how do i start trading 
how much money you need to begin trading depends on the type of securities you want to buy stocks typically trade in round lots or orders of at least 100 shares to buy a stock priced at 60 per share you will need 6 000 in your account a broker may let you borrow half of that money but you still need to produce the other 3 000 to trade options and futures those trade by the contract a contract represents some unit of the underlying security in the options market one contract is good for 100 shares of the stock 