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All you need to know about the Kotak Stock Trader App

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Kotak Securities has come up with a great way to let you keep track of your investments with the Kotak Stock Trader [KST] mobile app. This app is available on Android, Windows, as well as iOS platforms.

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The KST app aids all investors to trade in the stock market with just a touch. This app allows you to trade in different investments like derivatives, currency derivates, and equities. There are many features of this app that lets you seamlessly keep a track of all your investments.

Given below are some of the features of the Kotak Stock Trader [KST] mobile app

Track your portfolio

If you want to check how your investments are performing, you may keep a track of your position and current holdings directly from the mobile trading app.

Online trading

The app allows you to buy or sell securities from Bombay Stock Exchange [BSE] as well as National Stock Exchange [NSE]. You may cancel or modify any order that you have placed. Additionally, you may also set stop loss price and trigger price for your investments.

Fund transfer

With the KST stock trading app, you may transfer funds from your bank account to your online trading account and vice versa. You may also move funds from your bank account to your mutual funds account.

Live stock market data

This app provides you with all the information you need for making an informed investment decision. You get access to live quotes, intraday charts, and market tips. You may even track the movement of the market and get real-time updates on the Indices. This share market app also enables you to get scripts on the exchanges with the help of line charts, candlestick charts, or Open High Low Close [OHLC] charts.

Creation of watch-lists

If you are interested in keeping track of a select number of investments, you may track the script by making a personalized watchlist. You may also have access to the default watchlists. Besides, keep track of your transactions in the ‘My Positions’ and ‘My Investments’ sections of the app.

Check your margin

The KST app has a feature that lets you check the available funds you have and your total margin. All you have to do is click on the ‘Available Funds’ section of the app and it shows you all the information you need about the limits available against the shares in your account.

Secure data

All your information and transaction done through this app are completely secure. The app does customer authentication by using three steps – your User ID, the password for the website, and finally the security key code. For increased safety, you have to sign in every time in order to use this app. The device that you install this app on does not store any details of your sessions.

The session gets automatically terminated after an idle period of 30 minutes. The app is secured by HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure [HTTPS] and it uses the order routing system of Kotak Securities. For utmost security, this app uses Advanced Encryption Standard [AES] 128 bit, which is the highest level of encryption.

Notifications for new versions

To make sure that you always have the best functioning and most updated version of the app, Kotak sends you notifications whenever a new and better version is released.

While there are many stock trading and mutual fund apps in the market, this app by Kotak Securities makes your stock trading easy. It has several benefits, too. Some of them are:

  1. It is suitable for all investors, be it a beginner or an expert.
  2. You have the option to choose the platform from which you get your updates. You may choose from the Times of India, Economic Times, or Money Control.
  3. You have the ability to connect to live TV 24*7. This facility is provided by Bloomberg TV.
  4. You get the features and benefits of a complete online trading platform. All of this from the convenience of your mobile phone.
  5. This app also allows you to rectify or cancel a trade or transaction you are doing even though you may not be near the trading terminal.

This app is very useful and convenient for all those who deal with the stock market. What’s more, is that the complete version of this app is absolutely free for all customers of Kotak Securities online trading.

Those who are customers of Kotak Securities in the offline mode or even those who are not customers have access to a limited version of this app. It is available for download on all the major application stores. All you have to do is sign in as a guest user and you will be able to carry out several functions like tracking markets, checking the stock prices, creating watchlists, as well as viewing the intraday charts for the scripts that are listed on BSE and NSE.