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Stocks

Shares and exchange-traded funds in the cash segment, with delivery and intraday product types.

The market

What stocks trading is

Buying a share makes you a part-owner of a company. Its price reflects what the market collectively thinks that ownership is worth — driven by earnings, growth, competition, management decisions, and the broader economy.

Shares in the cash segment can be held indefinitely. There is no expiry, no rollover and no forced exit date, which makes them the one instrument here that can genuinely be bought and simply kept.

Exchange-traded funds trade exactly like shares but hold a basket — an index, a sector, or a commodity. They are the usual route to broad exposure without picking individual companies.

What you can trade

Stocks instruments

Every contract listed here is a real, checkable instrument on the exchange beside it. Availability depends on the segments enabled on your account.

RELIANCEReliance Industries

TCSTata Consultancy Services

HDFCBANKHDFC Bank

INFYInfosys

ICICIBANKICICI Bank

ETFsExchange-traded funds

Contract type: Shares and exchange-traded funds, cash segment
Exchanges: NSE and BSE
Minimum quantity: One share — no lot size in the cash segment
Product types: Delivery (carried as a holding) or Intraday (squared off in session)
Settlement: Shares credited on the exchange settlement cycle
Expiry: None — a holding can be kept indefinitely

Contract specifications are set by the exchange and revised periodically. The current lot size, tick size and expiry for any contract are shown on the instrument and carried through to the order ticket.

On the platform

How stocks works here

Delivery or intraday

Choose whether a position closes within the session or carries across sessions as a holding. Intraday positions square off at the end of the session, as they would on any desk.

Full order lifecycle

Orders rest, trigger, fill, get modified and get cancelled — and every state is visible in the order book rather than inferred.

Costs before you commit

Brokerage and statutory charges are itemised on the ticket for the exact order you are about to place, and again on the contract note.

Each instrument reports whether its own segment is currently trading, and when the next session opens — shown live on the instrument and on the order ticket.

Before you trade

What can go against you

Every market has its own ways of losing money. These are the ones specific to this segment.

A share can fall a long way and stay there. Unlike a derivative there is no expiry forcing a resolution, which also means a losing position can be held far longer than it should be.
Individual companies carry risk that the index does not — a fraud, a failed product, a regulatory action or a debt problem can hit one company while the market rises.
Intraday positions are squared off automatically at the end of the session. If the market has moved against you, that exit happens at whatever price is available, not at a price you chose.
Smaller companies can be hard to exit. Low traded volume means a sell order may only fill at a materially worse price, or in parts.

Questions

Stocks questions

Delivery means the shares are carried as a holding and can be kept indefinitely. Intraday means the position must close within the same session; anything still open is squared off automatically at the end of it. The choice is made on the order ticket before you place the order.