What is the best internet stock trading company that won't rip you off?
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I use ETrade and don't feel ripped off in the slightest.  Especially considering Legg Mason used to charge me some crazy $500 to do transactions I can do on ETrade for $20.
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I use Ameritrade and its pretty good. Check it out.
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Unless you have a lot of money to invest, a million plus, an on line broker is perhaps the best.  The other brokers do not wish to be bothered with you in general.  There are exceptions but they are exceptions.  \n\nAmong the on line brokers, there are basic brokers which allow you to trade stocks at minimal cost.  TDAmeritrade and Scottrade and TradeKing are among those with fees ranging from $6.00 to 10.00 per trade.  Then there are the ones that offer somewhat greater services for somewhat higher costs.  Schawb and Fidelity and ETrade fall into that category.  They offer more research material and somewhat better customer service in general for a somewhat higher commission in general.  Fidelity for example has about a $25.00 commision per trade for small accounts but offers a wealth of research material.
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as other answer stated any online discount broker can handle it. although some will not do the trade on certain stocks. the obvious fast moving scam stocks get blocked from electronic ordering. this is supposed to protect the customer as well as the broker from liability.\n\ncheck out pinksheets.com to do your research. pinksheet companies have almost no disclosure requirements other than the Form 211 which is sketchy at best. Cavet Emptor!
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yes pinksheets.com is a good source for all the penny stocks. however the previous answer about penny stocks is so full of holes I don't know where to begin to correct it.\n\nmost online brokers will let you buy pennies, they might restrict you from buying the ones that are highly volatile (scam like). if you have the cash in the account and are a customer with experience, they will do the trades. many pinks are companies that no longer wanted the expense of dealing with Sarbanes Oxley - SOX regulations as they became to expensive for small companies to comply with.\n\ntread carefully as there are many minefields in the pink area. if you are not an experienced investor you stand to get burned.
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http://www.fidelity.com\n\nhttp://www.etrade.com
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for convience sake, find the nearest discount broker with an office.\n\nSchwab, Fidelity, Ameritrade or Scottrade ... for a few stock sales any of them would work. Scottrade being the cheapest. If you are going to leave the money in your account, then Fidelity would be best as they have a higher paying sweep money market.
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http://www.scottrade.com\n\nNo inactivity fees\n$7 trades for market or limit orders\n$500 minimum to open an account
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Usually there's no minimum, but some companies do charge you a fee if you're inactive.\n\nJust so you know, there are a lot of good brokererages depending on what you like and how you trade.\n\nBarron's Online has a great article on brokerages that they publish each year. (I'll try to find you the link for the March 6,2006 article)\n\nFor basic stuff, E*Trade, Ameritrade, and Scottrade are sufficient. For more complex trades, I'd recommend Optionsxpress, ThinkorSwim, or interactivebrokers. \n\nBased on what you put in your question, I'd recommend one of the first three, or maybe Optionxpress, but all are very good. Cheapest probably is scottrade (of the larger online firms). Yes there are cheaper like interactivebrokers, but you'll have to get used to their software based platform (which is doable). They're only about $1/contract on options!\n\nBrokerages like Fidelity are horrible for anyone with any decent experience. \n\nSo, decide what's important to you as a trader and compare the brokers! You can use the article, or go to each website as they all seem to have comparison charts! \n\nIf you have any questions, let me know.\n\nHope that helps!
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Daytrading entirely depends on you. Can you buy the stocks low, and sell them high? There's nothing scammy about it, as long as you're making informed decisions and they pay off.
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depends on how active a trader you will be. if you are just buying and holding without keeping a large cash balance then Scottrade is a good choice. Low Commissions.\n\nFidelity.com has very good rates for active traders and has great mutual funds and high paying money market funds for idle cash balances.\n\nSchwab.com commissions are slightly higher, but if you are a very active trader they will compete with other brokers to get your commission rates down.\n\nBrown & Co is now part of Etrade, since I don't care for Etrades service or market making I cannot recommend them at all. Brown is only $5.00 per trade.\n\nAmeritrade... I know many people who use them. It seems as if the website for trading is down to often for me. Schwabs Streetsmart Pro is rarely out of service.
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How about try these. \n\nhttp://www.sharebuilder.com/\n\nhttps://us.etrade.com/e/t/jumppage/viewjumppage?PageName=omnibus2&SC=NPNFG6D&tb=3847&WT.mc_id=CONPNFG6D\n\nhttp://www.tdameritrade.com/offer/special.html?a=kra\n\nhttp://www.scottrade.com/index.asp?supbid=68651
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There are lots of online brokers.  I use ameritrade and scottrade.  there are many more including brownco, etrade, sharebuilder.com and more.. MOst of these can be funded electronically.  Scottrade is the cheapest at 7 dollars a trade but I think ameritrade is a lot easier to use and more reliable.
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I've been with Scottrade for about ten years now... and I believe they are the best discount brokerage available.  You'll pay just $7 a trade.  You'll have resources to explore.  You can even get advice from one of their brokers, which will result in a small fee.  Bottom line: Take it from a retired stock broker... if I could invest at a better company, I'd do it!
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nasdaq.com is what i use\nbut i'm not sure if thats advanced enough for ur purposes
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Try firstrade.com\n\nThey do online trades for $6.95, use S&P's stock research, and have no minimum to trade in an IRA or regular brokerage acount. I used sharebuilder, their research section stinks, and you have to wait for them to purchase the stock on a rotating basis, you can not purchase when you want, and if you calculate the cost of each trade using this method then the total commission is far more than any discount brokerage. And if you do want to do an immediate trade the commission is $19.95. I started using Firstrade.com, recomended by Smartmoney magazine(The Wall Street Journal' magazine) , and haven't looked back.
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check Schwab.com , Fidelity.com, Vanguard.com, Ameritrade.com, ETrade.com, Scottrade.com, Tradeking.com\n\nthey allow offer other firms funds to some degree, some without extra charges.