How to Buy Stock Without a Broker

Find an online trading company. There are many online trading companies that allow you to set up and trade stocks online. You may be familiar with some of these companies and new ones are popping up over time. Some of the companies you can look into include E-Trade, TD Ameritrade and Charles Schwab. Whichever companies you look into, you should research them completely. Be sure to find out what the fees are for setting up and maintaining the account, as well as the per trade fee charged.
Set up and fund your account. Once you have researched each company and make a decision on which company you want to trade online, it is time to set up and fund your trading account. Each website will have step-by-step instructions on what you need to do to set up your account. Once the account is set up, you will need to either mail in a check or transfer money into the account to fund your online trading account. Funding an online trading account is placing the money in the account that you will use to make trades.
Research the stocks you want to invest in. Most of these online trading sites also provide research material so you can educate yourself on the stocks and bonds you may be interested in buying. You should do a lot of research on any stock before you decide to invest your money in the stock. These sites also help you to understand finance and trading terminology that you may be familiar with. It is important that you make informed and educated decisions to help reduce the risk of loss of your money.
Process the buy or sell trade. Once you decide to buy a stock, you will need to process the order. Every site is slightly differently, but each site usually has line-by-line buy 'forms' that you need to complete and submit in order to process the trade. This is true whether you are buying or selling a stock.

How to Buy and Sell Stock Through ING

Open an account at ING's Sharebuilder.com web site. Deposit money into the ING account by making a transfer from a checking or savings account.
Determine which method will suit your investment needs when buying and selling stock at ING. Click on the Trade tab to review the options for buying and selling stock at ING. Choose Real-Time trades for time-sensitive stock buying. Invest in stocks by setting up a trade that will automatically invest money from a bank account. Or choose a mutual fun investment option or the options trading.
Research stocks and companies online before buying and selling stocks on ING. Search for a stock symbol by name on ING if you do not know the stock symbol. Browse the tabs of Top Stocks, Top EFTs and Mutual Funds to get some ideas on which stocks to buy and sell on ING.
Choose Automatic Investment Plan to make a recurring investment. You can also use the Automatic Investment Plan option to trade or sell stocks at ING one time. Click on Add by Symbol in the Automatic Stock Plan.
Add the stock symbol in the Symbol box, and a number in the Amount box. Click on Add to Plan. The stock buy will appear in the list of automatic investments. Save the automatic investment. Turn on the Automatic Investment Plan.
Real Time Trades may also be used to purchase stock. Under Trade choose Real Time Trades. Click on Sell. A pull-down menu of your current ING stock holdings appears. Choose the stock. Type in the number of shares to sell on ING. Click on next and save the trade.
Sell stock on ING using Real Time Trades. Type in the stock symbol, and the number of shares to buy. Add in the current Real Time trade fee which appears in the Order Type Box. Click on next.
Verify the real-time trade order is correct. In the next window that appears, the Real Time Trade order appears. Cancel it if it is incorrect. Place order if the sell information is correct.