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Enjoy guest access to the Online Investing platform and experience investing using the same screens you’d use for actual trades
Receive $100,000 in risk-free practice money with each Practice Account
Free for RBC Online Banking and RBC Direct Investing clients

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Track stock and ETF prices in the moment with real-time streaming quotes^{Legal Disclaimer footnote1}
Get Level 2 quotes^{Legal Disclaimer footnote2} for stocks and ETFs that trade on the TSX and TSX-Venture exchanges
Access Level 2 quotes for stocks and ETFs that trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange and Nasdaq (for Active Trader^{Legal Disclaimer footnote3} clients with signed exchange agreements)

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Make informed buy and sell decisions with indicators and trends that are relevant to the securities you hold
Insights include dividend announcements, earnings, 52-week highs/lows and more

See what Morningstar^{Legal Disclaimer footnote‡} analysts are noticing in the investment market with Analyst Pick Lists
Explore analyst upgrades and downgrades in stocks and ETFs from Refinitiv^{Legal Disclaimer footnote‡}
Generate potential investment ideas by looking at Technical Events by Trading Central^{Legal Disclaimer footnote‡}
Visit the Markets Overview page to view current index levels, sector performance, market movers and more
Access a wide range of market commentary by RBC

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Trade on the Platform That Gives You More

Get the tools, research and resources you need to take control of your investments.

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Learn at Your Own Speed

Take baby steps—or dive right in to self-directed investing—with lots of get-started guides and learning resources that can help you be more confident.

Get to Know RBC Direct Investing Online

Build your knowledge with guides, articles and videos in the Investing Academy.

Enjoy full guest access to the Online Investing platform with a risk-free Practice Account.

Explore tools and learning resources that can help you succeed in the Investor’s Toolkit.

Find and Validate Investment Opportunities

Screeners, real-time streaming quotes, analyst pick lists, in-depth research and more help you narrow down a universe of investments.

How to Read a Stock Quote

View analyst-built lists of investments with pre-defined screeners for stocks, ETFs and mutual funds.

Make informed decisions with Morningstar’s suite of research reports, tools and ratings.

See how markets are performing, get breaking news and more in Markets Overview.

Use the Earnings and Events Calendar to track key dates that may affect your investments.

Spot trends, find opportunities, confirm decisions and more with technical analysis by Trading Central^{Legal Disclaimer footnote‡}.

Place Trades in Minutes

When you’re ready, take action with easy-to-use order entry screens and the real-time data you need to make quick decisions—including pre-market and after-hours trading.

How to Buy and Sell a Stock

Easily place orders for stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, GICs and more.

Instantly move money between your RBC banking and RBC Direct Investing account(s) in real time^{Legal Disclaimer footnote4}.

Set up pre-authorized contributions and then invest that money when you’re ready.

Access up-to-the-minute data, even after the closing bell rings with pre-market and after-hours trading.

Get a Birds-Eye View or Drill Down on Your Investments

View your balances and holding details in real time and use tools like Alerts, Watchlists, the Portfolio Analyzer and more to easily stay on top of your investments.

Quickly view details about your investment holdings, including intraday activity.

View your investment mix and monitor your risk with the Portfolio Analyzer.

Have stock-specific or market-related alerts delivered to your inbox.

Keep an eye on investments you hold or you’re interested in with custom watchlists.

Get insights into current events that may be driving your investments.

Estimate your future dividend and distribution income using the Income Projection tool.

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Feature	Online Investing Platform	RBC Mobile^{Compare Table Legal Disclaimer footnote 1} app	Trading Dashboard

				North American Stocks and Options Trading	North American Stocks and Options Trading available for Online Investing Platform	North American Stocks and Options Trading available for RBC Mobile app	North American Stocks and Options Trading available for Trading Dashboard
				View and Monitor Your Accounts and Investments	View and Monitor Your Accounts and Investments available for Online Investing Platform	View and Monitor Your Accounts and Investments available for RBC Mobile app	View and Monitor Your Accounts and Investments available for Trading Dashboard
				Real-Time Quotes^{Compare Table Legal Disclaimer footnote 2}	Real-Time Quotes available for Online Investing Platform	Real-Time Quotes available for RBC Mobile app	Real-Time Quotes available for Trading Dashboard
				Level 2 Quotes^{Compare Table Legal Disclaimer footnote 3} for Stocks and ETFs	Level 2 Quotes for Stocks and ETFs available for Online Investing Platform	Level 2 Quotes for Stocks and ETFs available for RBC Mobile app	Level 2 Quotes for Stocks and ETFs available for Trading Dashboard
News and Headlines	News and Headlines available for Online Investing Platform	News and Headlines available for RBC Mobile app	News and Headlines available for Trading Dashboard
Watchlists	Watchlists available for Online Investing Platform	Watchlists available for RBC Mobile app	Watchlists available for Trading Dashboard
Fixed-Income Investments Search	Fixed-Income Investments Search available for Online Investing Platform	Fixed-Income Investments Search available for RBC Mobile app	Fixed-Income Investments Search available for Trading Dashboard

