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Educate yourself on the best investment strategies

The world of investing is vast and it can be overwhelming to new investors---even experienced investors sometimes come across investment strategies and terminology that they'd like to understand better. In the Firstrade Education section, we provide you with a wide assortment of tools and products to empower you. With the right guidance, online stock investing can be an extremely rewarding experience.

  • Margin Loans

    Margin is a good way to leverage your investment. Learn all about margin loans and build a more comprehensive investment strategy. Read more

  • Investment Strategy Guides

    Understand the difference between various investment options, compare benefits and drawbacks of available investment strategies and discover how they might fit in your portfolio. Read our Investment Strategies Guide

  • Online Security

    If you are trading online then you need to understand the security measures taken by your brokerage firm and those that you can take yourself. Get free access to our anti-virus program with Trend Micro and Authentium Safe Central. Read More

  • Investment Glossary

    Confused about a trading or investing term? Access our easy-to-use glossary and become informed. Read More

  • Financial Bookstore

    If you are looking for a book about investing strategies, options tips, diversification tactics or any other financial topic you can find them by visiting our book store. Read More

  • Tax Guide

    Learn about the tax implications associated with online stock investing and the rules set by Uncle Sam. Find out how to create tax advantaged investment strategies that work In your favor. Read More


Free Dividend Reinvestment

Make your dividend payments work for you! Why not reinvest your dividends for free? Enroll your securities quickly and easily. Learn More

Fixed Income Investing

Ready to dive into some Fixed Income opportunities? Firstrade offers a comprehensive offering of various fixed income investments such as corporate bonds, government issues and Certificates of Deposit (CD's). Go

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Online trading has inherent risk due to system response and access times that may vary due to market conditions, system performance, and other factors. An investor should understand these and additional risks before trading. Carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. All investments involve risk and losses may exceed the principal invested. Past performance of a security, industry, sector, market, or financial product does not guarantee future results or returns. Firstrade is a discount broker that provides self-directed investors with brokerage services, and does not make recommendations or offer investment, financial, legal or tax advice.

Options trading involves risk and is not suitable for all investors. Options trading privileges are subject to Firstrade review and approval. Please review the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options brochure before you begin trading options.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses of a mutual fund or ETF carefully before investing. Leveraged and Inverse ETFs may not be suitable for long-term investors and may increase exposure to volatility through the use of leverage, short sales of securities, derivatives and other complex investment strategies. A mutual fund or ETF prospectus contains this and other information and can be obtained by emailing service@firstrade.com.

Margin trading involves interest charges and risks, including the potential to lose more than deposited or the need to deposit additional collateral in a falling market. The Margin Disclosure Statement and Agreement (PDF) is available for download, and contains information on our lending policies, interest charges, and the risks associated with margin accounts.

*Online market and limit stock trades are $6.95 for stocks priced $1 and above. Add $0.005 per share on the entire order for stocks priced less than $1.00. Online option trades are $6.95 plus 75 cents per option contract. See our Pricing page for detailed pricing of all security types offered at Firstrade.

Any specific securities, or types of securities, used as examples are for demonstration purposes only. None of the information provided should be considered a recommendation or solicitation to invest in, or liquidate, a particular security or type of security.

System response and access times may vary due to market conditions, system performance, and other factors.

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