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Is there an app to keep track of stocks?

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Stock and broker websites usually do that for you. Normally, you can create a watchlist that automatically tracks your stocks for you, but you can also get a report on your portfolio performance from your broker—with online brokerage, you can look up in real time and every month you get a statement and track if you're up, if you're down, your gains, your losses, your unrealized gains, your unrealized losses, etc.

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What do I need to trade stocks?

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Money and some mathematical reasoning skills.

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I want an app into which I can plug stocks I'm interested in tracking. Stock Fetcher above looks like its the only thing I have seen. The rest allow you to invest and track, I want to track first. Any advice?

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Try SmartStocks.com. Also, many online brokers allow you to have a demo account in which you can pick stocks without actually buying them and track them in real time for as long as you want.

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How many contracts are in a lot?

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Every stock or commodity's lot is different. Some have 75 contracts in a lot, some have 25 contracts in a lot.

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