				North American Stocks and Options Trading	North American Stocks and Options Trading available for Online Investing Platform	North American Stocks and Options Trading available for RBC Mobile app	North American Stocks and Options Trading available for Trading Dashboard
				Real-Time Quotes^{Compare Table Legal Disclaimer footnote 2}	Real-Time Quotes available for Online Investing Platform	Real-Time Quotes available for RBC Mobile app	Real-Time Quotes available for Trading Dashboard
				Real-Time Streaming^{Compare Table Legal Disclaimer footnote 4} Quotes for Stocks and ETFs	Real-Time Streaming Quotes for Stocks and ETFs available for Online Investing Platform	Real-Time Streaming Quotes for Stocks and ETFs not available for RBC Mobile app	Real-Time Streaming Quotes for Stocks and ETFs available for Trading Dashboard
				Level 2 Quotes^{Compare Table Legal Disclaimer footnote 3} for Stocks and ETFs	Level 2 Quotes for Stocks and ETFs available for Online Investing Platform	Level 2 Quotes for Stocks and ETFs available for RBC Mobile app	Level 2 Quotes for Stocks and ETFs available for Trading Dashboard
				Trading with Avion Points	Trading with Avion Points available for Online Investing Platform	Trading with Avion Points available for RBC Mobile app	Trading with Avion Points not available for Trading Dashboard
				Pre-Market and After-Hours Trading	Pre-Market and After-Hours Trading available for Online Investing Platform	Pre-Market and After-Hours Trading not available for RBC Mobile app	Pre-Market and After-Hours Trading available for Trading Dashboard
				Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP)^{Compare Table Legal Disclaimer footnote 5,Compare Table Legal Disclaimer footnote 6} Setup	Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) Setup available for Online Investing Platform	Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) Setup available for RBC Mobile app	Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) Setup not available for Trading Dashboard
				Pre-Authorized Contribution (PAC) Plan Setup	Pre-Authorized Contribution (PAC) Plan Setup available for Online Investing Platform	Pre-Authorized Contribution (PAC) Plan Setup not available for RBC Mobile app	Pre-Authorized Contribution (PAC) Plan Setup not available for Trading Dashboard
				Treasury Bill Rollover Setup	Treasury Bill Rollover Setup available for Online Investing Platform	Treasury Bill Rollover Setup not available for RBC Mobile app	Treasury Bill Rollover Setup not available for Trading Dashboard

				View and Monitor Your Accounts and Investments	View and Monitor Your Accounts and Investments available for Online Investing Platform	View and Monitor Your Accounts and Investments available for RBC Mobile app	View and Monitor Your Accounts and Investments available for Trading Dashboard
				Portfolio Analyzer, Account Performance and Income Projection Tools	Portfolio Analyzer, Account Performance and Income Projection Tools available for Online Investing Platform	Portfolio Analyzer, Account Performance and Income Projection Tools not available for RBC Mobile app	Portfolio Analyzer, Account Performance and Income Projection Tools not available for Trading Dashboard
				Recent Events Driving Your Holdings^{Compare Table Legal Disclaimer footnote 7}	Recent Events Driving Your Holdings available for Online Investing Platform	Recent Events Driving Your Holdings not available for RBC Mobile app	Recent Events Driving Your Holdings not available for Trading Dashboard
				Watchlists	Watchlists available for Online Investing Platform	Watchlists available for RBC Mobile app	Watchlists available for Trading Dashboard

