Top 3 Free Futures & Options trading simulators online

There are many free trading simulators for cash based buying and selling of stocks on virtual money and almost all the popular ones are good without having huge differences. 

But when it comes to Futures and Options (derivative) trading simulators there are not much choices and the virtual world in this space is pretty much occupied by following three. 

Income Tax Calculator Excel (FY 2013 - 2014)

With financial year ending on 31st March 2013, if you have been thinking of how much is your income tax liability for the current financial year then here is a calculator in excel format to help you with that. It's an extremely easy to use calculator and helps you not only in assessing your income tax liability for the current financial year 2013-14 but also let's you tweak numbers under different head and plan investments accordingly. 

The income tax slabs were revised in budget 2012 and the limits were raised marginally. However there will be more savings for people earning more than 8 lakh per annum.The revised slab for the current assessment year i.e AY 2013 - 2014 is:

How to watch CNBC TV18 live on Internet

Like me there are many investors and traders in India and abroad who wants to stay tuned to their favourite stock market or business news channel,  on their phones, tablets or laptops via Internet, while travelling. 

In India CNBC TV18 has the largest markets share and many people like me start their morning by not listening to bhajans but CNBC TV18. 

Sometimes I have to travel for hours while the market is open and I felt a dire need to watch CNBC TV18 on the go as I used to miss important trades due to sudden news and updates about companies, sectors or economy. 

Real time crude oil prices: Short and long term charts

Crude oil, often termed as black gold, is the most tracked commodity in the world. Indian Economy is almost entirely dependent on crude for its energy need. Crude prices are almost inversely related to equity markets and hence affects both commodity and equity investors. Hence if you are a regular crude oil watcher and it movement affects you then don't forget to bookmark this page to keep a tap on the real time prices and it's short term and long terms trends. In the following chart just hover your mouse on the period and the chart for that period will load instantly.

Home Loan Calculator with EMI Comparison Feature

Several Home Loan Calculators are available on internet for calculating your EMI (Equated Monthly Installments) obligation for taking a Home loan. 
InvestorZclub brings to you an advanced mortgage calculator which will not only calculate your EMI obligation but will also help you in comparing the EMI's for different rates, tenure and principals in the same window so that you can decide better based on your pocket.

Online Trading Simulator

If you are new to stock trading and has been looking for a trading simulation to understand how trading happens before investing your real money, then you are at the right place. 

The following trading simulator helps you understand the trading system, setup and software: Online Trading Simulation

Gold and Silver Price Widget by Google: Best Precious Metals Gadget

Precious metals like Gold, Silver and Platinum are no longer just a physical instrument for investment but are being traded globally in huge volumes by traders and investors for both speculation and investment purposes. 

The price movements in these metals also affects movements in other asset classes such as equities, currencies etc. Thus it becomes very essential to keep track of their price movements whether you trade in them or not. 

Income Tax Calculator 2012 - 2013

The personal Income tax slabs have been revised in budget 2012. Though the limits have been raised marginally, there will be more savings for people earning more than 8 lakh per annum.

• The basic Income tax exemption limit raised to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 1.8 lakh.
• Rs 2 lakh - 5 lakh taxed at 10%.
• Rs 5 Lakh - 10 lakh at 20%. Previous year band was 5 lakh  - 8 Lakh.
• Above Rs 10 lakh taxed at 30%.

Millionaire or Crorepati Calculator

Want to be a millionaire? This calculator calculates how much to invest every month to reach the magical figure of INR 1 crore or $1 million.

Present Value Calculator

Present Value Calculator calculates the present investment needed to reach a specific amount at a future date. This calculator can also be used to gauge the worth of your future receivable today discounted based on say inflation rate. For example if you are expecting X amount after 10 years, what will be the true worth of that amount after 10 years based on todays purchasing power.

You no longer need MS excel to do this calculation, instead you can use the following programmed calulator to calculate the present value.

Free Technical Analysis of Indian Stock Market - Software / Online

For all budding Technical Analysts and Chartists there is always a question on where to do real time technical analysis on Indian stocks and that too without incurring any cost. Many people end up buying expensive softwares which promise lot of advanced automatic analysis and recommendations but practically speaking no such software is ever built that will give you sure shot recommendations. Its upto the analyst to arrive at conclusion based on the evident patterns.

The world's biggest and most successful chartists still prefer to do technical analysis on paper. But now a days with advanced software technologies lot of time can be saved if charts and patterns are plotted using computers. Now why pay for charting softwares when you can perform fairly high level of technical analysis online and that to absolutely free.

Following are some of my preferred places where you can perform free technical analysis of Indian Markets and Stocks online.

1 Year / 5 Year / 10 Year / 20 Year / 30 Year Gold Technical Chart

Gold Technical Analysis Charts - Short term and Long term