The process of stock trading has of course evolved a lot over the years as technology as developed. In the early part of the 20th century you had to visit a stock brokers office or trading room to buy and sell stocks.
When the postal mail became into common use you could then buy and sell stocks by mailing a letter to your broker, of course today nobody would think of doing either of these.
Today the most common form of trading uses either the telephone or stock trading online. When using the telephone to trade stocks you can still do it by speaking to a broker and giving them your clear instructions, or you can do it yourself by using some form of menu system using the digital key pad.
But by far the most common form of trading is done online, so what do you need to know about stock trading online?, much more than you may think!
Here are some points that you may not have considered:
1. Virtually every broker can do stock trading but what about options, Forex and futures?. While you may not be interested in trading either Forex, futures or bonds it is quite likely that at some time you will want to trade options online, even if it is just covered calls. Make sure that your chosen broker allows you to trade all the markets that you want to.
2. Of course the fee’s charged by your online broker is an obvious point to check, the fee’s can vary a lot and if you are doing hundreds or thousands of trades a day it can add up to quite a lot of money. Did you know that you can just call up your online broker and ask for a reduced commission charge?, yes you can, I’ve done it. Of course they don’t advertise it but if you do a lot of business they will want to keep your account.
3. Have you planned what you will do if you are trading and your internet connection goes down for any reason, it could be a power failure, problems with the internet or your PC crashing?. If you are in a day trade you will want to telephone your broker and manage your trade, probably you will just want to close it. How will your broker deal with your call, will they answer quickly, will they look at charts for you and describe what is going on?. Make sure that your broker has good telephone support.
4. Are your trading accounts safe?, make sure that your broker is a member of SIPC, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, which protects against losses caused by the financial failure of the broker-dealer, but not against losses resulting from the decrease in a security’s value. Usually accounts are protected by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), up to 0,000 (including up to 0,000 for cash claims).
Whatever you decide to do, before trading stocks, options or anything else make sure that you get a good trading education by reading the best trading books that you can.
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