Watchlists	Watchlists available for Online Investing Platform	Watchlists available for RBC Mobile app	Watchlists available for Trading Dashboard
Fixed-Income Investments Search	Fixed-Income Investments Search available for Online Investing Platform	Fixed-Income Investments Search available for RBC Mobile app	Fixed-Income Investments Search available for Trading Dashboard
Custom and Pre-Defined Screeners/Filtered Lists for Stocks, Mutual Funds and ETFs	Custom and Pre-Defined Screeners/Filtered Lists for Stocks, Mutual Funds and ETFs available for Online Investing Platform	Custom and Pre-Defined Screeners/Filtered Lists for Stocks, Mutual Funds and ETFs not available for RBC Mobile app	Custom and Pre-Defined Screeners/Filtered Lists for Stocks, Mutual Funds and ETFs available for Trading Dashboard
Morningstar^{Compare Table Legal Disclaimer footnote ‡} Research (Pick Lists, Editorials, Ratings and Research)	Morningstar Research (Pick Lists, Editorials, Ratings and Research) available for Online Investing Platform	Morningstar Research (Pick Lists, Editorials, Ratings and Research) available for RBC Mobile app	Morningstar Research (Pick Lists, Editorials, Ratings and Research) not available for Trading Dashboard
Sectors and Industries Analysis	Sectors and Industries Analysis available for Online Investing Platform	Sectors and Industries Analysis not available for RBC Mobile app	Sectors and Industries Analysis not available for Trading Dashboard
Research by RBC Capital Markets, RBC Economics and More	Research by RBC Capital Markets, RBC Economics and More available for Online Investing Platform	Research by RBC Capital Markets, RBC Economics and More not available for RBC Mobile app	Research by RBC Capital Markets, RBC Economics and More not available for Trading Dashboard
News and Headlines	News and Headlines available for Online Investing Platform	News and Headlines available for RBC Mobile app	News and Headlines available for Trading Dashboard
Consensus Upgrades and Downgrades by Refinitiv^{Compare Table Legal Disclaimer footnote ‡}	Consensus Upgrades and Downgrades by Refinitiv available for Online Investing Platform	Consensus Upgrades and Downgrades by Refinitiv not available for RBC Mobile app	Consensus Upgrades and Downgrades by Refinitiv not available for Trading Dashboard
Street Consensus by Thomson Reuters	Street Consensus by Thomson Reuters available for Online Investing Platform	Street Consensus by Thomson Reuters available for RBC Mobile app	Street Consensus by Thomson Reuters not available for Trading Dashboard
Alerts (Stock and Market)	Alerts (Stock and Market) available for Online Investing Platform	Alerts (Stock and Market) not available for RBC Mobile app	Alerts (Stock and Market) not available for Trading Dashboard
Calendar (Earnings and Events)	Calendar (Earnings and Events) available for Online Investing Platform	Calendar (Earnings and Events) not available for RBC Mobile app	Calendar (Earnings and Events) not available for Trading Dashboard
FactSet Fundamentals, Estimates and Reference Data	FactSet Fundamentals, Estimates and Reference Data not available for Online Investing Platform	FactSet Fundamentals, Estimates and Reference Data not available for RBC Mobile app	FactSet Fundamentals, Estimates and Reference Data available for Trading Dashboard
Technical Analysis and Advanced Charting	Technical Analysis and Advanced Charting available for Online Investing Platform	Technical Analysis and Advanced Charting not available for RBC Mobile app	Technical Analysis and Advanced Charting available for Trading Dashboard
Technical Analysis and Events from Trading Central^{Compare Table Legal Disclaimer footnote ‡}	Technical Analysis and Events from Trading Central available for Online Investing Platform	Technical Analysis and Events from Trading Central available for RBC Mobile app	Technical Analysis and Events from Trading Central not available for Trading Dashboard
New Issues/IPOs Search	New Issues/IPOs Search available for Online Investing Platform	New Issues/IPOs Search not available for RBC Mobile app	New Issues/IPOs Search not available for Trading Dashboard

				Educational Videos and Demos	Educational Videos and Demos available for Online Investing Platform	Educational Videos and Demos not available for RBC Mobile app	Educational Videos and Demos available for Trading Dashboard
				Inspired Investor Trade	Inspired Investor Trade available for Online Investing Platform	Inspired Investor Trade not available for RBC Mobile app	Inspired Investor Trade available for Trading Dashboard
				Practice Accounts	Practice Accounts available for Online Investing Platform	Practice Accounts not available for RBC Mobile app	Practice Accounts not available for Trading Dashboard

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The Avion Rewards program is offered by Royal Bank of Canada and is subject to the Avion Rewards Terms & Conditions (opens in new window)

. You may only use your Avion points through RBC DI to: (1) pay for Canadian or U.S. equity trade commissions on your eligible RBC Direct Investing accounts; or (2) transfer points for cash contributions in CAD to your eligible RBC Direct Investing accounts. It is your responsibility to make sure you have sufficient contribution room within your registered plan when redeeming points for cash contributions in CAD to your registered accounts and/or when you use your Avion points to pay for Canadian or U.S. equity trade commissions on a registered account. The Canada Revenue Agency may apply tax penalties for over-contributions. RBC Direct Investing is not responsible for any such penalties.

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There may be commissions, trailing commissions, investment fund management fees and expenses associated with investment fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) investments. On or after June 1, 2022, any trailing commissions paid to RBC Direct Investing Inc. will be rebated to clients pursuant to applicable regulatory exemptions. Before investing, please review the applicable fees, expenses and charges relating to the fund as disclosed in the prospectus, fund facts or ETF facts for the fund. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. For money market funds there can be no assurances that the fund will be able to maintain its net asset value per security at a constant amount or that the full amount of your investment in the fund will be returned to you.

