Although I have some investments, I do not actively trade. With today's top sticky showing Trump's social media stocks, I'm ready to get started. I can't be the only one here seeking advice so I figured I'd start the discussion. Any advice on what platform or anything else useful is appreciated.
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Realtime instant trades in theory. In practise all trades take three days to settle, and it doesn't matter the broker you use.
I used to do some day trading, but found out the hard way I couldn't sell the shares I just bought on the same day. I was sent a letter warning me not to do it again. I called and explaned to them I had already done it again before I got their letter.
I was told I could get a notice from the SEC. I later set up a margin account. Margin accounts allows you to do shorts, which is technically what I was doing by selling stock I had bought but that had not processed to close yet.
Great information, thank you!