Traditionally, one would pick up the phone and call his broker to place a purchase or sell order.

Obviously, this method had multiple steps, so online trading platforms have taken over the entire trading experience. When a user places an order for buying a particular stock on an online platform, the order gets saved in the database of the trading platform and the exchange platform. If the price matches the order, it gets executed.

Online platforms provide a far more inexpensive and self-learning experience. It is faster and more accurate, which attracts many traders and investors.

Enjoy our user-friendly platforms that provide you with multiple features and help you navigate easily within the session.

Smart orders, saved orders, live portfolio, professional charting tool, exclusive market data, live market prices, facilitation and management of your account have never been easier, along with many more functions only through our platform.

The transfer of ownership mechanism of unlisted companies through the OTC mechanism. This is the mechanism through which a transfer of ownership gets executed.

Over the counter refers to the trading of companies outside of a formal exchange and with the supervision of the exchange regulator.

AF Securities will act as your mediator with the stock exchange and will be able to communicate with you regarding required documents and collection of necessary data of all related parties. Our highly dedicated team will guide you to ensure the completion of the transaction smoothly.

DVP is a settlement method that guarantees the transfer of securities; only happens upon payment.

The process is meant to reduce the risk that stocks could be delivered without payment or that payments could be made without the delivery of stocks.

AF Securities is well established to settle these kinds of transactions. Throughout the years and through its wide range of institutional clients, AF Securities has gained the level of experience that ensures the success of security settlement among its clients.

Margin lending is a type of loan that allows you to borrow money from an entity to invest by using your existing shares as a collateral.

Margin lending is not recommended for beginners; only recommended for professional traders and experienced clients.

The amount you can borrow is based on your net portfolio position whether cash or shares.

If the value of your security drops in relation to the loan amount, this will trigger a margin call and you'll be required to reduce your loan amount or sell part of your investment.

AF Securities offers margin lending whether through the company itself or through one of the authorized banks. Both the company and the bank each has its own set of rules and regulations that the client will abide with and get to know prior to the agreement. If you wish to know more details about such a product, please contact our customer support.

Central Depository activity refers to any activity related to the depository of securities, clearing and settlement of financial positions resulting from trading transactions and the relevant pledge of securities

Our well-trained professionals will lead the whole journey, they will inform you with the required documents, steps, collection and assure the execution of the whole process that will result into dematerializing your shares.

Short selling is a trading strategy where the position is opened by borrowing shares of a stock that the investor believes will decrease in value, then sells them to buyers willing to pay the market price.

The investor will later purchase the same position, in order to return them to the lender. If the price has fallen in the meantime, the investor will have made a profit equal to the difference.

On the contrary if the price has risen in the same period, a loss will be incurred.

AF Securities is one of the early brokerage companies that has obtained the license and have trained its employees to understand and provide depth to such a product whether internally or to its clients.

Same day trading refers to buying then selling or selling short then buying the same security on the same day.

Same day traders depend on short-term trading strategies and intraday technical calls to capitalize on small price movements that occur in highly liquid stocks.

List of the same day trading stocks, referred to as “T+0”, is displayed on the website, with each security showing the maximum number of shares allowed per sell order.

Our automated order ticket will slice your sell quantity to match the maximum number of shares allowed per trade, to benefit out of a quick and accurate experience while trading intraday throughout the session.

Technical analysis along with fundamental analysis are ways used to determine the direction of a stock, hence estimating a target price. It is used to identify trading opportunities by analyzing statistical trends gathered from trading activity, such as price movement and volume.

This kind of analysis believes that past trading activity and price changes of a security can be valuable indicators of the security's future price movements.

Here is our Technical Analysis Centre, where some of Egypt's finest equity analysts bring you intensive technical reports on how the Egyptian stock market is faring, when is the right time to invest, when to execute your order, and more, depending on what kind of investor are you.

Through our tailored multiple communicating channels, you can reach our technical analysis advice and recommendations on the go. We provide a live technical analysis chat, live meetings with our technical analysis Head, and daily on-spot technical reports.

Our technical analysis team regularly covers important market events, economic happenings, and other related news that may affect your investment decisions and portfolio. Our Analysts of the technical research team at AF Securities help our clients to make the right long-term investment decisions and provide short-term trading opportunities.