General enquiries of internet securities trading

You can trade stocks and warrants listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange via the Internet. To trade GEM stocks, you must first complete and sign additional documents.

You can place an "Enhanced Limit Order", "Stop Loss Order", "Market Order" or "At-auction Limit Order" via DBS iBanking.

No. The remaining order quantity will be automatically cancelled at day's end when the market closes.

If your order is placed during trading hours and accepted by the SEHK, the order will be valid until the market closes on that trading day. However, if your order is rejected by the SEHK after its submission, the order will be invalid immediately upon such rejection and will not be re-submitted to the SEHK again.

You can also set your order expiry date from the list of dates provided under the "Good-till-date" function on the order placement page. Orders within the spreads prescribed by the Bank for the relevant current market bid/offer prices will be sent to the SEHK for queuing during the specified order period until the end of the order expiry date unless such orders are cancelled by you.

It takes time for your instructions to route to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Your orders may have already been executed before the cancellation instruction could take effect.

Please refer to our Bank's Fee Schedule via www.dbs.com.hk under "Rates/Fees" > "Bank Charges".

Yes. You can do so as long as the buying and selling was done through us.

Yes. Our system will first hold the amount required for your new buy order from the receivable funds of your sell order (before the stocks settle on T+2 day). If the amount of your buy order is larger than the amount of the receivable funds, the remaining balance will be held from your account to be debited according to your instruction. On T+2 day, the amount required for your buy order will be deducted from your settlement account and the remaining balance, if applicable, will be debited from the account you indicated.

* Participants of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange are required to settle with the Central Clearing and Settlement System (CCASS) all transactions concluded through AMS/3 before 3:45 p.m. on the second Settlement Day following T-day (the transaction day). This day is known as T+2.

Yes. The required funds will be withheld from your settlement.

If you place an order within any of the below time periods, we will withhold the required funds from your settlement account on the commencement of the next business day. However, if you do not have sufficient fund in your settlement account on the next business day, your order will be rejected.

You can check these amounts under "Invest" > "Trade Securities" > "Main" > "Place Order" > "Quick Fund Transfer" of DBS iBanking.

No. You can only place odd lot or special lot orders via our manned securities trading hotlines.

For brokerage charges, please refer to our Bank's Fee Schedule via www.dbs.com.hk under "Rates/Fees" > "Bank Charges" ("Brokerage Commission" under "Investment Services – Securities").

Short selling means selling shares that you do not own. In compliance with Hong Kong regulatory requirements, the Bank does not allow short selling.

You can trade with your joint securities account via DBS iBanking by adding your joint account(s) to your DBS iBanking profile. To do so, please submit the completed DBS iBanking Application Form to a DBS branch.