| With the advent of the Internet, life has become a | | | | have gone down considerably and now you can |
| lot more more easier when it comes to day to day | | | | trade stocks for as low as $4 or even less. |
| activities like paying our bills online or shopping online | | | | The whole process is so simple that you do not have |
| or doing our banking online or even finding yourself a | | | | to be internet savvy to use it. Of course I would not |
| date online. | | | | recommend going all out and placing a huge order in |
| But nothing comes close to trading online. Remember | | | | your initial trades. This is all the more important when |
| the good old days (or bad), when you had to call | | | | you trade with Limits and Stops. |
| your broker to buy or sell a stock. The whole | | | | Depending on which online broker you choose you |
| process was so time consuming. It took hours to | | | | get additional online tools to help you in your stock |
| finally get a confirmation about your trades. Not to | | | | selection decisions. |
| forget the high cost that went along with it. | | | | Now you do not have to think that just because you |
| But all that is history. Now you can go online and | | | | are trading online you will have no access to a |
| trade stocks whenever you want, of course during | | | | personal broker to hep you with your investment |
| the trading hours, and get immediate confirmation | | | | decisions. Some brokerage firms do provide that |
| about your trade. Besides this you can login any time | | | | option but it does come with a slight fee. |
| into your account to check the real time status of | | | | But if you think that you can take control of your |
| your account. | | | | investment account then online accounting has made |
| The commissions used to be high initially but they | | | | it all possible. |