The "daily Call" From Option Alpha: Options Trading | Stock Options | Stock Trading | Trading Online

Hey everyone. This is Kirk here again from Option Alpha and welcome back to the daily call. Today, we’re going to be answering the question, “What is the process of online trading?” Online trading is simply the process of buying and selling securities, whether it’s stocks, options, futures, Forex, commodities, etcetera through the internet. This process is actually relatively new because say 25, 30 years ago, very few, if any, brokers were actually allowing retail traders to go online and actually process buy and sell orders. Although it seems like it’s been around forever for most people who are new to trading, it’s actually not the case. Now, this is good for retail investors because as the industry continues to consolidate, as technology advances, this has definitely reduced the price and the hurdle to get into online trading. We’ve seen a lot of broker commissions start to decrease. Even just in the last 30 days, we see a lot of brokers start going towards zero which we have predicted for many years. This