One thing I’d really recommend to get started is to open a demo (or “paper”) account with a stockbroker. Get familiar with the mechanics of actually ordering trades with their software. Then you can experiment with what you’re learning. Don’t worry about blowing up your account, because it’s not real money. You can just reset it.
There are lots of apps for that. Search for “demo account” or something. The ones with a real stockbroker are going to be the most realistic, and will probably use real market data delayed by 15 minutes. My favorite trading application so far is the desktop version of thinkorswim (TD Ameritrade owns it at the moment, but Schwab might be buying them.) It’s scriptable and has some nice analysis tools.
One thing I’d really recommend to get started is to open a demo (or “paper”) account with a stockbroker. Get familiar with the mechanics of actually ordering trades with their software. Then you can experiment with what you’re learning. Don’t worry about blowing up your account, because it’s not real money. You can just reset it.
Hmm, is there an app for that?
There are lots of apps for that. Search for “demo account” or something. The ones with a real stockbroker are going to be the most realistic, and will probably use real market data delayed by 15 minutes. My favorite trading application so far is the desktop version of thinkorswim (TD Ameritrade owns it at the moment, but Schwab might be buying them.) It’s scriptable and has some nice analysis tools.