Stock is a certificate of ownership issued by a joint-stock company, and it is a kind of valuable securities issued by a joint-stock company to all kinds of shareholders as a shareholding certificate to obtain dividends and bonuses. Each share represents the shareholder's ownership of the basic unit of the enterprise. Behind every stock is a listed company. At the same time, every listed company will issue shares.

Every stock in the same category represents the equal ownership of the company. The share of ownership of the company owned by each shareholder depends on the proportion of shares held by each shareholder to the total share capital of the company.

Account opening process:

1. First, you need to know the type of account you need to open; There are two aspects to opening an account, namely, opening a securities account and opening a capital account. The securities account is used to record the types and quantities of securities held by investors and their corresponding changes, and the capital account is used to record and reflect the monetary income and expenditure and balance of investors buying and selling securities.

2. Secondly, bring relevant documents (second-generation ID card plus an ordinary bank card). If you don't have a second-generation ID card, you can open an account with a first-generation ID card, but you need auxiliary documents (such as driver's license and residence permit) to apply to the local securities company for opening an account. When opening a securities account, you need to fill in the Signature Form of Securities Trading Account Opening Documents and the Questionnaire for Risk Tolerance Assessment of Securities Customers; If the customer has never opened a securities account, he/she needs to fill in the Application Form for Registration of Natural Person Securities Account; These forms are easy to fill in, just follow the instructions.

3. Then the securities account holder goes to the bank with the account number applied from the securities company, and associates the bank card with the securities account number. To handle the third-party depository of banks, you need to fill in the Agreement on the Third-Party Depository of Customer Transaction Settlement Funds. If you don't have this bank debit card, you just need to apply for a new debit card at the bank counter.

4. After you finally open an account, you go home and download the software of this securities company online, install it, then enter your account number and secretly enter it, and import the funds on the associated bank card into the securities account. You can buy and sell stocks during trading hours (Monday to Friday, 9: 30am to 165438+ 0: 30pm and 65438+ 0: 00pm to 3: 00pm).