who are the most dependable online stock brokers?
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hi icicidirect has a account for NRIs so u can login to their site on the following url...\n\nhttp://content.icicidirect.com/nrifaq.asp
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tradeking.com is one of the cheapest.\nbrown & co. which is owned by etrade is next.\n\nscottrade, ameritrade, fidelity, schwab are a bit higher.\n\nif you have large cash balances then schwab or fidelity have higher yielding options for your idle cash.
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I use Stockwiz for end-of-day trading. It's completely programmable, which is what I wanted, but the programming language is .... primitive.\nBut it's free.\n\nhttp://www.stockwiz.com/\n\nCaveat:\n- I am still using version 3, although there is a version 4 available\n- You still need a service to get your daily stockquotes, which is most likely *not* free
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Yes, Scottrade and Ameritrade are probably the best brokers online for you to open an account with.  Be sure to verify that there aren't extra fees for accounts under a certain dollar amount, because if they charge you $25 per month like some brokers do, it won't take long for you to lose all your money in fees.  I think Ameritrade recently eliminated the account minimums, but I'm not entirely sure about that.\n\nI'd also suggest Sharebuilder as a good tool if you're looking to buy in to a few good companies and just hold the shares. \n\nBest of luck to you, and kudos for starting so soon.
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I worked for Ameritrade. They're a wonderful company. Your trading experience will be a lot better than any other competition.\n\nwww.ameritrade.com
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InteractiveBrokers has $1 trades, which is as cheap as you'll find.  You need to make 10 trades/month.  If you're an active trader, that should be no problem.\n\nScottrade is one of the best that actually has branch locations.  They charge $7 for limit and market trades.
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Vanguard.com generally has the near highest rates on a consistent basis. They offer a lot of funds with no load and low cost. They are not the lowest commission structure however. If you trade a lot and don't keep big cash balances I would go elsewhere.\n\nFidelity, tradeking, schwab, etrade, ameritrade, scottrade
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There are ways to buy stock directly from a company, contact the company whose shares you want to own (att, Disney, etc).  When you are dealing with a stock broker you are giving a commssion for the ability of the broker to acquire the shares for you.  Online brokerages have the least commission because most all of the trades are handled by computers.
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Metastock from www.equis.com has a good reputation\nTradestation (www.TradeStationWorld.com) seems to be the thing for professionals.
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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, 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\nAnd if there are particular things that you want to mention as being most important to you (such as executions, cust svc, cheapest trade - which you mentioned, flexibility on allowing you to do certain types of trades, stop and stop limit orders, contingent orders, great graphing, what if scenarios, training, etc), I'll be glad to help discuss this with you too!\n\nIf you have any questions, let me know.\n\nHope that helps!
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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 on wanting affordable w/o inactivity fees, I'd recommend optionsxpress since they have no minimum activity that you're required to do.  Further, they have some great strategy scans and a decent virtual trading platform to practice on.\n\nBrokerages like Fidelity are horrible for anyone with any decent experience.  Though they do have decent research stuff.\n\nBut for research, there are SOOO many places to find good stocks.\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\nAnd if there are any other particular things that you want to mention as being most important to you (such as executions, cust svc, cheapest trade - which you mentioned, flexibility on allowing you to do certain types of trades, stop and stop limit orders, contingent orders, great graphing, what if scenarios, training, etc), I'll be glad to help discuss this with you too!\n\nIf you have any questions, let me know.\n\nHope that helps!
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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, but all are very good. Cheapest probably is scottrade (of the larger online firms). \n\nBut 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\nAnd if there are particular things that you want to mention as being most important to you (such as executions, cust svc, cheapest trade - which you mentioned, flexibility on allowing you to do certain types of trades, stop and stop limit orders, contingent orders, great graphing, what if scenarios, training, etc), I'll be glad to help discuss this with you too!\n\nIf you have any questions, let me know.\n\nHope that helps!
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You need to open an account with any of online broker.\nI recommended Scottrade, it is good for small individual investor like myself.  Low commission, no extra charge for limit order, and no inactivity fees.\n\nhttp://scottrade.com/
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I like Scottrade.  $7 market orders, fast executions, good customer service when I need it, which hasnt been often.  Their website provides a lot of good research information.
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Trading services..especially online trading.
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I know that you'd prefer not to go with a broker, as you intend to let ti sit for a few years, but it really is your best bet to go with a discount broker.  Scottrade will let you purchase unlimited shares of the stock for $7 and charges no monthly fees, even if you never make another trade again.  With no monthly fees, there really is no reason not to use a broker.  ShareBuilder offers the same thing for $4, but only if you sign up for their automatic Tuesday investments.\n\nBoth of these options are acutally cheaper than buying the stock directly from the company's share transfer agent.