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TL;DR
- Open an account at any US broker, add money, search for the ticker NVDA, and place a buy order. Most brokers charge no commission.
- You don’t need the price of a whole share: most brokers sell fractional shares, so $10 or $100 works.
- Nvidia swings hard, often 3% or more in a day, so decide how much you can hold through a big drop before you buy.
- LemonTrades tells you what moved Nvidia, and why, the minute it moves, and warns you before its earnings.
Nvidia is one of the most traded stocks in the world, and buying it takes a few minutes. Here’s how.
How to buy Nvidia stock in 5 steps
- Choose a broker. Any US broker sells NVDA: Fidelity, Schwab, Vanguard, Robinhood, E*TRADE, Interactive Brokers and others. Look for no commissions, fractional shares and an app you like.
- Pick an account. A regular (taxable) brokerage account, or a Roth or traditional IRA for retirement money, which can save on taxes.
- Add money by linking your bank account.
- Search for NVDA and choose how much to buy, in dollars or shares.
- Place the order. A market order buys right away at the current price; a limit order buys only at your price or lower. During the 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET session, a market order fills in seconds. Before 9:30 or after 4:00, use a limit order: prices can jump in thin trading.
What to know before you buy
- It’s volatile. Nvidia has fallen more than 50% several times, most recently in 2022, and dropped 17% in a single day in January 2025. See why Nvidia plunges.
- Earnings move it. Nvidia reports four times a year, usually in late February, May, August and November, after the close, and the stock often moves 5% or more the next day.
- It pays a small dividend: $0.25 a share each quarter since May 2026. See Nvidia’s dividend.
- You may already own it. Nvidia is one of the biggest stocks in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, so an index fund holds it. See is VOO a good investment?
Other ways to own Nvidia
- Index funds and ETFs like VOO, QQQ or a tech ETF such as VGT. See VGT.
- Options, for experienced traders only; they can expire worthless.
- Practice first with fake money: see paper trading.
Sources
Education, not financial advice. See our disclaimer.
