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CommSec Share Trading Account

A CommSec Share Trading Account gives you a fast, simple and affordable way to buy and sell Australian shares. You can place orders without a deposit¹, so you can take advantage of investment opportunities when they arise. And you can place them however suits you best — online, on the go via our App or over the phone.

To settle your trades, you can choose an existing cash account, or access our lowest brokerage rates with a Commonwealth Direct Investment Account². With our seamless cash integration, you can make real-time cash transfers, and login just once via either NetBank or CommSec to manage your cash and trading accounts.

Convenience, flexibility and great value aren’t all a CommSec Share Trading Account offers. On the CommSec website you’ll find everything you need to invest with confidence, whatever your level of experience — free real-time quotes, market depth, live announcements and live charting, no conditions attached.

Apply now and you could be trading today.

Investment solutions you can trust

If you’re thinking of borrowing to invest, the CommSec Margin Loan provides you access to borrowed funds through all of our feature packed investment platforms, including the CommSec Mobile App, meaning you can access your loan anywhere anytime. With experience providing Margin Loans since 1999, our Margin Loan has continually evolved to meet our customer’s needs – which is one of the reasons why it’s recognised by Canstar as having a five-star rating for outstanding value. 

On top of all the trading tools you get access to with CommSec such as research, alerts, watchlists, trading & conditional trading, our Margin Loan provides you with sophisticated online tools to help you maximise and manage your investments, including real time loan prices and gearing ratios, hypothetical transactions simulator, cash and share transfers, fixed loan applications, credit limit and linked bank account management, plus get access to rewards when you hold a diversified portfolio.

With no minimum loan balance obligations and easy online application process, benefit from our experience and be ready for that next investment opportunity by applying for a CommSec Margin Loan today.

Integrated Options trading                    

A CommSec Options Account allows you to trade Options just as easily as you trade shares. It’s designed to be used with your other CommSec accounts, including a CommSec Margin Loan, to create a range of investment strategies across your portfolio, from the simple to the sophisticated.

Whether you’re looking simply to protect the value of your existing portfolio or generate income or want to implement more advanced Options strategies, your CommSec Options Account can help you make the most of your investments.

CommSec CFDs

With a CommSec CFDs Account, you can trade with over 7,000 different types of CFDs — including Australian and international shares, global indices, commodities and foreign exchange — on our market-leading platform. A CommSec CFD Account also offers real-time banking to fund your account and meet margin requirements, and provides great value, with trades starting from as low as $10.

Plus CommSec provides a range of conditional order types — stop losses, guaranteed stops and trailing stops — that can help you manage your leveraged trading.

International Share Trading

With a CommSec International Securities Trading Account, you can take advantage of investment opportunities across the globe, with access to more than 25 leading global share markets, including the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and the London Stock Exchange.

CommSec International Trading gives you access to market news, sector analysis, stock news and indices information for US markets (including live pricing), and also offers international watchlist and portfolio capability. You can monitor your positions online, and trade US Options and Exchange-Traded Funds, with 24-hour customer service (on US trading days).