Exchange NASDAQ. Everything, what you need to know
In this article we will continue the topic of stock exchanges for beginners ATAS and talk about NASDAQ. Nasdak is
the second largest stock exchange in the world by capitalization, but by the number of companies in the listing, it ranks first. In this article, we have collected the most necessary information., which you need to know, who is interested in Nasdak Stock Exchange.
- what is the Nasdak exchange
- what is the Nasdak index
- what is traded on the stock exchange
- working hours
- quotes
Let's start a little from afar.
By the way, you can read about this and other key indices on NYSE and NASDAQ in our blog articles.
A brief history of the origin of the Nasdaq
The foundation of the American NASDAQ exchange was laid back in 1968 year, when, at the initiative of the US Congress, an analysis of the over-the-counter securities market was carried out by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This was due to the fact, what fin. reports from companies were not provided regularly or were completely absent, and, despite the growth of profits, there was low liquidity and a poor state of the direction in general.
After the analysis, in 1971 year, NASD Automated Quotations OTC electronic securities trading system was created (NASDAQ) in the form of a bulletin board for quotes of dealers and the first transactions were made.
Due to the rapid growth of the American stock exchange since 1982 on 1990 requirements for listing by companies were tightened, and also formed 2 market: NASDAQ National Market (NNM) и Nasdaq Small Cap Market (SCM). This made it possible to spin off small-cap companies.
World's first electronic stock exchange, NASDAQ impressed with its performance. The regulators of the financial markets CFTC and the SEC began to offer her active cooperation., US Treasury, Federal Reserve System.
In June 2009 a record was set on the NASDAQ stock exchange for $9,2 billion in 2,9 seconds! This name is trusted and has a lasting authority.. Every tenth transaction is carried out on this stock exchange.
main index on NASDAQ, which includes 100 the most capitalized companies on the stock exchange
NASDAQ Indices
Various stock indices are also calculated based on the shares quoted on the website., which can be traded with ETF. Thus, we can mark the following indices:
main index on NASDAQ, which includes 100 the most capitalized companies on the stock exchange
NASDAQ 100 — equal weighted index
Similar to the NDX index, the difference is, that the index is calculated based on the average change in stock prices of the companies of this index
NASDAQ-100 Technology sector index
this index includes 100 the most capitalized companies in the tech sector on the stock exchange
NASDAQ biotechnology index
this index includes more than 120 the most capitalized biotech and pharmaceutical companies on the stock exchange
Also on the NASDAQ exchange, you can trade the so-called sectoral indices., These include: real estate sector index, semiconductor technology index, defense sector index, oil and gas services sector index, utility sector, gold and silver sector index.
How to start trading on NASDAQ
For comfortable trading on the NASDAQ exchange and trading stocks in general, are important 2 things:
- good conditions, these are volume commissions, possibility of locates, overnight, % payout, stability of terminals and support;
- knowledge and understanding of how the market works, what determines the price movement, availability of a trading strategy.
Access conditions can be checked, by opening a demo account, and you can get basic and professional knowledge at the Trading School.
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