7 steps to start investing

Updated 22.09.2026

Пошаговая инструкция, как стать инвестором и купить первую ценную бумагу.

Learn how to start investing without making common mistakes. In this article you will find information, step-by-step instructions and tips from our experts on how to buy your first security!


Step 1. Opening a brokerage account

Register online in 10 minutes in the mobile application at Freedom Broker.


Step 2. Access to all financial instruments

For this purpose, you need to fill in an economic profile at Freedom Broker. After filling in, all financial instruments for retail investors (stocks, bonds, ETFs, some options) will become available to you.


Step 3. Replenishment of a brokerage account

Check out all ways of replenishing your brokerage account and choose a convenient one for you.


Step 4. Savings D-account with passive income

When opening a main brokerage account, a client automatically opens a special savings sub-account – D-account. The client may transfer free money not invested in securities to it and gain passive income in USD at the SOFR rate..


Step 5. First deal

Read detailed instructions on how to place a trading order in the platform at Freedom Broker


To learn how to understand when and what to buy on the stock market, watch the daily streams from Freedom Broker experts! More details at the link.


Step 6. Preferential tax rate

Fill in the W-8BEN Form at Freedom Broker. This form entitles you to a preferential tax rate on dividends and coupon yield from U.S. securities.


Step 7. Training with Freedom Broker Academy

Work your way from a novice investor to a practicing trader. Freedom Academy offers practical courses. Teachers are professional investors, traders and financial analysts. The website offers free courses for beginners and advanced paid programs.


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