Chapter 2: Stock Markets: Primer on Trading

Learn how to setup Python connectivity with a broker, fetch financial instruments and get a quick hands-on at placing simple orders. Also, learn about querying margins and calculating brokerage and government taxes.

List of Recipes in this chapter

Setting up Python connectivity with the Broker
Querying a list of Instruments
Fetching an instrument
Querying a list of Exchanges
Querying a list of Segments
Variety Types, Product Types and Order Types
Placing a simple REGULAR order
Placing a simple BRACKET order
Placing a simple INTRADAY order
Placing a simple DELIVERY order
Querying Margins and Funds
Calculating the Brokerage charged
Calculating the government taxes charged

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Requirements

Python 3.7+
Additional Python Packages required for this chapter can be installed as follows -

$ source <virtualenv>           # optional, if you use a virtualenv
$ cd <path-to-this-folder>
$ pip install -r requirements.txt