Well online trading has not been here long but it has taken a huge impact on the stock market. Inc. During that year the Internet did not effect the stock market yet. It was in 1995 when AOL, Prodigy, and CompuServe were one the first companies to give Internet service to the public. Also another important statistic is that from 1932 to 1996, which is 64 years is how long it took the Dow Jones Industrial Average to reach 5000 points. Three years and three months later it was at 10,000 points.
Online trading works very simple.
First, you make your account with any online broker. Next, you pick a stock to trade. Let's take Sears to use as an example. So you would click it to buy and confirm it. As soon as you confirm the technology part comes next.