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Less Margin
Generally, company charges 25% margin while the brokers charge nearly 10%margin from the investors in case of trading in derivatives. Sometimes broker charges negligible amount and he allows trading up to his limit. This shifts the investors from trading online to the trading with the brokers. For example: Local Brokers like MotilalOswal, Ratnakar, PravinRatilal, Khandwala etc. allow trading in shares with less margin and low brokerage.
Customized Advice
Normally, investors would like to take the advice of the broker before taking an investment decision. Internet trading would lack this personal touch. As far as customization of data using data mining is concerned, that would not attract customers looking for something different. Some of the brokers are of the view that they would have to provide advisory services to the customers. But, with increased volumes they will have to balance their preferences and needs of the customers.
Geographical Restriction
To put it simply, e-commerce is buying and selling through electronic medium. There could be not being a better place than the stock market, where tremendous volumes are traded, to exploit the opportunities of e-commerce. But, there are certain inherent characteristics of this market, which make it more vulnerable to risks associated with e-commerce. The market requires knowledge, information, ability to analyze and quick decision-making. This requires utmost care while trading on the net. A single click can make or destroy investor's wealth. E-Trading is a service offered on the Internet for purchase and sale of shares. In the real world, you place orders on your stockbroker verbally (personally or telephonically). In Online Trading, a customer can access a stockbroker's website through his internet-enabled PC and place orders through the broker's internet-based order routing and trading engine. These orders are routed to the Stock Exchange without manual intervention and executed thereon. The order routing to the exchange will happen in a matter of seconds. The order execution once it reaches the exchange system is similar to that of an offline transaction,
Today his dream has become a reality. E-trading has become a way of investing in the developed world and is soon catching on in developing countries too. Since that time, online trading has increased dramatically - according to an unprecedented efficiency and control. Recent estimate, there are 7.8 million individuals trading online, making 807000 trades per day. Currently, there are over 200 broker-dealers providing retail investors with the ability to trade online. Along with the growth in online trading, there has been a surge in investor complaints related to online trading. The downfall of a few international dotcom like Value America Inc, Net Inoperative Ltd, Toysmart.com, boo.com has not diminished the opportunities thrown by internet trading. There are investment banking firms which offer a suit of services such as online trading, research reports, real-time market commentary, Java-based charts, analysis and other professional services. E-Trade has presence in around 119 countries, as one of the renowned players in the international market. E-Trade Securities Inc was floated in 1992 to offer online investing services through America Online and CompuServe and launched www.etrade.com in 1996. Recently, it announced strategic alliances with Wit Sound Vies, the online banking subsidiary of Wit Capital Group Inc, to capitalize on the complementary core strengths of the two groups. TD Waterhouse, the second largest global brokerage, has over 2.9 million customer accounts worldwide and more than $150 billion in customers' assets under administration. In addition to securities trading services, it also provides banking, mutual funds and other financial products/services to its customers.
where a state owned development institution is participating in the equity of a stock broking company. The first net transaction was a trade for 100 shares of Reliance executed by DR Mehta, Chairman, and SEBI for the Chairman of Geojit Securities. Today there are many other big brokerage firms like MotilalOswal, Kotak Securities, SSKI and ICICI Direct running successfully.