Comments on: How to Buy Stocks and Sell Shares on the Stock Market

By: riyazuddin

riyazuddin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:01:21 +0000

how can we sale shares in open market is there any vendor in middle east (saudi arabia) ?

By: FrugalTrader

FrugalTrader — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:56:12 +0000

@Maaz, yes itrade does have an inactivity fee, but if you hold $10k in there,you should be ok:

https://www.scotiaitrade.com/pages/home/fees3.shtml

By: Maaz

Maaz — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:00:25 +0000

With a Scotia iTrade account, is it okay if I buy some stocks, and hold on to them for a year or so? Will I be charged for no trading activity?

Thanks,
Maaz

By: FrugalTrader

FrugalTrader — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:46:10 +0000

Tony, yes, if you have a self directed brokerage account, you can purchase US stocks and hold it there. If the Mackenzie plan allows stocks (which i doubt), then yes, you should be able to hold US stocks.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:55:02 +0000

Can I buy stock online of a US company and then put it in my RRSP? Do I need a self-directed RRSP or can I put it in my spousal plan with Mackenzie that holds only mutual funds now.
Thanks,
Tony

By: Trizi

Trizi — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:20:14 +0000

Hello –

A funny question came up on an investing board and I’d like to check with every one here, since we all use a variety of brokers. It seems that on Stocks both “Stop Loss” and “Stop Limit” orders are possible.

Is anyone able to do this for Options as well? I can do neither for Options at TDWH.

Someone said the TSX only allows Stop Limits.

Thanks in advance for your input.

By: simo

simo — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:57:36 +0000

Hi everyone,

first time i post here, a very nice site!
I am a canadian investor at IB online broker, with a $US account.

My question is where should I park my cash money to get some revenue? Where can I buy money market funds in $us?

I have not IB permission to buy US bonds non US mutual funds–just ETF, stock and Forex– in that specific account and IB pays 0% interest under 100K$+- .
I am sure there is many more canadians in a like position.

Thanks for you ideas on subject

Simo

By: Newby

Newby — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:03:00 +0000

I tried to sell some shares on an online stock brockerage at a limit price. That particular day the price hit my limit price and went beyond. My shares didn’t sell. Why not? Thanks,
Newby.

By: financialspreadbetting

financialspreadbetting — Tue, 25 May 2010 08:20:50 +0000

I think that the begginer should start off by paper trading first of all. I know this isn’t the same experience as trading for real but will give them a good understanding of the mechanics.

By: FrugalTrader

FrugalTrader — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:33:11 +0000

Nancy, are the stocks with a stock brokerage? If not, you may want to get them transferred there so that you can sell them. I’m not sure if others can chime in.

By: Nancy A Olson

Nancy A Olson — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:33:32 +0000

I have canadian stocks with CP Railway. I have the actual stocks in my possession as I lived in Canada and got them as part of an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Can you tell me how I can sell them? thanks.

By: Investor X

Investor X — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:31:44 +0000

I’ve heard that one of the indexes (TSX?) provided a return of 10% over the past 50 years or so. How would that figure have been determined? Does that take dividends paid and reinvested or is it just a stock value without any earnings paid out?

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:01:46 +0000

Thanks MDJ for explaining in a short article what has puzzled me for a week! Questrade should pay you to post the article!

Just created my first self-directed account (a TFSA). Very excited, trying to stay rational.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:35:19 +0000

Hello,

Would anyone know which symbol i can use to buy gold and silver commodity?

Thanks,

Paul

By: Investing 101

Investing 101 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:10:34 +0000

I like the step by step approach. To paraphrase a famous commercial, “so easy, a caveman could do it” :-)

@ Masood: As a beginner, you should go with the simple technique of investing a set amount at specific intervals (say, every paycheck or every other paycheck). This is known as dollar cost averaging and is very effective as an investment technique. You haven’t asked what to invest in, but again, as a beginner, you should definitely look into index funds.

By: MASOOD

MASOOD — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:49:35 +0000

But one thing i wanted to know there is no such information that how much amount i can invest or in other words is there a min. or max. amount for the investment.
As thats my first experience

Thanks

By: FrugalTrader

FrugalTrader — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:55:44 +0000

Paul,

A GTC order usually does not affect your buying power and there should be no fee for cancelling the trade. However, you might want to double check with Questrade.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:46:49 +0000

Hi guys,

Quick question. I had placed a GTC limit trade with Quest, but my price never hit. And the trade is still pending.Does it effect my buying power on other shares as it is accepted by quest. Also would there be any cost in cancelling the trade? I have two pending trade, one for call option and other for stock.

Thanks!

By: luton

luton — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:43:21 +0000

Thanks for the buy/sell shares basics.
Concerning “Quantity – the number of shares to buy or sell” — Is there a minimum on the number of shares to buy/sell for each trade? Can I just buy one share?

By: Compare UK Share Brokers

Compare UK Share Brokers — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:11:09 +0000

Great post but I’d like to highlight that stock trading may be a bit different depending on the country and tax laws. Thus in the UK you can trade stocks through financial spread betting, CFDs and share dealing brokers.
Whereas in the states financial spread betting is not allowed, thus you have to be carefull with choosing your broker and what you want to trade.