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Scalping

Scalping the market usually involves high frequency trading. The objective is to trade very actively to make small and very frequent profits. Traders that use this trading style are looking to take advantage of the smallest price fluctuations in the market.  A trader or a trading robot could make hundreds of trades per day. Scalpers and high frequency trading robots typically have tight stop losses and very small profit targets. This is your rapid fire style of trading and the duration of trades can range from seconds to maybe up to an hour. It depends on the technology used and market conditions. This type of trading is nearly all technical based and trading is usually done on sub 15 minute charts. Latency and price slippage can critically affect this type of trading style. Any delays in execution can result in a significantly worse price. Which can mean the difference between a profit and a loss. Scalping is also the most sensitive to changes in liquidity and widenin

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What is a Stock

The stock market refers to the collection of markets and exchanges where regular activities of buying, selling, and issuance of shares of publicly-held companies take place. A stock market is a similar designated market for trading various kinds of securities in a controlled, secure and managed the environment. Since the stock market brings together hundreds of thousands of market participants who wish to buy and sell shares, it ensures fair pricing practices and transparency in transactions. While earlier stock markets used to issue and deal in paper based physical share certificates, the modern day computer aided stock markets operate electronically. They perform several functions in markets, including efficient price discovery and efficient dealing. There are many different types of players associated with the stock market. Each has a play unique role, but many of the roles are intertwined and depend on each other to make the market run effectively.