How To Open A Stock Trading Account?

The first thing a new investor should do is to open a stock account for himself. A stock account is equivalent to a "bank account". Only when a stock account is opened, can an investor make a securities transaction.

At present, if we want to buy and sell shares listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen, investors need to set up stock accounts of Shanghai stock exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange respectively, and to open A share accounts in Shanghai and Shenzhen must go to the securities registration company or the authorized agency. For example, Beijing securities registration Co., Ltd. is the only statutory body in Beijing area to handle the account opening business of A and stock accounts in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

There are many different kinds of stock accounts. If an individual investor wants to buy A shares in the Shenzhen and Shenzhen stock markets, he needs to open a A share account.