How to buy a stock on Capital.com

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To buy a stock on Capital.com, follow these steps:

1. Set leverage

On Capital.com platform,  investors need to set the leverage for their trading account first. To adjust leverage on Capital.com:

  • Click on the account type on the top right toolbar -> select “Trading Options”
How to open a position on Capital.com (Web version)

  • Then set the trading leverage
How to open a position on Capital.com (Web version)

* Note: Capital.com offers flexible leverage, up to 100:1 for retail accounts and 200:1 for Plus, Premier accounts. The leverage level will default to a maximum as soon as you open the account. Therefore, remember to adjust the leverage before opening a trade order to avoid unfortunate mistakes.

2. Open a trading order

1. Click on “Trading” on the left right-hand side, select “Shares” and the instrument you want to trade.

In example, we select “Facebook”.

How to open a position on Capital.com (Web version)

* If you already know the stock’s name you want to invest in,  please type it in the search box. Then, its trading window will appear.

How to open a position on Capital.com (Web version)

2. Click on the “Buy” button

How to buy a stock on Capital.com

3. The trading window will then be displayed on the right side of the screen. Go to the “Trade” tab (two-opposing-arrows icon) and adjust some parameters, including:

  • Trading size – depending on the market, there will be a minimum trading size requirement (e.g., the minimum size requirement for stock trading is 1 share)
  • Close at loss (stop loss) – a tool to minimize your loss when the price doesn’t move in the direction you want
  • Close at profit (take profit) – this function helps you to protect the profit you already have by closing a trade automatically at a specific rate
How to open a position on Capital.com (Web version)

To set a stop loss/ take profit, you need to drag the mouse to the right to enable their function first. Then adjust according to stop loss, take profit by amount, distance, or price level.

4. Now check the above parameters again. Then click on the “Buy” button at the bottom to open a trade.

So you have been opening a BUY order on Capital.com. To see the opened orders, click on “Portfolio” on the left side of the screen.

* Note: If you open trades during the closing market, the order will be automatically converted to pending (Orders) and executed when the market opens.

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