Stock Market Basics
Most people enter the market through a tip from a friend or a reel. This course gives you the ground under your feet first: what a share is, how a trade really happens, and what it costs.
This course is for you if
- You have never bought a share, or you bought one without knowing why
- You have a demat account you barely use
- You want to understand market news before you put money in
What you'll learn
How the market works
- What a share is and why companies list
- NSE, BSE and the role of SEBI
- Primary market, IPOs and the secondary market
- Nifty 50, Sensex and what an index tells you
Your accounts
- Demat and trading accounts
- Brokers, brokerage and other charges
- What happens after you press buy
- Settlement, in plain language
Placing an order
- Market, limit and stop-loss orders
- Delivery, intraday and swing: how they differ
- Reading a quote on your screen
Reading your first chart
- Line and candlestick charts
- Open, high, low and close
- Timeframes
Staying in the game
- Why most beginners lose money early
- How much to put into one idea
- Taxes on your gains, in outline
By the end, you'll be able to
- Follow market news without getting lost
- Place market, limit and stop-loss orders knowing what each one does
- Read a candlestick chart at a basic level
- Work out what a trade costs you after charges
What you need before joining
Nothing. This course starts from zero.
