Does anyone use TRADEKING for online stock purchases?
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That is daytrading.  There are no other rules.  Just be prepared to "lose" as often as you "win".  \n\nDaytraders usually play with alot more money.  There goal is try to turn 10,000 into 30,000, not turn 1000 into 1005.
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There may be some extra items that are not obvious.  I use Scottrade, which is still $7 a trade, buying or selling, not round-trip.  They used to have a block policy, 5,000 shares as I recall, so if yours does (Scottrade dropped it), then large trades may cost you more.  Also, there may be an extra charge for things like non-major exchange or foreign trades.  So if I'm buying on the Moscow exchange or Bagdad or Warsaw exchanges, there will be extra charges.  Scottrade still charges extra for penny stocks, if my shares are less than a $1 each, they charge more.  Read the fine print.  Still, for most things you've got a good deal.  But if you want the stock certificate for your files or to hang on the wall or want to send it to another brokerage company or want to be a registered owner, there will be an additional charge.
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We are of like mind, but because I only have $10,000 to invest, I'm forced to Day Trade index futures. I'm not a Day Trader, but have been a position trader off and on for 15 years, mostly with options and futures. Tough game for the little guy with weak hands.\n\nCheck outthis link at TerraNova Online. The Investor platform is an escellent trading tool for a beginner, and is limited to one screen. I use RealTick and five screens, but it costs $250/mo. Ask about a free trial.\nhttp://terranovaonline.com/\n\nA lot of online brokerages claim to give you direct access, but if they take more than a second to execute your trade, it aint direct.\n\nFind the articles online that have evaluated and compared online brokerages. I found a good one online in Barron's, but you'll find others in the trading magazines. \n\nThis is worth putting a little time and effort into, because it's a pain to switch, so once you choose, you're kinda stuck with it. \n\nTownsend Electronics, the Parent company of TerraNova, is the one that digitized and electronified the Nasdaq. They are technological industry leaders and have a powerful and well built trading system. \n\nWhat you should try is a free trial of their Investor platform, which I think is free anyway. Their rates are good also, but of course, it depends on how often you trade. It will take you months to learn all the bells and whistles of what this program can do.\n\nThe other top-of-the line program is TradeStation, but it costs big bucks to join and operate. Some people consider it the Cadillac of trading and technical analysis. \n\nTerraNova is the home of the Day Trader, so they think nothing of you making several hundred trades a day. You don't have to do that, but it's okay here if you do. \n\nRead vociferously:\n"Which Is Better, Buy-and-Hold or Market Timing?" \n\n"Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Market Timer\n\nThe Beginner's Bible in Technical Analysis is:\nEdwards & McGee"Tech. Anal. Of Stock Trends"\n\nDroke, ClifTechnical Analysis Simplified\n\nKahn, Michael N.Tech. Anal. Plain & Simple\n\nKamich, Bruce M.How Technical Analysis Works\n\nLefevre, EdwinReminiscences of a Stock Operator\n\nLofton, ToddGetting Started in Futures\n\nLowenstein, RogerBuffet (Warren)-The Making of a Capitalist\n\nO'Neil, William J.How to Make Money in Stocks\n\nOz, TonyHow to Make Money From Wall Street\n\nRotella, Robert P.Elements of Successful Trading, The\n\nSchwager, JackStock Market Wizards\n\nSchwager, Jack D.New Market Wizards\n\nSperandeo, VictorTrader Vic-Methods of a Wall Street Master\n\nWasendorf, RussellAll About Futures\n\nSlutsky, Scot and Darrell JobmanComplete Guide to Electronic Futures Trading\n\nYou can get every one of these books from your local library. If they don't have it, ask about Interloan Library System.
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Unless you have a lot of money to invest, a million plus, an on line broker is perhaps the best.  The other brokers do not wish to be bothered with you in general.  There are exceptions but they are exceptions.  \n\nAmong the on line brokers, there are basic brokers which allow you to trade stocks at minimal cost.  TDAmeritrade and Scottrade and TradeKing are among those with fees ranging from $6.00 to 10.00 per trade.  Then there are the ones that offer somewhat greater services for somewhat higher costs.  Schawb and Fidelity and ETrade fall into that category.  They offer more research material and somewhat better customer service in general for a somewhat higher commission in general.  Fidelity for example has about a $25.00 commision per trade for small accounts but offers a wealth of research material.
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It all depends on which investment strategies you like to implement.\n\n1.) For day trading, buy this stock in Scottrade for $7/trade\n\n2.) For one time purchase and holding for long time, use sharebuilder.com, if you join costco.com and you will get $55 as bonus, the transaction cost is only $4.
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There are lots of online brokers.  I use ameritrade and scottrade.  there are many more including brownco, etrade, sharebuilder.com and more.. MOst of these can be funded electronically.  Scottrade is the cheapest at 7 dollars a trade but I think ameritrade is a lot easier to use and more reliable.
