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Article #132: Internet Stock Brokers: Discount in Price and Service

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In addition to money, you need a broker but also the transaction fees. There are
in order to play the penny stock trading essentially five things that must be
game. Your broker will be your lifeline included in the buy order:
as well as the person that you have 1) The ticker symbol.
allowed the privilege of buying and 2) The market where the stock is being
selling stocks on your behalf. He or she traded.
will create an account into which you 3) The number of shares you wish to buy.
will deposit money. This account works 4) The price you are willing to pay (if
very much like a bank account with the you do not specify a price the purchase
added benefit of containing stocks and order will be made at the available
bonds as well. The proceeds from sales of asking price - this is not recommended).
stock will go into this account and the 5) The amount of time you want your offer
money to purchase new stocks will be to stand.
taken from this account. Sell orders are very much the opposite of
There are two types of brokers full buy orders. You state that you wish to
service brokers and discount brokers. sell your stock, the price you wish to
Full service brokers offer financial receive, and the ticker symbol, the
investment strategies, portfolio exchange, and the amount of time you'd
assistance, and investment advice among like your offer to stand.
other things. Investors often enter a bid price when
This level of service in the game of buying stocks and an ask price when
stock trading however comes at a great selling. If your bid price meets the ask
price and that price comes in the form of price of another, then a transaction can
a sizeable commission or transaction fee. be made. There are often many standing
If you are trading penny stocks, the fees orders of multiple prices available at
for a full service broker will negate any any given time. However, when you check
benefit you would receive from using the stock quotes they will only show the
their services. highest buy and the lowest sell rather
Discount brokers on the other hand can than showing all points in between.
answer specific questions you have about Stocks are sold with a 'best price'
investing but won't provide quite the priority this means that stocks are sold
level of customer service. One thing that to all with the higher buy orders first,
most people find infinitely enjoyable and then trickle down to the lower buy
about discount stockbrokers and doing the orders. If your buy order (or sell order)
research and playing with the nifty was placed at the same price as other buy
computer programs and analysis that most orders, those will be sold in the order
discount brokerages allow their clients they were received.
to have access. People like being able to As a result of the ranking order, people
make buy orders from the comfort of their often find that only part of their order
homes at any hour of the day. They also gets filled for a certain price. If part
can much better appreciate the price of of your buy order was filled early in a
$10-$20 per trade much more than upwards given day you may want to adjust your
of $100 that many full service brokers offer so that the remaining order may
charge. still be filled that day at a slightly
Once you've decided on your broker and higher price (while paying only one
have taken care of the basics of getting broker commission). If the order takes
your account in order and funded you will several days in order to be filled there
be read to trade. This process should will be a broker fee each day that a
take no more than 3 days. transaction occurs.
The basics of trading consist of buy You will need to check with your specific
orders and sell orders. The most broker about his or her policy on
important thing about issuing a buy order cancellations and order changing. In most
is to make sure you have the money in cases orders can be cancelled or changed
your account to cover not only the order but there may be a fee involved.






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