Anyone age 18 to 24 can start trading stocks and ETFs online for free—no annual fee, and no commissions—if they first open a CIBC Smart Account with CIBC Smart Start. Interactive Brokers (founded in 1978), is one of the largest U.S. electronic trading platforms, offering traders access to stocks, bonds, funds, options, cryptocurrencies, foreign exchange, and more.
I didn’t start out rich. In fact, I grew up on the East Coast of Canada in a fishing town with zero opportunity.