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Whoever answers this question, will give you the broker that they have settled on and now use. But their criteria are different than yours, and you don't tell us what yours are.\n\nAre you trading stocks, commodities, futures, options, or all of these? If the latter, TerraNova is the only one that you can trade everything, real time, online, direct access. A lot of online brokerages claim to give you direct access, but if they take more than a second to execute your trade, it aint direct.\n\nFind the articles online that have evaluated and compared online brokerages. I found a good one online in Barron's, but you'll find others in the trading magazines. \n\nThis is worth putting a little time and effort into, because it's a pain to switch, so once you choose, you're kinda stuck with it. \n\nTownsend Electronics, the Parent company of TerraNova, is the one that digitized and electronified the Nasdaq. They are technological industry leaders and have a powerful and well built trading system. \n\nI use RealTick at TerraNovaOnline, but it costs $275/mo, even though it is unlimited what you can do with it. I think the Investor package is free to use, and just uses one screen. \n\nWhat you should try is a free trial of their Investor platform, which is free. You only get one window to trade from, but hey, with $5,000-how many stocks are you going to watch? Their rates are good also, but of course, it depends on how often you trade. It will take you months to learn all the bells and whistles of what this program can do.\n\nThe other top-of-the line program is TradeStation, but it costs big bucks to join and operate. Some people consider it the Cadillac of trading and technical analysis. \n\nTerraNova is the home of the Day Trader, so they think nothing of you making several hundred trades a day. You don't have to do that, but it's okay here if you do.
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Some maybe many of the brokers that you talk with are in the business of selling stock. They have things they want to peddle. So it can be a disadvantage to your well being to follow their advice. Many of the on line brokers do have representatives that you can talk with. The two that I deal with do. TD Waterhouse and Fidelity. They will charge you a higher commission to talk to a broker (order taker in this case).  I am sure there are good, knowledgable brokers out there but your chances of finding one are not real good. The good brokers have a customer base that trades millions of dollars at a time. They are not particularly interested in nickle dime trade. \n\nPerhaps to start you might think about a no load mutul fund. Go to Yahoo Finance and use their tools to find funds that have a high Morningstar rating, at least a 4 star and expenses of not more than 1.5% That strategy will minimize your risks, but not eliminate them. Back in 2000-2, most funds lost money, some a lot of money. But they did not loose as much as those folks that invested in Enron or Delta or United. \n\nThe trick to minimizing risk is to diversify, not only among companies buy also across political boundaries. However, the more diversified one is the closer to the market norm will be ones returns. For that reason index funds have become the current rage. The theory being that it is too difficult to beat the market. 70% of mutual funds do not beat the market. \n\nThough I do have mutual funds, I prefer to take my chances on being able to pick the best companies to invest in myself. Sometimes I make good picks. Other times they are disasters. But I have only myself to blame. I like it like that. \n\nSorry about the misspelled words. Spell checker does not seem to be working at the moment.
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Wouldn't it be great to have one broker that does it all? \n\nBut a stock broker doesn't have a license to trade commodities, and vice versa. \n\nAnd wouldn't it be great if you could afford the best in the business, the most advanced technologically, on the cutting edge of online trading? \n\nTerraNova is such a broker. Now you can have your cake and eat it too, and trade anything you wish from one broker, albeit, not from one account. Obviously, the laws cannot be broken. Their subsidiary, or is it parent company, Townsend Electronics, is the one that electronified and digitized the NASDAQ, and I believe they're getting ready to do the American Stock Exchange next.\n\nYou'll be amazed at their trading software. I've been using RealTick for over a year, and still haven't learned how to use all of the features. \n\nIt's all really incredible. I am just a Day Trader in index futures, and have no association with any of these companies, and have nothing to gain by applauding them; they simply deserve the applause, and you should take the opportunity to check them out.
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Yes I have an Internet Product Brokerage company, similar to amazon.com.  I make money while I sleep!
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I just did a Search  - see the results here:\nhttp://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?fr=fp-tab-web-t-1&ei=ISO-8859-1&p=online+trading&meta=vc%3D\n\nLooks like there are quite a few options for online trading.\nAlso, I found a good comparison service here:\nhttp://www.moneysupermarket.com/shares/\n\nGood luck!
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Just go on line and in the search engine put in"buy stocks".\nOr I use  WWW.TDwaterhouse. They only charge $9.99/transaction.
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There are sites such as sharebuilder.com that have very low commissions but they execute your order in a non-timely fashion.  It's a decent way to get started investing.
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TD Ameritrade is the best. I have used for years. The interface are trader friendly and portfolio information are shown in details. I buy penny stocks so the $9.99 fixed commission for unlimited shares is good for me. No maintenance fees.\n\nIf you are going to buy penny stocks, you need to be careful about the commission. Search the fine prints.\n\nFor Scottrade, see fine prints: "For stocks priced under $1, add 1/2% of the principal value to the commissions shown. " You will end up to pay more than $7.\n\nEtrade recently reduced the commission with fixed commission for unlimted shares so it is good for penny stock traders too. But I don't like portfolio web page because it is very confusing and do not show all the information I want to see.
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I would not even bother with something like this.\nBut if you really want, goto yahoo finance and use their java based stock screener.
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Yes (Just open an account in ameritrade.com)
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