Share market basics
Holding a position for a few days to a couple of weeks to capture one swing in price, using daily charts and defined stops.
Swing trading aims to catch a single move, or swing, from one level to the next, over a few days to a few weeks. Swing traders use daily and hourly charts, look for setups such as a bounce from support, a breakout, or a pullback in a trend, and hold through the intraday noise. Suppose SBI pulls back to its rising 50-day moving average at ₹780 and prints a bullish engulfing candle; a swing trader might buy with a stop at ₹765 and a target near the previous high at ₹830, then wait. Positions are usually in cash delivery or futures, and overnight gap risk is part of the deal. Swing trading needs less screen time than intraday and fewer trades, so costs are lower. It is often the most workable starting style for someone with a day job, provided position sizes are small while learning.
VideoA share is a portion of a company. The share market is where those portions change hands. Here is how it works, what you can trade in it, and why most people who trade actively lose money.
VideoThe share market runs on two activities that look alike and are nothing alike. Investing is owning a business for years. Trading is profiting from price moves over hours or weeks. Mixing them up is behind most early losses.
VideoTrading comes in a few distinct forms, and the one you pick decides how much time, capital and stress it takes. This lesson explains intraday, swing, positional, futures and options trading with Indian examples.
