How to Buy Stock Online Immediately

Sign up for an account through an on-line brokerage company. There are links to 'E*TRADE,' 'ShareBuilder' and 'Zecco' below, but there are many more to choose from. Click 'Sign Up,' and follow the prompts to complete your registration.
Transfer money into the brokerage account. This will normally take one business day to be processed and appear in your account.
Once the money has posted to your account, find the ticker symbol of the stock you want to buy on the site's research page. Once you know the symbol, go to your site's quotes page, type in the symbol and click 'Get Quote,' or your site's equivalent.
Select 'Buy' once the quote comes up. Select the amount of shares you would like to purchase. Then you will be asked if you would like to place a market order or a limit order. With a limit order, you set the exact price you want to pay. A market order buys the stock at the price sellers are asking at the moment.
Confirm the trade when your site asks you to, and in a moment you will receive a notification that your trade was accepted or declined. Your trade will usually only be declined if you do not have enough funds to cover it.

How to Invest in the Spanish Stock Market (6 Steps)

Shop around among the major brokerages to find the most advantageous terms on a trading account that allows you access to international markets.
Follow your financial adviser's advice regarding the amount of start-up capital you'll commit to your brokerage account. With the relative volatility of the stock market, you're wisest not to put all your eggs in one basket.
Use the same procedure to research stocks as you would use if you were investing in the U.S. stock market. If you're a neophyte in the world of stock trading, it is essential that you take the time to educate yourself on the inner workings of the stock market before you attempt to invest in it. A large number of informative books on the subject are readily available at book retailers, as well as online.
Decide on a stock you want to invest in after you have spent some time getting to know the Spanish economy and have attained a good working knowledge of the principal players in the Spanish stock exchanges. Just as with domestic stocks, you should work with your financial adviser to find undervalued shares with a strong potential upside.
Have your brokerage place a buy order on shares of the Spanish company you've chosen to invest in. Typically, your domestic stockbroker will have to forward your request to a Spanish broker licensed to buy and sell shares on the Spanish exchanges to complete your order.
Use the official website of the Spanish exchange your company is listed on to track its day-to-day performance. The process of selling your shares will be the same one used to buy them: your broker will forward your request to Spain, and it will be filled there.

How to Buy Stock Options (5 Steps)

Understand the different type of options that are available. The two main types of options are puts and calls. Puts give the buyer an option to sell the underlying stock at a certain price during a given period. Calls allow the buyer of the option the ability to buy the underlying stock at a certain price in a given period.
Track and research the performance of the underlying stock. If, after the research, you expect the stock to rise in price, you should consider purchasing a call stock option. However if you expect the stock price to fall, the put stock option is the correct purchase. There are many permutations of these basic options principles, but these are the trading options for beginners. In the option business, they call this directional trading.
When you see, call or put a price of $2.00, the cost of this option is not $2.00 but $200.00. This is because stock options sell in lots of 100 share options. This is a common mistake for beginning options investors.
Decide which stock option you want to purchase and if you want a put or call option on the underlying stock. Again, a put is option to sell and a call is option to buy the underlying stock. You will need to contact a broker or visit an online option-trading site to place the order. See Resources below for information.
Buy the stock options for the given market price. Be sure to check the strike date of the option. The strike date is when the option expires. If you do not exercise by this date, it expires and you lose your investment. It is usually a good idea buy to stock options with the latest strike date. However, sometimes the stock option will be cheaper the closer it is to the strike date. Despite being cheaper, these short strike dates carry more risk.