Internet Share Trading aka Trading Stocks Online

Internet share trading (also commonly referred to as online share trading or even trading stocks online) has grown in popularity over the recent years really the boom of internet share trading started during the internet boom and bust era.  Being able to trade stock had never been easier.  You no longer had to get on the phone and talk to your broker and pay the super high brokerage fees to trade stocks.  You just had to log on to your computer and start doing some online trading.

Now a days internet share trading is the primary way to trade stocks.  And because of this you can purchase or sell stock from anywhere that your computer or even smart phone can get on the internet.  There are numerous online trading companies or brokerages where you can open accounts and start doing your own fundamental research of companies before pulling the trigger.  There are also many sites such as yahoo finance where you can get a lot of valuable research information.

Along with these online brokerage firms, there are also many stock trading platforms or software packages that allow you to do some serious technical analysis on any stock, option, forex or future you trade.  Some of these packages also are brokerages, some tie in with other brokerage accounts and some are strictly for charting.

Some people such as Day Traders have used all these tools and really rely on these tools to make money day to day in the markets.  They have created there own business using these technologies something that only a select few used to be able to do when it wasn’t so convenient to buy and sell shares.  One thing to note though is that for everyone that is successful day trading or short term trading there are other people that have lost there shirts so to speak.  With any business you have to have a business plan and most likely the people who didn’t are the ones that get hurt the worst.

All in all whether you decide to give day trading a try or you just want to research and make your own long term investments you can do everything you need online with out talking to a broker or even involving one.  However the brokerage services and Financial advisers that still exist and are still available for those who don’t want to do there research or place there trades and just want to get there best stock trading ideas.  There are also services that meet in the middle like Charles Schwab that can provide a mixture of being able to talk to someone to get there opinion and advice and at the same time allowing you to be able to make the final choice and perform the transactions online.

With Internet share trading like any other investment you make, there will always be risk involved and you always have to factor that into your equation.  I recommend not taking any trade until you have a good money management system in place.  You should always know how much you are OK with losing in the worse case scenario before entering any trade.