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Online stock market investing has replaced much of traditional investing directly through a stock broker.

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Online investing through a discount broker can greatly reduce the cost of investing in stocks but comes with its own unique set of risks.

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Bypassing a stock broker saves money and foregoing the advice of a professional with years of experience can make online investment very costly.

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To avoid making costly mistakes it is important that the investor start by researching online brokers to make sure that they are licensed within their state of operation.

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Then the investor needs to learn about the basics of stock investing and gain familiarity with the research tools that come with the online broker•trading platform.

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Whether the investor trades through a broker or trades online, fundamental analysis of stocks and market sectors still applies.

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Online stock market investing makes buying and selling faster.

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It also requires that the investor know more than was necessary when he called his stock broker for advice before buying or selling.

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Online stock market investing uses electronic communications networks to connect the investor or trader to the stock exchange.

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Nevertheless some online orders still are routed through agents of the discount broker to approve trades.

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This step helps prevent potentially unlawful trades.

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Instead of making phone calls the online stock investor uses a trading platform.

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This is a computer program that helps the investor in picking stocks, review pertinent information, run investment scenarios, and follow the stock market news.

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Such trading platforms have built in technical analysis that helps the investor or trader to make rapid decisions for real time buy and sell orders.

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In some ways the psychology of investing and, especially, the psychology of trading can be more important and more dangerous in online stock market investing.

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To a degree working at a computer with a trading platform is like a big video game.

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Trading in Forex, for example, has addictive components.

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Not having to go through the ritual of calling a stock broker can lead to bad trading decisions made in an instant and regretted forever.

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The amount of leverage available in online trading can lead to fantastic gains if the investor is prepared and buys a call in options investing in a timely manner.

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The same degree of leverage can wipe out an investor capital in a few minutes as well.

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One of the especially useful trading tools that often comes with a trading platform for online stock market investing is the ability to •get back test•h investment strategies.

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The investor makes a number of hypothetical investments and then tests them during different sets of market conditions in different time frames.

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There are a large number of online brokers. Fees differ and services differ.

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Depending upon the individual investment strategy a given broker may or may not fit.

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Picking a broker is like buying stock. One does not have to go with a broker unless the services and price are right just like one does not need to buy stock unless the conditions are right.

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Online stock market investing allows the investor to engage in after hours trading, engage in commodities trading, and any other market investing.

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The only limit is how hard and long the investor wants to work.