What is Brokerage: Definition & Meaning Explained

Iceberg Order

An Iceberg Order is used to slice and execute large orders into multiple “legs”. Large orders have the potential to drastically affect stock prices and subsequently investor behaviour.

That’s why institutional investors or traders with a relatively large buy or sell order place an Iceberg Order, thus masking their total transaction value and effectively going under the radar.

Brokers and trading platforms offer Iceberg Orders as a feature, which is activated after a certain quantity of scrips or contracts are selected, typically above 100.

Arbitrage

Arbitrage is a strategy where a security is bought in one market and sold in another market to generate profits due to the difference in price. This difference is known to be minor.

Say for example a share trades at Rs. 1000 on NSE and Rs. 1002 on BSE. The share can be arbitraged by buying it on BSE and selling it on BSE for a profit of Rs. 2.

Draft Offer Document

A draft offer document is the preliminary version of the IPO document that a company must file with SEBI 21 days before submitting the actual IPO document. The draft offer document is open to the public for comments during the 21 -day period. SEBI may suggest changes to the draft offer document in this period.

Foreign Portfolio Investment

A Foreign Portfolio Investment includes stocks, bonds, ETFs, derivatives, and other financial instruments from another country. Generally, FPIs do not give an investor the right to ownership or a controlling stake in any organization. Instead, FPIs act as a passive income vehicle. That’s why FPIs are different to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in which an ownership stake is acquired with the intention of controlling and influencing business decisions.

Abc Wave Theory

Abc Wave Theory or Elliot Wave Theory is used to determine the direction of the stock market by identifying recurring waves or patterns over the long term. The theory is named after Ralph Nelson Elliott.

5 Motive or Impulse Waves are formed if the movement is in the direction of the trend. 3 Corrective Waves are formed if the movement is against the direction of the trend.

Beta Stocks

Beta of stocks measures the risk that the shares carry compared to the broader market. Theoretically, the market is said to have a default Beta of 1. As a result, Beta stocks can be of four types:

High Beta Stocks : typically having a Beta value of more than 1, these stocks are known to be high-risk, high-reward investments
Low Beta Stocks : typically having a Beta value of less than 1, these stocks are known to be low-risk, low-reward investments
Negative Beta Stocks : typically having a Beta value of less than zero, these stocks are known to have an inverse correlation with the market
Same as the market : typically having a Beta that’s equal to 1, these stocks are known to share characteristics with the market

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