How to start trading shares – click by click

How can I become an equity trading customer?

If you have BankID, you can easily order Online Equity Trading here, either for trading privately or on behalf of a business.

Specific information for businesses

If you are trading on behalf of a business, you must first order a Legal Entity Identifier (an LEI number) in order to trade. You can read more about LEIs and order one here.

Does it cost anything to get access to the online equity trading solution?

It does not cost anything to set up the online equity trading solution, but you pay brokerage fees when you buy and sell shares.

See our equity trading price list here.

What is a trading account?

A trading account is a bank account that is used to buy and sell securities. In banks, these are often called ‘Share Current Accounts’ in the account summary.

In DNB Markets, we use the term trading account, because it is used for buying and selling.

You must have money in your trading account in order to buy

For example, when you trade shares in the online bank or through Spare, payment for the bought securities will be drawn from the trading account, and when you sell, the settlement for the sold securities will also be paid into that account.

Before you enter an order in the online equity trading solution, you must ensure you have enough money available in your trading account..

You transfer your money as usual in the online bank.

Two types of trading accounts

When the share savings account was introduced, it was decided that the share savings account could be used as a trading account for equity trading

When you buy securities, you must therefore decide which trading account you want to use:

• Ordinary trading account (share current account), or
• equity trading account.

You can have both, but you do need to make sure that there is money in the account you choose to use. There are also some important differences between the two account types that you should be aware of before you choose.

Watch our short demo videos to help you make the right choice! (Only in Norwegian)

P.S.! A trading account is not a Norwegian Central Securities Depository account. Read about what a Norwegian Central Securities Depository account is under the question ‘What is a Norwegian Central Securities Depository account?’.

What is a VPS-account?

In simple terms, VPS is a Norwegian Central Securities Depository account. This is an account for storing securities, not money.

In addition to a VPS/Securities Depository account, you must have a trading account – a trading account is for money.

Everyone who wants to buy or own securities registered at the Norwegian Central Securities Depository must have a VPS-account.

If you become an online equity trading customer, you will automatically have a VPS-account opened. A VPS-account number contains 12 digits and always starts with the number 0. You will find a summary of your existing VPS-accounts on the Norwegian Central Securities Depository’s website, VPS.

We provide more information on Norwegian Central Securities Depository accounts and show you how to open one in our equity trading demo videos (in Norwegian only)

If have you have any further questions about VPS-accounts, you can find several answers here.

Who can get access to the online equity trading solution?

Non-professionals with a Norwegian citizenship aged 18 years or over.

All companies with an organisation number.

Do you have any helpful information available for beginners?

Yes, you’ll find lots of good tips and advice for those new to investing here.

Every month we also put on free webinars for beginners. You can sign up to the Investment School here.

We have also produced a number of short instruction videos (in Norwegian only) where we take you through our equity trading solution step by step.

Is the online equity trading solution open 24 hours a day?

You can enter your orders 24 hours a day, but they will only be executed during the stock exchange’s opening hours.

For the Oslo Stock Exchange, this is Monday to Friday 09:00 to 16:25. The other stock exchanges where we offer trading have other opening hours.

How can I transfer money into my trading account?

You can transfer money into your trading account by clicking on the option ‘Transfer between accounts’, which you will find under the menu for Daily Banking and Loans on the online bank’s pages when you have logged in.

If the account is not displayed, go to ‘Own account settings’ under settings in the top right-hand corner of in the online bank to make it visible on the front page.

Is there a difference between an equity trading account and a share savings account?

An ordinary equity trading account, also called a ‘Share Current Account’ in the online bank, has no restrictions when it comes to which shares you can buy and sell. The account type can be used for all of the market places that we offer through our electronic trading platform, in contrast to a share savings account which is subject to other rules.

