technicals

Futures and Options Lot Size – Margin Amount and Number of Shares

February 28, 2014 by Rajat Sharma 13 Comments

In the stock markets, participants can trade in 2 segments: (i) Cash segment; and (ii) Futures and Options (Derivative) segment. Participants in the cash market can buy/sell any number of shares of a company (i.e. they can buy anything from a single share to thousands of shares). On the other hand, in the futures and options…

Choosing Fundamentally Strong Stocks for Trading

February 19, 2014 by Rajat Sharma Leave a Comment

I often get emails asking for what are the good shares for trading in the Indian stock markets? One particular inquirer asked me to name some – fundamentally strong stocks for trading. I think this is worth writing about. At first, to come up with any coherent answer, the question must be broken in at…