Taxation Simplified for Traders Taxation in leu of gains from trading or investing in shares is somewhat complex. SAS Online has made an attempt to simplify it for the taxpayers. Before you can figure out how much to shell off as the tax you must first decide whether you are a trader or an investor. read more

How to survive the current market downturn? The situation in the market is grim. Comparisons with 2008, and even 2000, have begun. Older investors, who have weathered one of those massive downturns, are likely to be better prepared emotionally. Younger investors, on the other hand, who have not witnessed such a brutal downturn before, are likely to find it more difficult to deal with. In this story, we shall discuss a few strategies that can help investors survive this severe market downturn. read more

What is a Bracket Order (BO) and how to place trigger based Bracket Order? An intraday product/order type which provides enhanced protection and also can ensure that none of your profitable trades turns into a loss. read more

What Are the Advantages of Using Online Trading Platforms? Are you still trading offline?

Do you often find yourself searching for share broker near me or discount stock broker near me? read more

Best Markets for Beginner Traders As a beginner interested in trading, you may be confused about the huge market options in front of you. There are many different trading markets that even seasoned traders are yet to explore. So, when you are just starting out as a new trader, it is best to choose a few trading markets, observe and analyze them, and then make prudent investment options. read more

What to Look for When Choosing the Right Trading Platform In this age of the Internet and smartphones, buying and trading stocks has become easier and more convenient than before. There are all kinds of websites and apps where you can create your own trading account and start investing in stocks that you think can offer high returns. read more

7 things you need to know about a DEMAT Account A DEMAT Account is similar to a bank account in which you hold deposits while the bank records the credit and debit of that account for you. A DEMAT Account can hold all your important investments like equity shares, mutual funds, exchange traded funds, bonds, and government securities. read more

Build an equity-heavy portfolio to meet child’s education or marriage goal Only this will ensure that you are able to meet the escalation in costs over a 15-20 year horizon read more

Adopt a safety-first principle in debt funds Adopt a safety-first principle in debt funds at present you should stick to funds that avoid both duration risk and credit risk. read more

Keep your SIPs going It is when the markets decline that you reap the real benefit of SIP by being able to buy more units of a fund read more

Avoid NFOs, stick to tried and tested funds If you go to the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) website, you will be able to see the list of new fund offers (NFO) that are currently available . Your friendly neighbourhood mutual fund agent may also be pestering you to buy a hot new fund which, according to him, has great prospects. Before investing in an NFO, you should do a little research. read more

Taxation Simplified for Traders Taxation in leu of gains from trading or investing in shares is somewhat complex. SAS Online has made an attempt to simplify it for the taxpayers. Before you can figure out how much to shell off as the tax you must first decide whether you are a trader or an investor. read more

4 Money Management Rules 4 Money Management Rules for trading as its an enterprise to make a profit in an atmosphere of wide-ranging probabilities, a flexible approach is a must. read more

“Do Not Exercise” Option’s If you are active in the F&O segment of the stock market you must be knowing that you have to pay higher STT on options that are In The Money (ITM) on expiry. A call option is said to be In The Money when its strike price is below the market price of the underlying asset. read more

Pre-open Session . How is the equilibrium price determined ? If you are a trader you must have seen that there is a pre-open session from 9 am to 9:15 am for both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). It is basically the period of trading activity that takes place just before the regular stock market session. read more

Why POA is needed in Demat Account? Whenever you go in for a trading account you will see that it requires opening of a Demat account with the broker and signing a limited purpose Power of Attorney (POA) in favor of the agent which would be the broker read more

Stop Loss Orders – Why they don’t always work? We all know about normal order, which is an instruction to buy or sell stocks on a trading platform. You bought a stock and then the price starts moving against you, then we place another order to limit our loss and that is called a stop loss order. read more

How Execution Range Effects your Option Trading ? Today we will discuss Execution Range and its effect on your option trading. Currently, option trading has been contributing up to 80% of total exchange volume in NSE. read more

What is NIFTY? How is it calculated? Nifty, derived from the combination of two words “National” and “Fifty”, is a major stock index introduced by the National Stock Exchange of India. read more

Taxation Simplified for Traders Taxation in leu of gains from trading or investing in shares is somewhat complex. SAS Online has made an attempt to simplify it for the taxpayers. Before you can figure out how much to shell off as the tax you must first decide whether you are a trader or an investor. read more

Share buybacks: Should you participate in them? It is quite a familiar term and you will every now and then hear a company buying back its shares from the market. read more

It’s Time to be cautious in the markets Valuations within the Indian equity markets have turned expensive. The Nifty 50 is currently trading at a PE of 24.43, way above its long-term average. read more

What is Technical Analysis: An Introduction Analyzing securities and making investment decisions is complex and there are several methodologies to do so. read more

Fundamentals Vs Technicals – What should you follow? You might sometimes ponder over the best practice to pick stocks – whether to look at the fundamentals or go by the technical charts? read more

Thinking about Bottom Fishing ? Here are the details Bottom fishing refers to investors scouting for stocks that have reached rock bottom prices owing to some temporary issues either with the company or the sector or with the economy in general. read more

Everything you want to know about Demat Account Demat accounts have simplified the lives of millions of investors. A Demat account is a basic requirement for investing in stock market. read more

