what is considered a single trade?

Question

If I buy 25 shares of X and 25 shares of Y (where X and Y are different companies) in the same tranaction, is it a single trade? Will the broker like ETrade, just chare me 10$ per trade or is it 20$?

just realised Etrade doesnt allow me to add more than one company . any other broker does that?

Answer 1

You're going to get charged for each company you buy. You can only trade one company at a time.