An Introduction To Stock Trading
As a shareholder of a company XYZ if you wish to sell the shares in the company then you will need to either contact the potential buyers directly and if you do not know them personally then you willl put out an advertisement in newspaper etc. if somebody is willing to buy the shares should come forward. That is a cumbersome method of buying and selling.
Stock exchange is the place which will provide an opportunity for the buyers to meet the sellers. That is why the name stock exchange.
Nyse provides such a place where buyers meet the sellers and then the shares are exchanged. The people who can can exchange these shares are known as floor brokers and they only can enter the tradimg arena. This trading arena is a secure place which is also called the trading spot for each particular stock.
At this particular trading spot there is person called the specialist whose job is to match the buyers and the sellers. No the tricky question is how much you should be selling it for or buying it for that particular stock and the method is called the auction method on the New York Stock Exchange. This auction method means that the current price is highest amount that a buyer is willing to pay and the lowest price at which you will be willing to sell. One the deal is struck the information is relayed back to the brokerage firm which in turn sends it to the client.
So it is mainly human interaction as you can see from the explanation above but this does not mean that there is no technology involved at all. In fact, there is technology involved in each and every step of the process from entering the orders to routing the orders to specialist and then sending it back to exchange and the broker firm.
As a beginner if you are looking to trade at NYSE you should see which are brokers associated with NYSE and then route your orders through them.






