Check out our demo videos where we explain the differences in more detail! (in Norwegian only)

A share savings account is an account with tax benefits and certain trading restrictions. With a share savings account, you can buy, sell and swap shares and equity funds, without triggering tax. Tax is only triggered when you take the profits out of your share savings account. Read more about the different accounts here

However, you can only use a share savings account on regulated marketplaces such as the Oslo Stock Exchange, not on unregulated marketplaces such as Euronext Growth.

How do I open a VPS- account?

You automatically get a VPS-account (a Norwegian Central Securities Depository account) if you order the online equity trading service from us.

With BankID you can become a customer and get a VPS-account here.

If you have any further questions about VPS-accounts and Investor Services you will find the answers here.

It does not cost anything to set up the DNB online equity trading service, but you pay brokerage fees when you buy and sell shares.

See our equity trading price list here.

A trading account is a bank account that is used to buy and sell securities. In banks, these are often called ‘Share Current Accounts’ in the account summary.

In DNB Markets, we use the term trading account, because it is used for buying and selling.

You must have money in your trading account in order to buy

For example, when you trade shares in the online bank or through Spare, payment for the bought securities will be drawn from the trading account, and when you sell, the settlement for the sold securities will also be paid into that account.

Before you enter an order in the online equity trading service, you must ensure you have enough money available in your trading account..

You transfer your money as usual in the online bank.

Two types of trading accounts

When the share savings account was introduced, it was decided that the share savings account could be used as a trading account for equity trading

When you buy securities, you must therefore decide which trading account you want to use:

• Ordinary trading account (share current account), or
• equity trading account.

You can have both, but you do need to make sure that there is money in the account you choose to use. There are also some important differences between the two account types that you should be aware of before you choose.

Watch our short demo videos to help you make the right choice! (Only in Norwegian)

P.S.! A trading account is not a VPS account. Read about what a VPS account is under the question ‘What is a VPS account?’.

In simple terms, a VPS account is an account for storing securities, not money.

In addition to a VPS account, you must have a trading account – a trading account is for money.

Everyone who wants to buy or own securities registered at Euronext Securities Oslo (VPS) must have a VPS account.

If you become an online equity trading customer, you will automatically have a VPS account opened. A VPS account number contains 12 digits and always starts with the number 0. You will find a summary of your existing VPS accounts on the Euronext Securities Oslo (VPS) website..

We provide more information on VPS accounts and show you how to open one in our equity trading demo videos (in Norwegian only)..

If have you have any further questions about VPS accounts, you can find several answers here.

Non-professionals aged 18 years or over.

All companies with an organisation number.

Yes, you’ll find lots of good tips and advice for those new to investing here..

Every month we also put on free webinars for beginners. You can sign up to the Investment School here.

We have also produced a number of short instruction videos (in Norwegian only) where we take you through our equity trading service step by step.

You can enter your orders 24 hours a day, but they will only be executed during the stock exchange’s opening hours.

For the Oslo Stock Exchange, this is Monday to Friday 09:00 to 16:25. The other stock exchanges where we offer trading have other opening hours.

You can transfer money into your trading account by clicking on the option ‘Transfer between accounts’, which you will find under the menu for Everyday banking and Loans on the online bank’s pages when you have logged in.

If the account is not displayed, go to ‘Own account settings’ under settings in the top right-hand corner of in the online bank to make it visible on the front page.

An ordinary equity trading account, also called a ‘Share Current Account’ in the online bank, has no restrictions when it comes to which shares you can buy and sell. The account type can be used for all of the market places that we offer through our electronic trading platform, in contrast to a share savings account which is subject to other rules.

Check out our demo videos where we explain the differences in more detail! (in Norwegian only)

A share savings account is an account with tax benefits and certain trading restrictions. With a share savings account, you can buy, sell and swap shares and equity funds, without triggering tax. Tax is only triggered when you take the profits out of your share savings account. You can read more about the differences here.

However, you can only use a share savings account on regulated marketplaces such as the Oslo Stock Exchange, not on unregulated marketplaces such as Euronext Growth.

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