Equity Trading on WebNotes

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The BSE Limited (formerly the Bombay Stock Exchange) is Asia’s oldest stock exchange, established in 1875 on Dalal Street, Mumbai, under the name “The Native Share and Stock Brokers’ Association.” BSE holds the distinction of being the first exchange in India to receive a permanent recognition under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SCRA 1956) and operates the SENSEX, formally the S&P BSE SENSEX, which is the most widely followed barometer of the Indian equity market and one of the oldest equity indices in Asia.

BTST (Buy Today Sell Tomorrow) on Zerodha

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

BTST (Buy Today Sell Tomorrow) is a trading strategy in which an investor buys equity shares on one day and sells them on the next trading day, before the purchased shares are credited to their demat account through the normal settlement cycle. On Zerodha, BTST trades are executed using the CNC product code for both the buy and the subsequent sell order.

Under India’s T+1 settlement framework, shares bought on Day 0 (T) are credited to the buyer’s demat account on Day 1 (T+1). BTST involves selling these shares on Day 1 before the credit arrives, technically selling shares that are in the pipeline of settlement rather than in the demat account. This creates a specific settlement risk called short delivery.

Kite Web (Zerodha browser trading terminal)

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Kite Web is the browser-based trading terminal component of the Kite platform operated by Zerodha, accessible at kite.zerodha.com. It is a single-page application that runs in any modern web browser without installation, providing real-time market data, charting, order placement, portfolio tracking, and back-office access for clients trading in NSE and BSE equities, equity derivatives, currency derivatives, and commodity derivatives on MCX.

Kite Web is one of two primary client interfaces in Zerodha’s platform; the other is the Kite Mobile app for Android and iOS. The web terminal is designed for clients who prefer a large-screen trading environment with multi-chart layouts and detailed watchlists. Both interfaces share the same underlying data feeds, order management system, and authentication layer, ensuring consistent behaviour and data synchronisation across devices.

Market order on Kite

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A market order is an instruction to a stockbroker or trading platform to buy or sell a financial instrument immediately at the best price currently available in the market. On Kite, the trading platform operated by Zerodha, a market order is placed by selecting “MARKET” in the order type dropdown. The exchange matching engine fills the order at whatever bid (for a sell) or ask (for a buy) is sitting at the top of the order book at the moment the order reaches the exchange.

National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) is the country’s largest stock exchange by trading volume and the world’s largest derivatives exchange by number of contracts traded in several recent years. Headquartered at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai, NSE was incorporated in 1992 and received recognition as a stock exchange under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SCRA 1956) in April 1993, commencing operations in the wholesale debt market in June 1994 and in the equity cash segment in November 1994.