I went to Schwab's website today and they have a sample of how to place an order online. It's a small box that's crowded with information in very small print. That's their teaching tool but it seems like something is missing. There are no written instructions, no checklist of what to do.
Example of written instructions might be as follows:
1) Fill in the name or symbol of the company: "GE", "PFE" or other.
2) Number of shares to be purchased or sold
3) Price limit
4) Click here to submit your order: *
5) Wait for online confirmation
But there are no written instructions at all. How much would it cost them to do that and make every step perfectly clear?
I started an online "chat" with someone at Schwab and he tried to be helpful but nothing worked. He gave me a couple of links but the examples given had small print that was too small to read. One link didn't work at all.
I should say that I don't have an account yet. That might help, but I just happen to think that it would be nice to know in advance.
Why I doubt it when people say that it's easy: Everything is easy once you have learned it. :-)
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