of Investing

Learn about online trading, choosing a broker, margin, and different order types.

What is Intraday Trading?

Intraday trading involves buying and selling securities within the same trading day. It generally applies to equities (securities). The benefits of intraday...
Fri, 18 Jun, 2021 at 8:38 PM

What is Delivery Trading?

Delivery trading is the most common type of trading done in India. It is commonly used by investors, whereby they pay the full price of a stock (equity) wit...
Thu, 16 Oct, 2014 at 7:55 PM

What are Call and Trade services and can I Call and Trade?

1. Call & Trade services: Upstox offers the option of Call and Trade. You can place buy and sell orders by calling us at 022-61309998 / 022-71309998 th...
Tue, 14 Feb, 2023 at 3:41 PM

What is a disclosed quantity order?

‘Disclosed quantity’ order is a special type of order wherein only a part of the actual quantity that you want to buy/sell is displayed to the market. You n...
Fri, 2 Dec, 2022 at 9:41 PM

Difference between Investing and Trading?

The main difference between trading and investing is that the former provides opportunity to realize profits from volatile trends in the market. In investin...
Wed, 15 Feb, 2023 at 5:44 PM

What is order validity?

Order validity is the period for which a placed order is valid.  The types of order validity are:  Immediate-or-Cancel (IOC) Day Order   Immed...
Fri, 2 Dec, 2022 at 9:46 PM

Basics of a trading account in India?

What is zero brokerage trading? This might seem like common knowledge but it is important to note that you cannot trade in the stock markets without a trad...
Wed, 15 Feb, 2023 at 5:45 PM

What are the market timings?

Exchange trading takes place on all the days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and exchange holidays). Pre-open Session held between 09:00 h...
Tue, 22 Mar, 2022 at 2:10 PM

What is share trading and how are shares issued?

A share means ownership in a company and is the smallest unit of ownership a company can offer. A company that is listed on the Stock Exchange can issue sha...
Fri, 9 Apr, 2021 at 1:12 PM

What is the difference between a Demat account and a Trading account?

A Trading account is similar to a bank account. An investor or a trader can keep their funds in this particular account. The major differences are that, unl...
Thu, 1 Apr, 2021 at 12:31 PM