What is an online stock broker?

An online stock broker acts as the intermediary between you the trader and the exchange where the stocks are traded. Most brokers will not just offer online stock trading but also other trading instruments such as forex, commodities, metals, energies, cryptocurrencies, bonds, options, ETFs and more. Online stock brokers enable traders around the world to buy and sell stocks of global companies directly from the stock trading platforms they provide that run on desktop, web and mobile devices. This makes online stock trading easily accessible to anyone. You just need an online stock brokerage account with a broker of your choice and to download their stock trading platform. Once you have opened an account, you can add funds to it using a choice of convenient funding options and speculate on if stock prices will go up or down by analysing charts, placing and managing trades via the stock trading platforms.