Stock market investing\/trading is a systematic and long-term process. In the beginning, making a progress with the stock market might seem to be complicated and risky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember the term \u201clong-term process\u201d. <\/u> It\u2019s not like watching \u2018scam 1922\u2019 and entering into investing world with the high \u201cHarshad\u201d gave. What he did is a \u201cscam\u201d. We aim to do \u201cSystematic trading<\/u>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the system and getting to know the details will make your investment journey sensible and will give you a proper start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is stock market?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stock market is a place where financial instruments are traded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Financial instruments — Stocks, commodities, bonds, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India has two major stock exchanges they are: NSE (national stock exchange) and the BSE (Bombay stock exchange) NSE is the largest with 90% of cash transactions happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All these activities are regulated by a Government body. That is the Securities and exchange board of India (SEBI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of you have already been hearing the terms  Nifty and Sensex. They are called Indices. Nifty is Top 50 stocks by market capitalization on NSE. Whereas, Sensex is top 30 stocks by market capitalization on BSE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SENSEX and NIFTY are commonly seen as benchmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to invest in stock market?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One cannot buy stocks directly from the market, For that, some brokers make transactions for you. Earlier, The process was manual where Brokers were physically making transactions in pen and paper method. But now, everything is online, transparent, and simple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brokers charge  \u201cBROKERAGE FEES\u201d for buying and selling stocks for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many stockbrokers in India like ZERODHA, UPSTOX, GROWW, 5paisa, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A list of Brokerage charges, account opening charges of major brokers are <\/p>\n\n\n\n