Trading is the process of buying and selling of equity shares, futures, forex, options and derivatives, bonds and debts; and commodities and currencies. The entire trading process is based on three fundamental rules such as when to enter the market; when to exit the market and when to stop the trading.

Trading is a good career option for the people who have a genuine interest in stock markets as well as an extra ordinary ability to recognize highly volatile stock market patterns and to foretell market trend based on a careful market analysis; and then act on them with consistency by effectively balancing risks and rewards in the marketplace. This a career you need to start with an initial investment which will be used for trading equity shares, futures, forex, options and derivatives, bonds and debts; and commodities and currencies. A good trader gets guidance from trading charts and financial reports of the companies in which he is interested.

There are two kinds of trading professionals, freelance traders and professional traders. No specific academic qualifications are required to be a freelance or self employed trader. But an academic background in finance and accounting will be an added advantage for them.

Professional qualifications in finance and trading are required to be a professional trader. They are employed by equity firms; corporate firms, stock marketing firms; share trading companies, brokerage houses etc.  Various career options available for them are as Portfolio Execution Trader; Senior Portfolio Sales Trader; Trader-FX Options; Risk Modeler ; Risk Manager; Commodities Trader;  Trader-Derivatives Sales; High Frequency Trader; Manager-High frequency Equity Trading; Portfolio Manager; Tradebook Quantitative Analyst; Trader-Electronic Trading, Manager-Business Development; Sell-Side Rates Strategist; Senior Control Officer – Trades Processing; Operations Control Officer-Trades Processing; Application  Support Analyst; Operations Engineer-Trading Systems Support; Emerging Market Credit Traders; Property  Trader – Corporate and Municipal Bonds; Equity Derivative  Strategist and so on.