If you have little to no experiance… use;
Schwab
or
Fidelity

You’ll get the support you need to protect yourself from your own ignorance (which can be very costly).

Scottrade is "OK" (mediocre)… but best suited to somewhat experianced customers.

If you’re very experianced;
ThinkOrSwim
Interactive Brokers (little to no support)
Cobra Trading


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6 Responses

  1. Natural Medicine Man

    Many of the online brokers have access to a great amount of material to research. The catch will depend on how much knowledge you have about the stock market. The commissions run from $4 to $10.50 and that should not be a point to choose. Good customer service is also an important issue but then you don’t know that until you have an account with them.

    In my opinion Scottrade is my favorite. I have had accounts with others but have moved all but one to Scottrade.

    P.S. Scottrade is a private company and I am not, or ever will be an employee.
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  2. Common Sense

    If you have little to no experiance… use;
    Schwab
    or
    Fidelity

    You’ll get the support you need to protect yourself from your own ignorance (which can be very costly).

    Scottrade is "OK" (mediocre)… but best suited to somewhat experianced customers.

    If you’re very experianced;
    ThinkOrSwim
    Interactive Brokers (little to no support)
    Cobra Trading
    References :

  3. Devil

    i am using sogotrade, and i think is the best, cheap and good…Personally, I think sogotrade is best among all online brokerages. You can get a lot of free trades: about 100 free trades with 500 minimum deposits. It has very good customer services, it also has live help, and you can chat with representatives about any question. After that, only 3 dollar for each trade, pretty sweet when compared with other online brokerages.
    Referral code: 453934
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  4. Mark

    There are many company’s that you can choose from, " but the real thing",that is going to make you money is not the company but it is the software that the company uses you need to have the tools to even begin to trade or find a company to trade for you try to find some forex software so you can tell the company what stocks to look in to for you check out this info for trading http://sites.google.com/site/forexespionagenow/
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  5. Donald Z

    I use Eoption.com for my options trades. CHEAP! I don’t buy and hold, I trade. I have a proven system that will produce short term profits. I don’t look for P/E ratios or anything like that. I am a technical trader. I use indicators that move with the price of the stock. Buy and Hold are of the past. Buying the actual stock produces far less results than if you traded the stock option. If you’re looking for a winning recommendation service that produces 90% accuracy on the stock market using Options, contact me for some recommendations.
    Email me at openrangetraders@gmail.com to stop them losing trades.
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  6. mhoffman02

    Take a look at Interactive Brokers. IB is technology forward and has some of the the lowest commissions I’ve seen. They also make it easy to do bracketed trades, one cancels all, etc. and you have many options for how & where your trades execute.

    I also have an account at Schwab that is great for mutual funds, but I would not actively trade stocks out of it.
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    I found IB through an article in Kiplinger online, & later got an account at IB.

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