Keep your trading (or transaction) costs down

The cheapest online brokers' charge 0.05 percent in commercial brokerage, and most major banks, three times more. So if you do not use the bank's consulting, you should go for the cheapest prices.

In stock trading one often tends to only focus on whether a stock can be sold at a price higher than it is purchased for.

Do not get affected by market fluctuations

Although an investment should be a calculated action designed to provide the highest possible returns, most investors recognize that rationality can be lost when the markets start to fluctuate.

Investment experts will, however, advice to have ice in your blood and avoid shifting market positions too often. Likelihood to dispose at the right time is in fact negligible.