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RBC Mobile is operated by Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Direct Investing Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc.

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Real-time quotes are available automatically to all clients for exchange listed stocks, ETFs and most over-the-counter (OTC) securities without completion of exchange agreements. Real-time quotes for options and grey market OTC securities on detailed quote and order entry pages are also available upon accepting the terms and conditions of all exchange agreements on the RBC Direct Investing online investing site. Real-time quotes for options and grey market OTC securities are available to all clients across the site upon accepting the terms and conditions of all exchange agreements on the RBC Direct Investing online investing site.

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Level 2 quotes are available on stocks and ETFs that trade on the TSX and TSX-Venture exchanges for all clients. Level 2 quotes are also available on stocks and ETFs that trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange and Nasdaq for Active Trader clients upon accepting the terms and conditions of all exchange agreements on the RBC Direct Investing online investing site.

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Real-time streaming quotes are available automatically to all clients for exchange listed equities, ETFs and most over-the-counter (OTC) securities. Real-time streaming quotes for options and grey market OTC securities are available to all clients upon accepting the terms and conditions of all exchange agreements on the RBC Direct Investing online investing site.

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Dividends earned pursuant to DRIP may be subject to requirements imposed by the Income Tax Act (Canada). It is your responsibility to ensure that any associated tax requirements or obligations are satisfied.

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The list of DRIP eligible securities is subject to change at any time without prior notice. RBC Direct Investing will purchase whole shares only. Some exclusions may apply. Some eligible securities such as preferred shares and voting class common shares will not reinvest into additional units of the same security but rather the underlying non-voting common share or similar security.

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To help you stay on top of your holdings we track and display dividend announcements, earnings, performances when one of your stocks hits a 52-week high or low, and ratings changes. These key events will be visible to you for five business days after they occur.

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Transfer $15,000 or more and we'll cover up to $200 in fees charged by your other brokerage.^{Legal Disclaimer footnote5}

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Online Investing Platform FAQs

The platform that you use will depend on things like the type of trader you are and when or where you are trading. Use this chart to get an idea of which platform may best suit your needs. Keep in mind, you can switch between the three platforms—no need to pick just one.

Pay no maintenance fee^{Legal Disclaimer footnote 6} when you hold combined assets of $15,000 or more across your RBC Direct Investing accounts. Another way to lower your fees is to set up a pre-authorized contribution plan^{Legal Disclaimer footnote 7} of at least $100 per month ($300 per quarter).

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Clients who make 30 or more equity/options trades per quarter qualify for our Active Trader program. Quarterly trading activity of clients will be reviewed on a monthly basis on the 22nd of every month. Clients must re-qualify on a monthly basis for Active Trader status to stay in effect. Clients will qualify based on the eligible trading activity from the previous three calendar months (e.g. total trades count from September 1 to November 30, with Active Trader status going into effect on December 22). A trade is defined as a stock, exchange-traded fund (ETF) or option order for which a commission has been charged.

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Fund transfers in CAD or USD from an RBC Royal Bank account to your RBC Direct Investing account using RBC Online Banking, Direct Investing Online Investing, or the RBC Mobile app are processed in real time between the hours of 4:30 a.m. and 7:54 p.m. ET, seven days a week. Transfers into an RBC Direct Investing account made outside of these hours will be processed the following day. Transfers out of your RBC Direct Investing account (Locked-in, Registered Retirement Income Fund, and Registered Education Savings Plan accounts excluded) to an RBC Royal Bank account are processed in real-time between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday to Friday (excluding Canadian holidays). Transfers out of your RBC Direct Investing account made outside of these hours will be processed the next business day.

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Up to C$200 in transfer fees will be covered when you transfer C$15,000 or more to RBC Direct Investing from an investment account held at a financial institution that is not affiliated with RBC. Clients must provide proof of transfer fee payment to RBC Direct Investing within six months of transfer to be eligible for reimbursement. Please contact an RBC Direct Investing representative for more details at 1 800-769-2560.

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There is no quarterly maintenance fee charged if your combined assets are C$15,000 or more across all of your RBC Direct Investing accounts. If your combined assets are less than C$15,000 across all of your RBC Direct Investing accounts, you will be charged one maintenance fee of C$25 per quarter (split across all of your accounts). For full details please refer to the complete Commissions and Fees Schedule at www.rbcdirectinvesting.com/pricing/fees.html.

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Clients with a Pre-Authorized Contribution (PAC) must have a net contribution of $300 or more for the quarter to qualify for the maintenance fee waiver.

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