Holidays for the calendar year 2017 Holidays for the calendar year 2017 SAS online is sharing the lists of holidays for equity, commodity and currency. However, you can see the list of holidays of 2017 here but we have made a list of these at one place. You can also see the MCX holidays and by BSE India and NSE India circular Holidays for the calendar year 2017: Equities Sr. No. Date Day Description 1 26-Jan-2017 Thursday Republic Day 2 24-Feb-2017 Friday Mahashivratri 3 13-Mar-2017 Monday Holi 4 04-Apr-2017 Tuesday Ram Navami 5 14-Apr-2017 Friday Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti/ Good Friday 6 01-May-2017 Monday Maharashtra Day 7 26-Jun-2017 Monday Eid-al-Fitr (Ramzan Eid) 8 15-Aug-2017 Tuesday Independence Day 9 25-Aug-2017 Friday Ganesh Chaturthi 10 02-Oct-2017 Monday Mahatama Gandhi Jayanti 11 19-Oct-2017 Thursday Diwali-Laxmi Pujan* 12 20-Oct-2017 Friday Diwali-Balipratipada 13 25-Dec-2017 Monday Christmas Trading Holidays Trading shall be notified subsequently. The Exchange may alter/change any of the above holidays, for which a separate circular shall be issued in advance. The holidays falling on Saturday / Sunday are as follows: Sr. No. Date Day Description 1 09-Apr-2017 Sunday Mahavir Jayanti 2 02-Sep-2017 Saturday Bakri ID 3 30-Sep-2017 Saturday Dasera 4 01-Oct-2017 Sunday Moharram 5 04-Nov-2017 Saturday Gurunanak Jayanti Clearing Holidays Sr. No. Date Day Description 1 26-Jan-2017 Thursday Republic Day 2 24-Feb-2017 Friday Mahashivratri 3 13-Mar-2017 Monday Holi 4 28-Mar-2017 Tuesday Gudi Padwa 5 04-Apr-2017 Tuesday Ram Navami 6 14-Apr-2017 Friday Good Friday/ Ambedkar Jayanti 7 01-May-2017 Monday Maharashtra Day 8 10-May-2017 Wednesday Buddha Pournima 9 26-Jun-2017 Monday Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan ID) 10 15-Aug-2017 Tuesday Independence Day 11 17-Aug-2017 Thursday Parsi New Year 12 25-Aug-2017 Friday Ganesh Chaturthi... read more

Muhurat Trading 2016 Muhurat Trading is a symbolic and old ritual,that has been retained and observed from ages by Trading Community. read more

Demystifying “Open Interest” and Securities in “Ban Period” What is open interest? Whenever you want to buy a Future/Option contract, there needs to be a seller. The buyer buys with the assumption that the contract price would go up and the seller sells with the assumption that the contract price would go down. When a trade happens between the buyer & the seller, there’s one ‘Open Contract‘ that comes into being and the quantity of these open contracts is referred to as ‘Open Interest‘. Thus Open Interest is the total number of outstanding contracts that are held by market participants at the end of the day. Open interest applies only to the futures/options segment. Open interest, or the total number of open contracts on a security, is often used to confirm trends and trend reversals for futures and options contracts. A common misconception is that open interest is the same thing as volume of futures and options trades. This is not correct, as demonstrated in the following example: Open Interest On January 1, A buys an option, which leaves an open interest and also creates trading volume of 1. On January 2, C and D create trading volume of 5 and there are also five more options left open. On January 3, A takes an offsetting position, open interest is reduced by 1 and trading volume is 1. On January 4, E simply replaces C and open interest does not change, trading volume increases by 5. Benefits of monitoring open interest By monitoring the changes in the open interest figures at the end of each trading day, some conclusions about the day’s activity can be drawn. Increasing... read more

Trading Holidays-2016 Fellow Traders Official Trading Holiday Calender of Equity,F&O and Currency Derivatives. read more

The Brokerage Calculator You can use our comprehensive brokerage calculator to see how you can trade with almost zero brokerage when trading with us. read more

STT Option Trap As we near the expiry of the February contract, I would like to share with you an option trading trap that all traders must avoid during expiry. read more

February Expiry Early Please note that due to Mahashivratri holiday on Thursday, 27th Feb 2014, February Futures & Options expiry will be on Wednesday, 26th Feb 2014. You can still use our brokerage... read more

Market Holidays 2014 Trading holidays for Equities and Futures & Options for 2014. read more

NIFTY movers and shakers Fellow Traders You are all aware that the NIFTY index is made up of 50 constituent stocks. But you would be surprised to know that the top 10 stocks in NIFTY 50 have a combined weightage of approximately 57%!That means the remaining 40 stocks only have a weightage of 1% of less on average. Following is the list of NIFTY movers and shakers – the top 10 stocks by weightage. As a trader, I like to particularly track these stocks to determine NIFTY movement. One stock which is missing from the top 10 is SBI. SBI stock’s weightage is 1.96%, much lower than what one would expect for India’s largest lender and the largest PSU bank. But nonetheless, traders are well advised to track SBI as well, as it is an important mover and shaker for the NIFTY 50 index. The NIFTY constituent weightage changes on a daily basis based on the market capitalisation and market movement. But the top 10 stocks remain the same, more or less. You can get the daily updated weightage at NSE website . May the odds be ever in your... read more