A Study on Problems and Prospects of Online Stock Trading in Solan Town of Himachal Pradesh

The study was conducted in Solan town of Himachal Pradesh, it explore various practices which can help to educate an investor so that problem of trading can be overcome and its scope can be highlighted. For this study, sample size was 120 which was taken from Solan town of Himachal Pradesh. The study was undertaken with the objective of understanding the advantages, disadvantages and future prospects of online trading. The study has observed that maximum respondents were of the age group 30–40 years and also observed that changes in the income reflect that more people start investing as there income increases. Government officials were largely inclined for investment options involving high risk investment. Eagerness was seen among the investors to at least get back the amount they had invested. The investors’ seen to be satisfied by the types of choices available to them. New trading mechanism can be formed to allow the trading of stocks in the world's global companies. Non adopters can be encouraged to trade online by offering incentives. As hacking is very common in case of online trading so there is a need to review the security system.