How to Start
Trading Shares Online
Why Trade Shares?
Shares grant equity ownership of a company or assets, allowing traders to speculate on the performance of any publicly-listed company, and earn dividends. Share prices are not just closely tied to the global economic health, but to a company’s performance and market sentiment. This means investors often do not have to look at the big picture that forex requires, but also means that many on-the-ground actions can trigger big movements – like the retail trader short squeeze that was seen during the meme stock craze of 2021.
The Best Way to Learn Share Trading
The best way to pick up the skills of share trading is to have experience. While there are plenty of resources online to build up your basic knowledge of trading shares, no amount of reading can replace actual trading experience.
For beginners, there is no need to rush into putting up capital. demo trading account or cent account to learn the ropes before committing to an actual live account. Copy-trading is also a great way to start trading shares without much experience. Copy enough trades, and you might just pick up a thing or two about the habits and strategies of successful traders.
3 Share Trading Tips for Beginners
Consider all angles
Unlike with forex or gold trading, stock traders heavily consider fundamental factors when it comes to shares. For good reason too, since a company’s performance like its earnings and revenue can strongly affect its price. However, understanding technical analysis can help identify entry and exit points, as well as determine stop loss and take profit levels.
Consider all angles
Unlike with forex or gold trading, stock traders heavily consider fundamental factors when it comes to shares. For good reason too, since a company’s performance like its earnings and revenue can strongly affect its price. However, understanding technical analysis can help identify entry and exit points, as well as determine stop loss and take profit levels.
Manage your risk
Because shares are sensitive to events like earnings reports or news events, they can be prone to large movements. Add that on to the fact that stock exchanges only trade for certain hours in a day, it can be easy to miss exit points, especially if you’re trading in a timezone far from an exchange like the NYSE. This is why setting a stop loss to cut losses is important, especially if your positions are leveraged.
Manage your risk
Because shares are sensitive to events like earnings reports or news events, they can be prone to large movements. Add that on to the fact that stock exchanges only trade for certain hours in a day, it can be easy to miss exit points, especially if you’re trading in a timezone far from an exchange like the NYSE. This is why setting a stop loss to cut losses is important, especially if your positions are leveraged.
Long vs short-term stock trading
While stocks are prone to movement based on news and events, a fundamentally strong company (like from having a good price-to-earnings ratio) will perform in the long term. If a company is well-chosen, temporary fluctuations are often seen as noise. Knowing your trading habits can help decide your trading time frame, and consequently the kind of analysis you should be doing: are you looking at a yearly chart with a 1-day timeframe? Or a daily chart with a 5-min timeframe?
Long vs short-term stock trading
While stocks are prone to movement based on news and events, a fundamentally strong company (like from having a good price-to-earnings ratio) will perform in the long term. If a company is well-chosen, temporary fluctuations are often seen as noise. Knowing your trading habits can help decide your trading time frame, and consequently the kind of analysis you should be doing: are you looking at a yearly chart with a 1-day timeframe? Or a daily chart with a 5-min timeframe?
How to Start Trading Shares
Ready to start trading shares? Open an account now to enjoy low trading costs and personalised service.
Step 1
Pick an account type
Choose an account type that is right for your trading needs. We offer 5 Live account types, and a free demo account.
Step 3
Pick a trading strategy
What shares do you want to trade? What are your exit and entry points? Go in with a plan and stick to it.
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Odo Nelson Jude
20 May 2022
20 May 2022
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