Stock market newbie questions, please help?

[Jack C]

Ok so I want to start trading stocks, I found the website avafx and I am messing around with the demo version at the moment. I just have a few, basic, questions I guess.

So basically, I want to invest small to begin with. It says the minimum investment is 100 euro so lets go with that. So I would like to spread that investment amongst a few different companies, say 4 different stocks, is that possible, to invest that little in a few different stocks?

then say the price of one for which I paid 25 euro for is now available for sale for 30 euro, is it as simple as selling it and taking my 5 euro profit or are there hidden costs. ie how much would I actually get altogether if I buy stock for 25 euro and sell it next day for 30 euro?

And after that I guess I just need to know where to go to trade online and how to predict stock rises/falls.

Cheers!

 

[Raysor]

It's too small an amount. Let's say the charges are 10 euros a trade, minimum. Then you have the spread. That's the two-way price of every share. So you buy at 25 when they are 23/25 and you sell at 28 when they are 28/30 (unless you mean they are 30/32) Why not do spread betting. You can do , possibly, 1 euro a point.

 

[Subhank]

1.Shift to www.gcitrading.com
2.Always sell out of the money call options in options express.com to receive free money in case
the stock falls below the strike price.
eg.Suppose u have purchased 100 Apple share@ 365$.So just sell the 380 Strike
Price Call option @ Rs 5 ,in case Apple closes below $ 380 on the expiry date u will get free $500
deposited in your bank account.