What's the best online broker?
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I like Scottrade.  You need only $500 dollar to open an account.  It is perfect for small investors.  You can compared  and see for yourself.\n\nhttp://scottrade.com/frame_brokers.asp
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Go with scottrade. I have an account and you can't beat $7/trade. They also have offices all over the US.\n\nSharebuilder charges about $15.95 for real time trades. They also have a program where you can "dollar cost" average into a stock. Say you want to invest $50/month into Apple, $25/month into ebay, and $10/month into Starbucks. It'll cost you $4/month/"automatic transaction". You can also subscribe to their package deals where they give you 20 automatic transactions for $20. 6 trades/month for $12. The trick though is..you have to invest the same day every month and they execute the trade. You have no control over when (morning/afternoon or time). This is fine if you want to accumulate stock.\n\nI do like eTrade for their interface but their trades are $15 unless you do X trades a month and the price goes down...but for a small investor, it's cheaper to go with the $7 trades at Scottrade
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From an on line broker such as Ameritrade.com or Scotrade.
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Wouldn't it be great to have one broker that does it all? \n\nBut a stock broker doesn't have a license to trade commodities, and vice versa. \n\nAnd wouldn't it be great if you could afford the best in the business, the most advanced technologically, on the cutting edge of online trading? \n\nTerraNova is such a broker. Now you can have your cake and eat it too, and trade anything you wish from one broker, albeit, not from one account. Obviously, the laws cannot be broken. Their subsidiary, or is it parent company, Townsend Electronics, is the one that electronified and digitized the NASDAQ, and I believe they're getting ready to do the American Stock Exchange next.\n\nYou'll be amazed at their trading software. I've been using RealTick for over a year, and still haven't learned how to use all of the features. \n\nIt's all really incredible. I am just a Day Trader in index futures, and have no association with any of these companies, and have nothing to gain by applauding them; they simply deserve the applause, and you should take the opportunity to check them out.
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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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Yes. I work with the broker below. I use them, and I assure you they give the best service.
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in order to open up an account? Look at Scottrade if you want to do your own online trading. It also has a comparison page of different brokerages including starting funds.
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Something like Yahoo Finance will have the general price.  If you're looking for more real-time quotes, if you get a demo account or a real account at most of the brokerage services, they will give you those quotes for free.  Often times, they only have the major crosses that are widely traded, though.
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Metastock and Tradestation are supposed to be the best, but expensive.\n\nI use Stockwiz for French stocks and end-of-day trading. It's completely programmable, which is what I wanted, but the programming language is somewhat primitive. There is a lot of information and examples on the website.  \n\nhttp://www.stockwiz.com/\n\nCaveat:\n- You still need a service to get your daily stockquotes, which is most likely *not* free
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Many many people have asked. Get a stock broker:\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=AooSNtwtO3rIeYLlP19pSvsezKIX?p=best+broker\n\nread about the different kinds and carefully choose what's right for you\n\nfinance.yahoo.com
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try charles schwab, e-trade, or ameritrade
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Scottrade is the way to go. Their commissions are flat rate and cheaper than everyone else's. I've researched this extensively. They charge 7 bucks for live trades and give you free streaming quotes. Most other places have delayed quotes and charge upwards of 10 dollars for live trades. Sharebuilder claims 4 dollar trades but those you have to schedule a week in advance!!! Their live trades are 14.95!!! Scottrade only requires $500 initial deposit and as you put more money in, they give you A TON of benefits. They have been rated as the best online trading company like 6 years in a row!!!!\n\nHope this helps
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There are a couple really nice deals with some of the online banks:\n\nING Direct\nCitibank\nImmigrant Bank\nNetbank\n\nI'd say there are all just about the same, so I'd go with the one with the highest %rate for deposits.
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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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Any brokerage firm will gladly make it "fast and easy" so how about I tell you who is "the best".\n\nI recommend Scottrade its only $40 to open an account($500 min.)there are NO mantainance/hidden fees and trades are only $7 for unlimited shares(unless they under $1) they also pay interest(monthly) on your cash balances and charge no inactivity fees. With a $2500 balance you can even get a checking account so you'll have easy access to your profits.  \n\nAs a day trader I've used their services over 5 years now and have tried to find a better deal. Sure, there are places that advertise trades for as little as $1 but they more than make up for it with hidden/maintainance fees or activity requirements. Scottrade is straight up they never pulled any crap like this on me or anyone else i'm aware of.\n\nThe "make money quick" part is entirely up to you, this takes a good understanding of how the markets work, which is more than i can tell you here but, i will refer you to a good beginners resource. Read Jim Cramers' book "Real Money" it will knock years off the learning needed to become a successful trader/investor. \n\nIf you'd like more info just click on my icon(Truyer) and drop me a line, I'm allways glad to help an aspiring trader get started. This is the greatest job in the world!\n\nWishing You the Best of Good Buys!!!
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I just did a Search  - see the results here:\nhttp://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?fr=fp-tab-web-t-1&ei=ISO-8859-1&p=online+trading&meta=vc%3D\n\nLooks like there are quite a few options for online trading.\nAlso, I found a good comparison service here:\nhttp://www.moneysupermarket.com/shares/\n\nGood luck!
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Quicken Loans is the number one online lender. Their customer service is second to none and they make the mortgage process really easy.