Investing

How do I Cancel an Order?

Cancel a pending order right from your app!

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What is a Limit Order?

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What is a Stop Order?

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Why Can't I Place Market Orders Outside of Market Hours?

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How do I Make a Trade?

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How Do I Make A Trade?

How to Buy/Sell on the Public App!

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How Do I Choose My Order Type?

Public offers Market Orders, Limit Orders, and Stop Orders

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How Does Slicing Stocks Work?

We dice up single shares into slices.

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Understanding Stock Prices

A Guide to Last Sale, Ask, and Bid Prices

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What are Market Trading Hours?

Close, Open, and what happens in between

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Can I Setup Automatic Dividend Reinvestment?

Enable DRIP so your dividends automatically purchase more stock!

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What are Unsettled Funds?

Basically any transfer or trade that's still processing

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What's a Corporate Action?

When a companies board of directors decides to initiate a process that directly affects the securities issued by that company.

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Why is This Stock Unavailable?

Public offers over 5000 stocks and ETFs (aka the majority of U.S. publicly traded companies.)

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Why was My Trade Rejected?

If you're not sure, just ask us. There's usually a simple reason for this.

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Where Can I Find My Dividends?

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What is an IPO?

Initial Public Offering

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Cash Account Violations

Cash Account Violations and How to Avoid Them

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What is Day Trading?

Essentially, buying and selling in the same day.

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Can I Buy Cryptocurrency (Dogecoin, Bitcoin, etc.) on Public?

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What is a Penny Stock?

Penny Stocks & Why They’re Risky

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