Hi. I’m sure this question has been asked before- I’m completely new to trading 212 and it’s my first time investing. I’m struggling to get my head around the positions and what’s meant with buy and sell. Any help would be great. Thanks

are you in Invest or CFD? As a beginner I would suggest to use Invest platform. It is pretty much straightforward: buy means to purchase the stock (you choose the amount of shares you want to purchase), then you can either buy through a market order, which will be triggered whatever the price of the…

Regarding selling fee: [image] Transaction Fee - Pfizer 🤝 Help @cezar There are two regulatory transaction fees when selling US securities. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fee: 20.70 per million-dollar sales. You can calculate your SEC fees by multiplying the e…

@Conarb please go to Trading212’s youtube channel and watch all the tutorial videos that apply to what you plan to do in the market. not only will this familiarise yourself with the terminology, it will also help you navigate the platform and make informed decisions.

Thanks for your help- I jumped straight into CFD not really knowing what I was doing :grimacing: it’s hard to find any explanation on positions etc, so far I’ve done okay and not made a loss (fingers crossed it stays that way) is just like abit more info on what I’m doing- I understand setting trigg…

Because it’s a ‘buy’ position meaning you are betting the price is going up. Instead of ‘sell’ which would mean you are betting the price goes down.

Brilliant. So when you buy and price increases you close the position to claim any money made? And the same as sell? This is really Helpful so thank you!!

there is a gap between the two called the spread which you must look out for before closing a position. the price must move past this difference before you start to make any positive returns.

The price it’ll have to be above is the price you’ve paid?

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