I want to invest a very small amount of money, about $1,000, in the stock market just to get some experience. I'm not looking to make some massive profit or anything. I just want to practice buying and selling stocks just to get a feel for things. What is a good online brokerage company to use that will let me do this? With the tiny amount of money I'm starting out with, it's really important to keep my fees at a minimum. The three cheapest options that you have available for an online broker are: 1 - Scottrade is $7 per trade. 2 - TradeKing is $4.95 per trade. 3 - Zecco is $4.50 a trade.