A few questions on stocks from a beginner :)

[Daniel523]

Hello!

A little bit about me:

I decided to start learning forex trading late last year but never got round to opening a live account. I decided that stock trading would suit me more.

I have a few beginners questions if that's ok.

So with forex I used the mt4 platform, can you use this with stocks too?

Are brokers like Trading 212 and etoro more for casual traders or are these recommended?

Where do you guys get all your financial information from such as earnings per share? Sites like Investing.com?

Thanks in advance!

Daniel

 

[Dowser]

Hi Daniel, for financial information on stocks I use ADVFN, the basic version is free.

 

[Daniel523]

Hi Daniel, for financial information on stocks I use ADVFN, the basic version is free.

Thanks! Is there a popular trading platform that is used? Or does each broker have its own?

 

[Dowser]

Thanks! Is there a popular trading platform that is used? Or does each broker have its own?

I've only ever traded stocks through a regular stock broker inside a investment ISA

 

[tomorton]

Hi Daniel523 - Sharescope is a modest charting package with a wealth of fundamental data, customisable data mining facility etc. Not free. See their website for various packages.

 

[piphoe]

i use:

http://finviz.com/screener.ashx

and


http://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=AAPL&ty=c&p=d&b=1 (example)