Stocks – OlympiaFX Ltd

What is a Stock?

A stock is a term used when describing equity in public listed companies that have completed an Initial Public Offering (IPO), and allows retail traders to buy shares in the company. As a “shareholder”, the investor theoretically owns a percentage of what the company owns (or owes). The main determining factor as to whether a stock is traded at a higher or lower price, is the company’s profitability, or lack of profit.

The idea of selling equity in companies has been popular since around the 16th century, and today, there are around 60 major stock exchanges around the world. Therefore, some of the largest include: The London Stock Exchange, The New York Stock Exchange and The Tokyo Stock Exchange.

What is a Stock CFD Trading?

FXOPPEN gives you the chance to trade CFDs (contracts for difference) with stocks as their underlying asset. You can choose whether to go long or short (buy or sell) a company’s shares without physically owning them, and without having to physically be at one of the stock exchanges around the world. You can use the FXOPPEN platform to trade CFDs on stocks from anywhere.

For example: if you researched and found that you believe that the price of Amazon shares is going to decrease, you would sell. And if you were correct, you would earn from the difference of price. When trading CFDs on stocks, you can potentially earn a profit whether the price rises or falls, if your speculation is correct, and you can also be entitled to dividends if the company announced pay-outs to shareholders. However, if your speculation is wrong you would realise a loss.

Invest in stocks with fxoppen

Like many people, you might firmly associate trading stocks with risk taking. You might have been warned, especially during volatile markets, that you incur risk of substantial permanent capital loss when selling or buying stocks. There is certainly a grain of truth to such warnings, since no trading is ever risk-free. But investing in the stock market will allow you to build your net worth more surely than trading other securities. You just need to be disciplined and smart when trading stocks. You also need to understand differences between stocks, because not all stocks are traded and approached similarly. First, however, you need to have a clear grasp of what a stock is.

What is Stock?

Also called share or a company’s equity, a stock is a financial instrument representing your ownership in a company or corporation. It represents your proportionate claim on a company’s assets and earnings; that is, on what it owns and generates in profits. When we talk about owing a stock in a company or corporation, we mean that you, as a shareholder, own a slice of the company equal to the number of shares held as a proportion of the company’s total outstanding shares. Let us say you own 200 shares of a company with 100,000 outstanding shares. You will then have a 0.2% ownership stake in this company.

Stock Markets Available on fxoppen

USA
Europe
Australia
Asia
GCC

Trade Popular Shares

Trade shares CFDs such as Meta, Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet. Take advantage of falling or rising markets by opening Sell or Buy positions.

Trade Shares With Leverage

Flexible trading in share CFDs. Leverage of up to 1:20 leverage allows you to start trading with as little as 100 $ to gain the effect of 2 000 $ capital!

Control your Profits and Losses

Price alerts and Stops, such as Stop Loss and Trailing Stop, will help to manage your risk when trading on these extremely volatile instruments.