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Old 10-31-2013, 06:03 PM
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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


Why I doubt it when people say that it's easy: Everything is easy once you have learned it. :-)
That's exactly how it is with Schwab. Go to trades and fill in the blanks. If it wasn't easy they would have lost me 3 years ago.
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