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The information is all too confusing.
The stockmarket is still the highest risk real investment class that there is. It is constantly moving, constantly generating news, constantly reacting to events that put your capital at risk. We would suggest that if you do not understand the market ...
You would prefer a portfolio management system over a trading platfom.
You can connect to Sharesight via API from Marketech Focus, and turn our data and trading platform into a data/trading/portfolio management platform. But if you do not need the data/trading platform component, then we suggest you find a portfolio ...
You are just building an ETF portfolio and don’t need live prices.
There are specific companies that are dedicated to ETFs. Marketech Focus is a trading platform, not an ETF accumlation platform.
You want to be able to call someone to chat.
Most of the big online trading companies like Commsec/NAB/WBC/CMC offer full phone support. That is why their normal brokerage rates are so much higher.
You want to trade international shares and Australian shares on the same platform.
We couldn’t offer an international solution that was as good as our Australian share trading solution, and we are unlikely to do so until we can. If it is all important to trade on both the international markets and the Australian markets in the same ...
Absolute lowest cost brokerage is the only thing that’s important to you.
Stake - $3/0.01% trades, they keep the interest on your cash, we believe that they only offer CBOE data for the ASX top 200, then delayed ASX for the rest. No market depth, limited charts. Probably even have a special ‘free brokerage’ offer when you ...