Best online place to trade

Have E-trade haven't used it in years.  What's the best place? Low commish,ease of dep or withdraw,best info, easy to use. Thanks in advance

Thanks Wall St,  Both have branches within 10 minutes of my house.  Will look into both.

i would advise using a full service broker,,right wall?,,,,,,ha ha, just kidding,,,,ameritrade is good

Are any of these available to Canadians? I am pretty sure that Ameritrade isn't for Canadians.

 

I just picked up some NKE today (they are taking over Umbro in march) and I am still paying $29.95/trade with RBC.

I use Schwab,but like Wall says you get what you pay for,shop around,its worth it

 

doin good wall,,although i do not deal in mutual funds,,dont forget the '' i can offer u exclusive access to ipo's and bridge loans'',,,at my old place years back we would tell people that all the time,,i dont think we were involved in even one ,ever,,,,,,,,dont forget the mark-ups on naz stocks,,,,shit i remember back in the day we would get a 2 dollar rip in a 5 dollar stock,,the brokers would make a killing,,and none of us would ever wonder or ask why they were paying us so much to move these certain stocks,,,if they were payin us that much imagine what they were makin in the end,,,oh and dont forget that when a client wants to sell positions and close out the account not to let them,,,it was basically a nitemare if u were a client trying to get money back from us,,,,when u sent it to us,,it was never comin back,,,ah,the good old days,,,,,,,,on the straight and narrow now

don't know about Scottrade BUT if your thinking about doing stocks priced under $1, then definately Ameritrade which is a flat $9.99 for any stock price in any share size. some firms like Fidelity charge "normal commission" (ie: rip you off) for trades of stocks priced under $1 while others limit the number of shares per trade.

 

that plus the free "Streamer" and Level II at Ameritrade are just a couple things to consider. I have used them for years and am very satisfied with their service.

boiler, What's up with the IPO offers? I hear brokers dangle that all the time.My sister a broker for years,now runs 401 k's.wouldn't budge on IPO.  How to you decide who gets IPO, is it your biggest clients only?

Thanks for inputs on accounts.  The fact that branches are close is great.  Will try both.

ipo's usually are a money maker and people would jizz in their pants when u tell them u can get them in on some,,,also people like to think they are on the inside,,being part of a hard to get ipo makes them feel that way 

u got that right wall,,,,,,average person never gets a crack,,but threre is the rub,,,u tell em u can get them a taste and they lose their minds

The commisions with Etrade Canada are $19.99/trade.

 

Does anyone have an account with Questrade? Their commisions appear to be quite low $4.99/trade (<1000 shares) and $9.99 (>1000 shares). This seems too good to be true. I have to do a bit more research before opening an account.