Singapore Trading Blog

Lots of sites. Go to thestreet.com and you will see small banners for TD Ameritrade etc. The problem is, for beginners with small money it costs like 7-10 bucks per trade so you can’t just sit around buying and selling because it costs you money each time you do that. It’s really geared for bigger money, but if you want to just have a small account and play around a little it’s fine. See what you can do, but again you can’t just buy and sell for free.

I use Scottrade.com – they offer $7 online trades. If you are looking for investment ideas, you can see what the best investors are buying and selling at http://www.top10traders.com – this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in “play” money. A good place to learn how to trade stocks online. Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors. You can read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas. There is a charting feature, so you can see how your portfolio performs compared to the S&P 500. Also, you can create your own “group” so that you can see how you are doing compared to your friends.

Good luck.

Some online brokers you can look at

http://www.interactivebrokers.com (discount brokers- $1 commision)
http://www.optionsxpress.com (has a paper trading account)
http://www.thinkorswim.com
http://www.tdameritrade.com