Click the or "Buy" button next to your selected stock to open the order window. You will need to fill in these key details: Personal Investing and Trading Accounts from Merrill
Before you can place a trade, you need a funded brokerage account.
: Review the Bid (highest price a buyer is willing to pay) and Ask (lowest price a seller will accept) to see the current market spread. 3. Open the Trade Ticket
: While you can open an account with $0 , you'll need cleared funds to actually execute a trade. 2. Research and Find Your Ticker Once funded, identify the stock you want to purchase.
: For most individual investors, an Individual Brokerage Account or a Roth IRA is the starting point.
: If you are a Bank of America client, you can link your accounts for real-time, instant funding.
