Category Stock Market Basics

TL;DR: When buying or selling shares on a broker app (like Zerodha or Groww), you must tell the exchange *how* you want to trade. Use a Market Order for instant execution at whatever the current price is. Use a Limit…

Table of Contents The Physics of Risk: Why Do Shares Exist? The Matchmaking Engine: BSE and NSE The Mechanics of Value: Why Do Prices Change? The Sandbox: SEBI and the Demat Account The Gradient: Where Do You Go From Here?…

Table of Contents The First Principle of Markets: Asymmetric Information The Three Pillars of SEBI’s Power How SEBI Protects Your Portfolio The Gradient: Next Steps 1. The Separation of Broker and Depository 2. The Ban on Insider Trading 3. Mutual…

Table of Contents What is “T+1”? Why Not “T+0” (Instant Settlement)? The T+1 Timeline: A 24-Hour Journey Why This Matters to You The “Smart Friend” Advice Monday (T-Day): The Handshake Tuesday (T+1): The Finality If you buy a share on…

If you buy a share on Monday, why doesn’t it show up in your “Holdings” immediately? Why does it sit in a “T1” or “Unsettled” status until Tuesday? In first-principles terms, this is the Time Dimension of Trust. Even in…

If you buy a share on Monday, why doesn’t it show up in your “Holdings” immediately? Why does it sit in a “T1” or “Unsettled” status until Tuesday? In first-principles terms, this is the Time Dimension of Trust. Even in…

If you buy a share on Monday, why doesn’t it show up in your “Holdings” immediately? Why does it sit in a “T1” or “Unsettled” status until Tuesday? In first-principles terms, this is the Time Dimension of Trust. Even in…