Omnesys Technologies Pvt.
Ltd
NEST PLUS
Simulated Trading User Manual
(Sim Trade)
July, 2011
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DOCUMENT Simulated Trading(Sim Trade) user manual.
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VERSION This document explains about the features and functionality of Simulated
NOTES Trading.
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Simulated or SIM Trade is an educative tool that simulates live market prices in a virtual
environment that allow users to learn and understand the nuances of trading.
GETTING STARTED WITH SIM TRADE:
User needs to have a Nest Plus or Nse Paathshaala login account to use Sim Trade.
New registration needs to activate the Nest Plus or Nse Paathshaala account using the
activation link sent on registered email id.
To use Simulated or SIM Trade, the user needs to log-in to Nest Plus Website @
[Link]
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Go to Sim Trade listed under Tools of The Trade.
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Facilities in Sim Trade:
1. Each user account shall be provided 5,00,000 as virtual cash.
2. Users can place orders in 3 segment i.e. Equity (CM), NFO and Currency
Derivatives(CDS)
3. Users can place Market Orders and Limit Orders.
4. Market orders shall be executed promptly.
5. Limit orders will get executed at the price entered by the user. A Buy order will get
executed if the limit price is greater than or equal to the LTP and a Sell order will
get executed if the limit price is less than or equal to the LTP.
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6. Limits orders shall move to the “Order Book”. Users can modify and cancel the
order till the order is lying open in the order book.
7. Once the order is executed the same shall move from “open” order book to
“position” book.
8. Cash shall be appropriated for each position taken by the user.
9. For Orders that are lying open, the amount shall be blocked and shall display as
“holding” value in “Account Summary”.
10. Users cannot place orders for securities more than the Cash limit available after
taking into account the orders pending for execution.
11. Users also cannot initiate a sell order without having holding positions(For Equity).
12. If after placing an order, the order does not appear in the order book after 30 secs,
please check the screen to view the status of the order
13. Profit & Losses shall be marked at the close of each position in CM and at end of
the day on outstanding derivatives positions.
Market Close: At the end of trading day, the virtual market shall close and
outstanding positions shall be carried forward to the next trading date. Users
can log-in the next day to begin trading.
The timings are as under:
Segment Open Close
Equity 9.15 am 3.30 pm
Derivative 9.15 am 3.30 pm
Currency 9.00 am 5.00 pm
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USER NAVIGATION:
Creating a Watch List:
To start trading you need to set up a watch list to be able view the prices of securities. A
max of 30 securities can be added to 1 watch. Only 1 watch is active at any point of time,
Hence to be able to monitor the prices the watch should be “Set as default”.
Select the button appearing in the top row as indicated in the image below.
Provide a name for the watch, that does not contains spaces or special characters. Click on
Create.
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Adding Securities to the watch List:
You can add securities immediately after creating a watch list or you may add securities to
the “default” watch list by selecting “Add Scrips” from the buttons available in the top row.
Select “Equity” for Cash market, “F&O” for “Equity Futures & Options” and “CDS” for
currency derivatives and interest rate futures. Interest Rate Futures are available within
CDS option.
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Securities shall appear in the default watch only after clicking on the “Add to Market
Watch” button.
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Deleting securities from the market watch:
Click on the security and the row shall get selected. Right click and select the “Remove
Scrip option to delete the security from a watch list.
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Set to default to view live prices:
User can create multiple of watch lists. To change the default watch list on the page, simply
select the watch list created from the table and select the one desired. The selected watch
row shall appear banded. Click on “Set as default”. To change, select another row and
click “Set as default”. This allows users to toggle between watch lists.
Toggling between watch lists:
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Watch list view:
The default watch shall appear in the left hand side of the page and shall display the live
prices.
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Functions available in watch list:
Select a row by clicking on it (the pointer arrow should display). After the row is selected
(should appear in blue) right click on it to see the following option .
1. Remove Scrip : to remove a security from the watch list
2. Place Buy Order: to place a buy order – same as “B” in the watch list.
3. Place Sell Order: to place a sell order – same as “S” in the watch list.
4. Get Quote : to view the trade information
5. MBP : The MMBP page displays the additional trade information like Weighted
Average Price, Volume and Trades for the security and the order book depth for Best 5
bids and offers. Scroll down to see the best 5 bids/offers in the Market.
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Quote:
MBP:
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Scrolling down in MBP provides BEST 5 BUY and SELL:
Intra – Day Chart:
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PLACING ORDERS:
Placing orders can be done by selecting the “B / S” against the security. “B” for Buy and “S”
for Sell. Once the order is placed, you can modify the order or cancel the same. The status
of each order appears in the window.
For derivative contracts the minimum quantity is displayed by default, you may place orders
only in multiples of the same.
Placing a buy order:
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Selecting a price type:
In price type 4 options are available:
a. Limit: To place a limit order. You need to enter the price up to 22 decimal places.
b. Market: To place an order at the prevailing market rate. You will not be asked to enter
the price.
c. SL-L : Stop Loss – Limit. To place an order where you can enter the price and place a
trigger price lower than the actual price to prevent the order from executing at loss.
SL – M : Stop Loss -Market . To place an order at the market. Here only the trigger price
lower than the prevailing rate can be specified.
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Placing a Sell order:
Selecting a price type:
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In price type 4 options are available:
a. Limit: To place a limit order. You need to enter the price upto 22 decimal places.
b. Market: To place an order at the prevailing market rate. You will not be asked to enter
the price.
c. SL-L : Stop Loss – Limit. To place an order where you can enter the price and place a
trigger price higher than the actual price to prevent the order from executing at loss.
d. SL – M : Stop Loss -Market . To place an order at the market.. Here only the trigger price
higher than the prevailing rate can be specified.
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ORDER BOOK:
The Open Order book displays the status of every order placed in the account. Open
orders are available for modification or cancellation. Scroll horizontally to access the
modification/cancellation field in the page. You can modify limit orders to market orders.
Rejected orders reasons are available in the last column. Please use the cancel/modify
option carefully, as once clicked the same cannot be reversed, and confirmation is not
sought before proceeding. To sort the view click on the headers in the respective column
=> ex. Order No. or Order date.
The Open Order book can be invoked from the below displayed screen shot. Click on +
icon.
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To Modify or cancel the Open orders scroll horizontally and click on M or C
accordingly.
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POSITION BOOK:
The position book displays the positions held by the account holder.. The Position book
reflects the holdings of each security Bought/Sold; it computes the Average Price and
displays the Mark to Market for each position.
The red and blue banding indicates MTM profit (blue) or loss (red), which allows users to
know their net positions upfront.
The BEP indicates the ““Break-even price/point” at which the security should be bought /
sold to earn a profit.. Net Value column displays the total holding.
A positive position indicates – cash inflow and the negative position indicates – cash
outflow.
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ACCOUNT SUMMARY:
The Account Summary updates when your position book value changes. On execution of
an order in the Cash market the amount is displayed as “Holding Value”.
For positions in derivatives like F&O or currency the same is shown as Margin value.
Profit/Loss arising from squaring-up a position is reflected under “Gain/Loss”. If by squaring
off the position the net MTM, results in a loss the amount shall be deducted from the
“Available Funds”, if the same results in Profit the additional funds shall be added to the
“Available Funds”. The available funds is the clear amount available for placing orders.
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ENABLING/ DISABLING WIDGETS:
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