How to Invest in the Italian Stock Market (7 Steps)

Check among the major securities brokerages to see which offers the most favorable combination of account terms and access to the Italian stock market. Choose the brokerage that commands the lowest commission fees while still offering investors the opportunity to invest in the Italian stock market.
Hire a financial adviser. If at all possible, it's best to find one who knows the Italian stock market and has some degree of experience helping people invest in it.
Sit down with your financial adviser and create a personal investment plan. Determine how much money you're willing to commit to investing in the stock market, remembering that while securities trading offers the potential for aggressive returns, it also poses significant risk.
Follow Italian news and current events in addition to the Borsa Italiana index. Before you invest, you should have a solid working knowledge of the Italian economy and know which companies compose the backbone of the Borsa Italiana.
Pick an industry experiencing significant growth or one with solid growth potential if you're looking to invest long term. Identify the various Italian companies operating in that industry, and do your stock market homework on them, just as you would for an American company. If you don't know how to research a stock properly, head to your library or local bookstore for help.
Contact your brokerage firm when you have determined which Italian company you want to invest in. Place your order and wait while it is filled. Your domestic brokerage needs to route the request to an appropriate, licensed Italian stockbroker to complete the transaction. You may experience a delay while your order goes through.
Follow your investment using the Borsa Italiana's stock-quote tool on the Borsa Italiana S.p.A. English website (see Resources below). Sell when you've reached your investment goal or when the going gets too tough for your risk tolerance.

How to Day Trade Stock Options

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Practice some paper trades to find out if you will be any good at options trading. Always calculate and include your commission costs. Your options must make a real move in the right direction to make option trading financially feasible.
Gain experience day trading stocks before you attempt to day trade options. Day traders often execute multiple trades in one day. When you are dealing in options, you must, on a moment's notice, have enough experience to analyze a stock, make the correct calculations before you buy and then sell at exactly the right time.
Take an online course in trading stock options. Learn the various strategies veteran option traders use to increase profits and decrease losses. Find out which strategies work best under different market conditions.
Purchase options software. Use it to track the options market with any trading style you use. Software can also help you keep track of the stocks in your portfolio and monitor their price movement, trends and signals.
Trade both European- and U.S.-style options to boost your profit potential. European options include OSMI (cash-settled options based upon the SMI stock index of the Swiss Exchange) and ESX (cash-settled options based upon the FTSE100 stock index of Euronext).