*Stock trading: countries: France, Poland, Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg
If you wish to invest in a stock, you first need to complete the onboarding process and have your identity verified. Then, you will need to add funds to your account, further information on how to do this can be found here: How can I deposit funds to my Shares account?.
To find a stock in which you want to invest, follow the steps described in our article: How do you search for different assets?.
How to place a buy order?
Once you have decided and located the stock you would like to invest in, press the “Buy” button on the stock details screen.
In case you already have some open positions in the selected asset, the “Trade” button should be visible for you. Tap on it and select “Buy” to place a buy order.
On the next screen, you will see an indicative stock price. Enter the amount you’d like to invest (minimum amount you can buy stocks for is 2 EUR). You can only invest up to the number of available funds in your account. If you’d like to invest more, simply tap on “Deposit”.
By default, the order type is set to a Market order (a one-time purchase). You can change the order type by tapping on “Market order” and selecting a different type. Check all the available types in our article: What are the different order types available in Shares?.
When you are ready, press the “Review” button and the order review will appear. Review the details and tap on “Confirm” to place the order.
Note: If you need to change the order details, you can come back to the previous screen and edit any parameter. Once you have tapped on “Confirm” on the order review, you will no longer be able to make any changes to your trade.
You will now be navigated to the page where you can do the following:
Add a note and GIF if you wish. In the note, you can also mention other users by tapping on the “@” symbol visible on the screen, or typing "@" followed by their username. After selecting or typing "@", you will be presented with a list of a few username options to choose from; otherwise, you can continue to type the username that you want to tag, and the app will autocomplete the list so that you can select the matched username.
Customise the visibility settings of your trade, e.g. public, followers or private.
If all the details are correct and you’re ready to proceed, press “Done”. Your order will be sent to our brokers who will execute the trade. Not all orders can be executed and may be rejected for several reasons. Please refer to our Terms and Conditions for more information.
You can buy stocks during market hours (for more information on market hours in the US and EU stock markets, see the Market hours article) and your order will be executed as a market order right away. You can also schedule a buy order when the market is closed which will be queued and executed once the market opens.
How to read the Order Review?
Stock price: the approximate price per stock in USD / EUR.
Amount: amount in your local currency which will be spent on buying the stock. It is equal to the total amount invested minus the service fees.
Shares (est.): approximate number of shares you will buy.
Service fee: we charge a fee €1 for transactions up to €500 included and 0.2% of the gross total of the transaction above €500.
Total cost: total amount you will be charged for this transaction in your local currency.
Note: as the stock markets are constantly fluctuating, it is possible that the price in the “Order Review” screen may differ from the execution price. Further information can be found in our Regulatory Disclosures, which can also be found on the order review screen. We encourage you to read this document before proceeding.