Why Shares 'Available to Sell' are Different than My Holdings? (2024)

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Why Shares 'Available to Sell' are Different than My Holdings? ›

Why Shares 'Available to Sell' are Different from My Holdings? What Does This Mean? You may have already placed a sell order on NSE/BSE and the order may be open(not executed). You cannot duplicate a sell order that is already in progress.

Stocks that have been bought on a particular day on NSE cannot be sold on BSE on the same day. The same can be sold from the next day onwards. Stocks bought on BSE on a given day cannot be sold on NSE on the same day. This can be done only from the next day.

Holdings refer to a collection of assets you hold. It includes assets like stocks and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). Holdings represent the current ownership of various securities in an investment portfolio. They reflect the number of units or shares held in each security and the total value of those holdings.

If a T2T stock is sold from your holdings and repurchased on the same day, it will not appear in your holdings until it is settled on T+1. Shares' Short-Delivery: If the seller fails to deliver the shares on time, an auction is conducted by the exchange to provide the buyer with the same quantity of shares.

The specific-shares method is a way for individual investors to manipulate their capital gains or losses when selling some, but not all, of their shares of a particular stock. The goal of the specific-shares method is to reduce tax liability in a given year by showing as large a loss or as small a gain as possible.

Stocks will usually recover, even if there are dips, so waiting it out is often your best bet. That is unless you have good reason to believe the stock won't recover. Another way to ride out the dips is to invest in index funds rather than individual stocks because you can spread your risk.

If it turns out that the company isn't performing as planned, you might want to consider selling the stock before the financial situation gets worse. A buy and hold strategy only works if your research is correct and the company continues to execute its business plan and generate earnings.

Shareholders will make capital gains (or losses) when selling shares, and may receive dividends if the company pays them. Shareholders also enjoy certain rights such as voting at shareholder meetings to approve the members of the board of directors, dividend distributions, or mergers.

You can make money in stocks by opening an investing account and then buying stocks or stock-based funds, using the "buy and hold" strategy, investing in dividend-paying stocks and checking out new industries.

Holdings are the contents of an investment portfolio held by an individual or an entity, such as a mutual fund or a pension fund. Portfolio holdings may encompass a wide range of investment products, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, options, futures, and exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Why are my shares locked? ›

Locked-in shares

These are shares that have not been held for the relevant holding period and so cannot be sold or transferred. They may or may not be subject to forfeiture dependent on the type of shares that they are and the length of time they have been held.

You can only withdraw cash from your brokerage account. If you want to withdraw more than you have available as cash, you'll need to sell stocks or other investments first. Keep in mind that after you sell stocks, you must wait for the trade to settle before you can withdraw money from your brokerage account.

If an investor owns a stock, but that stock gets delisted, they still own the stock, but its value is likely to decline significantly. Mandatory delisting is usually viewed as a sign of financial distress and can sometimes signal a forthcoming bankruptcy, which tends to decimate a stock's value.

If a market center starts trading later than market open, you may see delays in your order getting filled. Also, if trading volatility is high, it might prevent the order from filling immediately once the market opens.

Shares with the lowest cost basis are sold first, regardless of the holding period. Shares with a long-term holding period are sold first, beginning with those with the lowest cost basis. Then, shares with a short-term holding period are sold, beginning with those with the lowest cost basis.

KEVIN: A market order is your go-to when you want to get out of a trade as quickly as possible during standard market hours. Generally, they execute immediately, but remember, the trade-off here is price. You will receive the current price, which could be different from the last bid you saw.

The stock you are trying to sell is a trade to trade (T2T) stock. You can sell it only after it has been delivered to your demat account. If you have pledged your shares (to get extra margin against your shares), then you will not be able to sell these shares until they are unpledged.

It is possible that sometimes the "Sell" button is grayed out. This happens when you just bought T2T category stocks. To sell these stocks, you will have to wait till they get delivered to your Demat account as per the SEBI regulation which takes 1 trading day, from the date you place a successful buy order.

When you sell shares from your holdings, the number of shares in the investments (Neo) tab will decrease, and this will be shown as a short position in the positions (Neo) tab. The sale of the share will be seen in your trade book and holdings at the end of the day.