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Friday, January 22, 2010

Online Trading

By Lucille Yvonne

Based primarily on the product traded, online trading styles include stock trading, options trading, futures trading, commodity trading, forex trading etc . Stock traders trade equities or shares from corporations. Options dealers trade options, which enable one to buy or sell a right at precise time periods under precise market conditions. Online futures traders and online commodity traders trade contracts ; contracts for products like crude oil and natural gas or contracts for treasury notes and bonds. Online forex traders trade currency pairs, they buy one currency and sell another one according to exchange rate changes. According to the interval between selling and buying of products on the web traders can be broadly classified in to short term traders and long term speculators.

Usually traders with trading interval less than one year are known as short-term trader and those with trading interval more than one year are known as long term investors. Short-term investors, forms the majority of active traders, trade products according to short-term trends. They trade products generally according to its advantages. Long term backers trade with long-term goals ; they're usually company / industry specialists need to take a position in growing fields.

Advantages of online trading include, totally automated trading process which is broker independent, considered decision making and access to complicated trading tools, traders have direct control of their trading portfolio, ability to trade multiple markets and / or products, real-time market data, quicker trade execution which is crucial in day trading and swing trading, discount commission rates, choice of routing orders to different market makers or consultants, low capital requirements, high leverage offered by brokers for trading on margin, easy to open account and easy to manage account, and no geographical limits. Online trading favors active traders, who want to make quick and frequent trades, who demand lesser commission rates and who trade in serious quantities on leverage. But online trading is not here for all traders.

The downsides of online trading include, need to fulfill specific activity and account minimums as requested by the broker, greater risk if trades are done at length on margin, monthly software usage fees, chances of trading loss due to mechanical / platform screw ups and need of active speedy net connection. Online traders are fully responsible for their trading decisions and there will be often nobody to help them in this process. The charges concerned in trading vary significantly with broker, market, ECN and kind of trading account and software.

Some online brokers could also charge indolence costs on traders. The first thing you have to know when you make a decision to trade shares by joining a web trading of stocks system is to go to the sites of the best online trading brokers available. These corporations offer a wide selection of market flow previsions and developments in the web trading of stock futures. When you decide to apply for an account, you must know this is generally free, but you have to pay every time you engage in a stock or security bonds exchange. After completing this process, you must select between one or two available broker-services specialised in online trading.

The cheapest answer to your problem is an execution broker. This type of web trading service provides only an electronic exchange option consisting in purchasing or selling shares or stocks, without any stock futures prevision, counselling or any other advisory support in finding pragmatic market trends. Like all the players in the exchange, you can only decide between three types of operations. The first one is buying, while the others are selling and holding. The single time when you require a broker is when you decide to sell or purchase. You do not want the help of an internet trading broker to hold your personal stocks or already established stock futures.

The most significant advantage in having an online trading account is the augmented speed with which you can either purchase or sell stocks. Naturally, you could have a limited period of time to transact your stocks or stock futures, but after you get used to the web trading market, you can start earning serious coin. - 23222

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