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Hi folks

Another Commsec querie.

If I buy 100 shares, get charged brokerage.

then buy another 100 in the same company, get charged brokerage again.

Are these 200 listed together in the same line in my Holdings page? Or are they considered two seperate trades?

Can I then sell all 200 at once, paying only one brokerage fee for selling?

Excuse the dumb questions I am new and learning :)

cheers
Jack
 
Re: Another Commsec question

yes they are listed as 200, so you will need to make sure you update the price to reflect if you want to average it out, when you sell you can sell all 200 as one.

thats as far as im aware.
 
Re: Another Commsec question

Don't know about Commsec but with Etrade you can choose how your buys are displayed on the p/f page, i.e. have them shown as average of all parcels or listed as individual parcels.
 
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matty77 said:
yes they are listed as 200, so you will need to make sure you update the price to reflect if you want to average it out, when you sell you can sell all 200 as one.

thats as far as im aware.
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Correct. My other newbie advise is never go for company with high value unit ($5+). As we dont get much capital, the small movement in prices will hardly make it worth it for us.
 
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youngone said:
My other newbie advise is never go for company with high value unit ($5+). As we dont get much capital, the small movement in prices will hardly make it worth it for us.
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How can you justify this statement????
You should be looking for a percentage return on your capital, not a dollar/cent movement on the individual share price.
 
I have decided to change the title of this thread to "Commsec Q&A" so that we have a dedicated thread for all simple questions and queries relating to Commsec.

Hopefully, over time, it will become a useful resource for Commsec users.
 
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Julia said:
How can you justify this statement????
You should be looking for a percentage return on your capital, not a dollar/cent movement on the individual share price.
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Hi Julia,

What you say here is common sense, but we all know that common sense is not so common.
 
The under $5 comment has some merit. I am a very new beginner to this, but even I have noticed that shares at $1 or $2 tend to move bigger percentages than $10 or $20 shares :)
 
vk2cjc said:
The under $5 comment has some merit. I am a very new beginner to this, but even I have noticed that shares at $1 or $2 tend to move bigger percentages than $10 or $20 shares :)
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And do shares at $1 or $2 sometimes move down or always move up?
 
vk2cjc said:
The under $5 comment has some merit. I am a very new beginner to this, but even I have noticed that shares at $1 or $2 tend to move bigger percentages than $10 or $20 shares :)
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yes but they are certainly more volatile, plus make sure there is plenty of movement for that share, no point in buying if you cant sell.

% is what you need to look at, price is irrelevant really.
 
OK, the moderator chap seems to want all Commsec questions in this thread, so heres another.

Commsec conditional trading triggers...

On a falling sell, triggering at $1.00 with sell limit of $0.90

Does that mean that the falling stock will sell when it falls to $1.00 but not if it goes below $0.90 (if start of trading opened at less than that)

Or does it mean that the sell is "triggered" and goes live at $1.00 but does not sell unless the stock goes down to $0.90. Thus allowing you to set the falling sell limit above current stock value in case it turns and drops later.

Excuse the dumb questions, I am in a very steep learning curve right now :)
 
About CBA CommSec trading account

I get a few questions

1) what is the minimum deposit?

2) what is te minimum amount per trade?

3)what is the tax + CommSec charge per trade?


:):):)
 
Re: About CBA CommSec trading account

steelcat said:
I get a few questions

1) what is the minimum deposit?

2) what is te minimum amount per trade?

3)what is the tax + CommSec charge per trade?


:):):)
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About twice the weekly wage of a sub-continent call centre operator.
 
keithj said:
Not a question, but a small bug in the Commsec website, that must have been around for a while.

It occurs if you mistakenly enter NA instead of NAB in the Quote page. Or log into commsec & click https://www2.commsec.com.au/Private/MarketPrices/QuoteSearch/QuoteSearch.aspx?stockCode=NA

Rather than display NABs bid/offer & market depth it shows NABs bid/offer and a CFD market depth instead.

It's probably due to vagaries of SQL and NA values.
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But logically, why would it display NAB's depth if you don't type N-A-B?

Comsecc has a CFD offering so I presume NA is the code for NAB CFD's.
 
Commsec question:

When you go on a stock code and then click on the 'Company Research' tab you can see some forecasting/forward projections of EPS and Dividends. You can then see further research past the key measures.

My question is, what are the reliability of these forecasts in general? Has anyone seen forecasts been drasticaly unmet?

My question has in particular Top 50 ASX shares in mind, mostly the big 4 banks, 2nd tier banks, insurance, consumer staples, large cap miners and Telstra.

I understand my question is quite broad, but Im looking even for a broad answer.

pinkboy
 

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