DY> Once one has set one-self up at home with say, Super-charts and on-line 
DY> collection of stock market data, is it possible to trade without using a 
DY> broker, or does legislation require a broker to be used?

Who were you planning on trading WITH?  If it's friends on the net
or something, then yes, you can fill in some form yourself, buy
some stamp duty stamps yourself, and send it to some share
registry to make the transfer.  BFN.  Paul.
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