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INTRODUCTION

The trading on stock exchange in INDIA used to take place through open outcry method without use of information technology for immediate matching or recording of trades. This was time consuming and inefficient. This imposed limits on trading volumes and efficiency. In order to provide efficiency, liquidity, and transparency NSE and BSE introduced nation wide online fully automated SCREEN BASED TRADING SYSTEM

SCREEN BASED TRADING


NSEs screen based trading is known as NEAT-

National exchange for automated trading. BSES screen based trading is known as BOLTBombay online trading.

MECHANISM OF ONLINE TRADING


NSE has main computer which is connected through VERY SMALL APERTURE TERMINAL(VSAT) installed at its office. THE main computer runs on a fault tolerant STRATUS mainframe computer at the exchange. Brokers have terminals installed at their premises which are connected through VSATS.

HOW TO PLACE ORDER


An investor informs broker to place an order on his behalf. The broker enters the order through his PC, which runs under windows NT and sends signal to the satellite via VSAT. The signal is directed to mainframe computer at NSE via VSAT at NSEs office. A message relating to the order activity is broad casted to respective member.

To enter a buy order

BASIS OF OPERATION
The online trading operates on the strict basis of PRICE PRIORITY and TIME PRIORITY

LOGGING ON
On starting NEAT application, the logon screen appears with the following details. USER ID TRADING MEMBER ID PASSWORD NEW PASSWORD

TERMINOLOGIES OF ONLINE TRADING


Snap quote:- feature available to get instantaneous

market information on a desired security. Active and Passive orders:- when any order enters the trading system, it is an active order. It tries to find a match on the other side of books. If it finds a match trade is generated, if does not finds match it turns to passive order which is stored in order book.

Circuit breakers:-

MOVEMENT

TIME

FREEZED

Started implementing compulsorily from July 02, 2001. The circuit breakers will be operated at the three stages of INDEX movement, either way viz at 10%, 15%, 20%.

10%

PRIOR 1pm AFTER 1pm

1 HOUR HOUR

15%

PRIOR 1pm AFTER 1pm2pm AFTER 2pm

2 hours 1 hour Freezed for the day

20%

ANY TIME

FREEZED FOR THE DAY

Thank You

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