How to buy foreign stocks?

Open a foreign stock account directly first, and then buy stocks with a Hong Kong stock account.

2. Use the Hong Kong Stock Connect account to trade. The opening of the 20 14 Hong Kong Stock Connect has provided convenience for investors on both sides of the strait. Mainland investors can directly participate in Hong Kong stocks through the trading of Hong Kong Stock Connect, but the opening of Hong Kong Stock Connect needs to meet the capital threshold of 500,000 daily assets in 20 trading days.

Buy American stocks:

1. Open a US stock account directly. You can open stock accounts in securities companies and well-known domestic American stock agencies. After opening an account, you can directly buy companies listed in the United States and some companies listed in the United States from the mainland;

2. Buy concept stocks. Such as Tesla concept stocks and Pinduoduo concept stocks. These concept stocks are all A-shares listed in the Mainland and can be purchased with stock accounts.

The trading hours of most stocks are:

The trading time is 4 hours, which is divided into two periods: Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 1 1:30, and in the afternoon from 13:00 to 15:00.

From 9: 00 am15 am, investors can place orders, and the entrusted price is limited to10% of the closing price of the previous trading day, that is, between the daily limit and the daily limit. Orders entrusted before 9:25 am are matched at 9:25 am, and the price obtained is the so-called "opening price". Orders placed between 9:25 and 9:30 were not processed until 9:30.

If the price you entrust cannot be concluded on the current trading day, you must re-register the order every other trading day.

Rest day: Trading is not allowed on Saturdays, Sundays and rest days announced by Shanghai Stock Exchange. (Generally, it is the national legal holidays such as May 1 International Labor Day, National Day, Spring Festival, New Year's Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival).

Transaction costs:

There is a commission (handling fee) for buying and selling stocks. The commission for buying and selling stocks is determined by each securities company (the maximum is 3 ‰ of the transaction amount, and the minimum is not limited. The lower the better). Generally 0.05% of the transaction amount. If the commission is insufficient, 5 yuan will be charged to 5 yuan. Stamp duty is charged for buying and selling stocks: one thousandth of the transaction amount (it used to be 3‰, and the stamp duty was lowered in 2008, and one thousandth was charged unilaterally).