The BSE Online Trading (BOLT) was set up to facilitate trading in securities by investors located nationwide and also to enable:
• Automatic order matching and faster e x e cution of trades
• Eliminate the subjectivity of the existing trading system
• Enhance market quality through improved liquidity
• Facilitate more efficient processing
• Handle growing volumes easily
• Increase market transparency
• Provide Management Information Systems (MIS)
• Reduce settlement risks due to open trades
• Support nationwide expansion of market activity

The salient features of the system include,

• The system allows complete transparent mode for each order e x e c ution
• Trading hours have been increased, which under the open-outcry system trading was limited to two hours
• Processing speed coupled with extended trading hours has ensured that most orders get e x e c uted on a daily basis
• Orders are matched in less than on e - t e n th of a second

trade in forex requires much experience in similar trading environments elsewhere. Before starting out on a trade in forex, it is better to start off in the online stock trade. The trade in forex is now almost a 24/7 affair across the world.