Trading Basics
Order types, execution mechanics, and the trading workflow every Indian trader should know.
Market vs Limit Order: When to Use Each
The simplest two orders on the screen, and the small choice that quietly decides what price you actually pay.
Stop Loss Order: SL vs SL-M Explained
Trigger price, limit price, market execution: the tiny field most traders fill wrong and pay for later.
Cover Order (CO): How It Works on Indian Brokers
Built-in stop loss, lower margin, and the leverage trap that catches every new intraday trader.
Bracket Order (BO): And Why Most Brokers Killed It
Entry + target + stop loss in one order, and the SEBI margin rule that removed it from every major broker in 2020.
After Market Order (AMO): Full Guide
How to place orders when the market is closed, and what actually happens to them at 9:15 the next morning.
GTT (Good Till Triggered): How It Works
One trigger you can leave running for a year, and the practical setup beginners get wrong on day one.
IOC vs Day Order: What Changes
One survives till market close, the other dies in milliseconds, and when each actually matters.
CNC vs MIS: The Most-Confused Pair on Zerodha Kite
Delivery vs intraday: what each does to your position, your margin, and your tax treatment.
BTST and STBT: What They Really Mean
Buy today, sell tomorrow, and the settlement-cycle quirk that makes one common and the other illegal.
Iceberg Orders: Why Big Players Use Them
Splitting a 50,000-share order into 50 quiet slices: the order type institutions use to hide their size.
Disclosed Quantity Orders Explained
The order type that lets you show the market only part of what you’re trading, and why retail rarely needs it.
Trailing Stop Loss: Setup and Pitfalls
A stop loss that walks behind your profits, until a normal market swing knocks you out for no reason.