Trends in market participation
Stock market participation, refers to the number of agents who buy and sell equity backed securities either directly or indirectly in a financial exchange. Earlier market was known for trading of an stocks (securities) and bonds etc. These days participation in stock market is one kind of hobby and people are investing for easy way of money making. The trend changes every morning, if market opens positive way people start to buy securities or else if market trend is on down side people tend to sell or short the securities without any holdings. while some people tend to buy securities when market trend is on down side keeping long-term investment in mind. If the people are not happy with the market fluctuation they convert their holdings into BTST, Intraday, or Longterm.
Participants are generally subdivided into three distinct sectors; households, institutions, and foreign traders. Direct participation occurs when any of the above entities buys or sells securities on its own behalf on an exchange. Indirect participation occurs when an institutional investor exchanges a stock on behalf of an individual or household. Indirect investment occurs in the form of pooled investment accounts, retirement accounts, and other managed financial accounts.
