How to trade stocks

If you are new in stock market, this article will give you everything you need to know how to start investing your money in stock market.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Choose brokerage firm. There are many brokerage firm that can help you to trade stocks. You can have broker assisted account or open account online and start trading using your own computer.
2. Watch business channel like CNBC to get business news and to give you idea what stocks to trade.
3. Learn about fundamental and technical analysis.
   Fundamental indicates company financial health.
   Technical analysis show you when to get in and exit your position.
4. You also can start with virtual account to test your trading skill. Virtual trading let you trade without risking your own money but you use virtual play money with the real stocks market price.
   Most of online brokerage firm let you use their platform for virtual trading account. It is also useful to test online brokerage firm trading platform.
5. Learn different technique of trading stocks, how to protect your investment, generate income from your stocks portfolio using stock options, etc.