I would like to trade market/Nifty but not individual stocks as they are very risky compare to the market hence I am not comfortable trading individual stock. I am also looking for some flexibility in terms of holding on my trades as the market can stay at a particular level for a prolonged period of time, therefore, I do not want to trade in futures due to expiry at a time and significantly big position. to overcome these issues I have been reading about various trading instruments as a result I found out about exchange-traded funds(ETFs).
Now i am thinking of trading ETF just like normal stocks but before I begin I would like to know any experiences people may have trading them and i have a question to clarify. can we really trade real-time nifty level in ETFs just to gain marginal moments of the index? if yes and the markets move against me then can I hold on to the position for as long as I want(not thinking of short selling)
If anyone is doing or has done this type of trading in ETFs before please share your valuable experience with me.
Thank you