J.D.

BIRLA INSTITUTE
SYLLABUS FOR NEW CURRICULUM UNDER NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY

COURSE: BBA (Hons)

YEAR: 1st │SEMESTER: II
NAME OF SUBJECT: Investing in Stock Market (Theory)
SUBJCET CODE: BBA 205 (SEC)
Credit: 03 │Marks: 100│ Lectures per week: 03 │Duration per lecture: 01 hour

Programme Specific Outcome:

The objective of the course is to introduce the different facets of actual trading. The students will be
taught different types of trading strategies, as well as a concrete build-up of positions. Another objective
is to educate the students to the notion of balance between risk and reward, to give them a framework that
can help them when they decide to do investments (in a professional OR personal way).

Course Outcome:
CO1: Understand overall share market.
CO2: Identify the trends, support, and resistance in the Stock Market.
CO3: Understand how to build portfolio and investment decision in appropriate manner.
CO4: Develop skill of identification of candlesticks and chart patterns.

Course Structure
Units Content Course No. of Weightage
Outcome Lectures of (%)
01 Hour
Duration
I Organization and functioning Stock Exchange
Introduction; Primary Vs Secondary market; The
types of trade securities; Stock market in India; CO1 08 19%
Functions of stock market

II Stock market operations

Brokers and Client Acquisition; The responsibilities
of a broker; Client Acquisition Process, Power of
Attorney; Trade Execution, Trading System, Order
Matching Rules; Order Conditions; Time
Conditions, A Day order, IOC; Price Conditions,
1Limit Price/Order, Market Price/Order, Stop Loss
(SL) Price/Order; Trading session; Order Entry
Period; Order Matching Period; Continuous
Trading Session; What is Online Trading; Contract CO1, CO2 10 24%
notes; Benefits of Online Trading; Terms related
with stock markets; Bull Market (Bullish); Bear
Market (Bearish); Trend, Face value of a stock, 52
week high/low, All time high/low, Upper
Circuit/Lower Circuit, Long Position, Short
position, Intraday position, Volume, Market
Segment, Capital Market, Futures and Options,
Whole sale Debt Market

III Clearing & Settlement of Securities

Clearing Corporation, Clearing Members,
Custodians, Clearing Banks Depositories; The
CO1, CO2 08 19%
core processes involved in clearing and settlement,
Settlement Cycle; Risk Management; Structure Of
Clearing account; Overview of trading, clearing &
 settlement systems at stock exchanges - a
depository perspective; Off market transfers; SEBI
Risk Management System

IV Philosophy of Stock Market Analysis

Dow Theory; Price, Trend Lines, Support and
Resistance; Classical Chart Patterns; Candlestick CO2,
10 24%
Analysis; Gap Theory; Indicators & Oscillators; CO3, CO4
Fibonacci and Financial Markets

V (a) Investor Protection - Role of SEBI and stock

exchanges in investor protection; Investor
grievances and their redressal system, insider
CO2,
trading, investors’ awareness and activism 6 14%
CO3, CO4
(b) Live market trading sessions

TOTAL LECTURES (Over 14 weeks) 42 hours

Assignments
1 MCQ / Quiz 4th Week
2 PPT Presentation 8th Week
3 Report / Case Study 12th Week
Tutorials 15th Week

Reference Source
1 Jones CP. 2001. Investments Analysis and Management. John Wiley & Sons
2 Chandra Prasanna. 2021. Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management. McGraw Hill
3 Rustogi RP. 2021. Fundamentals of Investment. Sultan Chand & Sons.
4 Vohra ND and B.R. Bagri BR. 2017. Futures and Options. McGraw Hill
5 Mayo. 2016. An Introduction to Investment. Cengage Learning