Learning The Tricks Of The Trade

Sandeep Sahal, a third-year BCom student from the University of Calcutta, recently started trading in the stock market after finishing a six-month certification course in research trading and advisory from online learning platform Elearnmarkets. A chartered accountant aspirant, Sahal took up the course as he hopes to make some extra money through trading even after he starts working. Sahal is among a new breed of stock market investors who started online trading during the lockdown. As they worked or studied from their smart devices and saved on discretionary and travel expenses, they took to stock trading with the extra money and time in hand. According to figures released by the capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), close to 15 million new investors entered the market between April 2020 and August 2021. Data from the Central Depositories Services...