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Originally posted by eddyc
also another question for you experienced traders. I'm newbie and I saw every trade cost around $29 a transaction (relative to the trading company you're with)...
So if I'm planning to play with penny stocks, let's say I buy a 10 shares @ .50 and sell them on couple hours later for $1.00...
I would have made $5 profit, but would have to pay $58 ($29X2) for the TWO transactions I made? So I would have taken a loss at $53...
Is my logic right?
Is it really worth it to be trading it at $29 / transaction then? Or does daily- trading usually outweighs the costs??
Thanks
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lots of brokerages are cheaper than $29 if you trade a lot. Eg. TD waterhouse is $10 if you do a min of 30 trades per 3 month cycle, $7 if you do a min of 150. Questtrade is even cheaper!
I can understand you buying a few shares of a blue chip like google or berkshire, but penny stocks? You shouldn't even do a trade if your total cost of the transaction is less than $100...