Advantages and disadvantages of online trading
Online trading means trading of stocks through internet. In simple words online trading has brought the stock exchange literally to our homes. There are dedicated sites that offer online trading platform to indulge in trading of stocks. Since the introduction of online trading there has been a surge of investors, primarily new investors who were earlier shying away from the market. Online trading has made it possible to trade in different kinds of securities like stocks, bonds, futures, options, ETFs, forex currencies and mutual funds. There are some obvious differences between online and traditional trading. In traditional trading the activities are carried out through a broker, he helps the trader with suggestions on how to proceed in the trade. The transaction is carried out through archaic communication tools like telephone. The broker assists the trader in the whole process in the form of collecting and providing information for making better trading decisions. In return of this service the trader charges a commission on every trade, which is most of the time on the higher side. The traditional form of trading is a time consuming process and generally benefits long time investors who don’t do much trading. Read more
