Category: Stock Trading

Stock Market Order Types

When trading stocks it is best to know all of the options you have with buying and selling them. While not all order types are supported by all brokerages across all exchanges, if you know them all, you will still be better off. Market Order...

Reading Stock Quotes

If you are new to trading stocks then taking a look at a full stock quote can be a bit overwhelming. In this section, we aim to break down the major elements of the stock quote for your reading pleasure. Just below, you will see...

Level II Quotes

Okay, so what is level II you ask? Level II’s provide the stock trader with a lot of very useful information about the stock’s current trading. It shows at a glance all of the open orders for buys (the bid column on the left, in...

Market Makers

A market maker is a broker or a dealer firm that agrees to hold a given number of shares in a particular stock thereby allowing for trading to occur. Market makers compete with each other for sales of a stock to the customer. They do...