There are two options available to you when paying for your share trades:

Market orders

Market orders will go into market to execute at the best available price, however the execution and the price is not guaranteed...

CHESS (Clearing House Electronic Subregister System) is the computer system used by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) to record shareholdings and manage the settlement of share transactions.

The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) market phases are as follows (Sydney Time):

To begin trading with CommSec you will firstly need to set up a trading account. It's free and easy to set one up - simply click 'Join Now' on our homepage or click

CommSec offers a 'One Off Trade' (OOT) service for clients who do not wish to open a trading account but have an issuer sponsored holding they wish to sell. In order to sell your shares via the One...

A Call Option gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation to buy the underlying security at the exercise price, at or within a specified time.

A Put Option gives the...

A Bid is the price selected by a buyer to buy a stock, while the Offer is the price at which the seller is offering to sell the stock.

If your account with CommSec is CHESS sponsored, you can obtain your HIN by logging into your CommSec account and navigating to Portfolio > Accounts (Select Account). Under the title "Shares...

Your initial purchase of any particular shareholding must be at least $500 worth of shares, known as a 'minimum marketable parcel of shares'. CommSec may then allow you to purchase smaller amounts of...