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Placing an order to trade through our website

What this guide is for

Find out how to place an order to buy or sell shares and manage your order through the CommSec website. This guide does not cover trading international shares.

What you’ll need

  1. A CommSec trading account
  2. Access to a computer to log on to the CommSec website
  3. Test

What’s covered in this guide

  • How to buy shares
  • Keep in mind
  • Summary comparison
  • How to sell shares

How to buy shares

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Keep in mind An Off Market Transfer Fee of $54 applies per stock. It’s charged to the recipient’s account. Transferring stocks could have tax consequences. Please make sure you’ve considered the tax implications before proceeding. Visit the ATO website for more information and seek independent, professional tax advice. CommBank and CommSec are not registered tax (financial) advisers under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 and are unable to provide tax advice in relation to transferring shares. For buys, the highest price you’re willing to pay for a share For sells, the lowest price you’re willing to sell a share
Tips on some of the options

Share Registry - e.g. Computershare, Link Market Services, or Boardroom.
Other Broker Account - another broker like nabtrade, CMC markets, etc

Limit orders

An order with a Limit price means:

  • For buys, the highest price you’re willing to pay for a share
  • For sells, the lowest price you’re willing to sell a share

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