hi guys,

i am a malaysia working in Singapore.

my purpose is to invest in some stock which i would like to keep long term, i read quite abit on IB on past pages.

So minimum is 10k USD to open an account, in which i could pay via my SG bank account.

i just need to understand more on the cost of maintaining the account, as the sole reason for me is to invest for the future.

Say if i already used up 10k upon my account been activated, cheapest way to maintain is to buy one share every month? So i just have to a share at $200; so i just have to pay $1 fee to avoid the inactivity fee which is $10?

Any other cost i should be aware of?

This post has been edited by bearbear: Apr 3 2016, 03:43 AM

any recommendation on affordable platorm for casual investor? say if only trade a few shares a month? $10 a month is quite painful to maintain

they told me its $10.65 per transaction, either buy or sell also same.

still a good option? small time investor just buy for retirement