Scalping

Scalping is an extremely short-term trading strategy where traders aim to profit from very small price movements—often just a few paise or ticks—by executing a large number of trades throughout the trading session. Scalpers typically hold positions for seconds to a few minutes at most, relying on tight bid-ask spreads, high liquidity, and fast trade execution to accumulate small gains that add up over many trades. It demands intense focus, extremely fast reflexes, a direct market access platform with minimal latency, and strict discipline to cut losing trades immediately. Scalping is most commonly practised in highly liquid instruments like Nifty and Bank Nifty futures, where spreads are narrow and order execution is near-instantaneous.