Question for the experts .....

I am thinking of starting an account with Scott Trade . I have not ever traded stocks on any level in the past . It has been something that I have always been curious about doing , but havn't done .

 

I know a few of you guys here do really well with this .

 

Does anyone have any feedback on Scott , or perhaps another company that is better ?

 

Also , if any of you think I should have my head examined for wanting to do this , please feel free to chime in as well .

 

 

 

 

So , ..... What say you Stock Men ?

 

 

I have been with TD Ameritrade since my original online broker Datek merged with them and I am very satistied with their service and commission structure of $9.99 for all stock orders no matter what the size or stock price. many onlines, like Fidelity revert to "normal commission" (ie: rip you off) for stocks trading under $1 while others limit the trade size (charge a per share fee for over a certain size order)

 

don't know about what firms charge in Australia

Emp....I use Scottrade and have NEVER had an issue with them. They have a simple to use trading platform, provide excellent customer service and $7 trades are hard to beat.

 

Datek I'm talking about merged with TD Ameritrade years ago.

 

they were one of the original online trading platforms with streaming quotes that didn't charge a fee for the service. was one of the reasons TD bought them. they just took Datek's tech into their own operation.

 

did some other operation pick up the name?

oh you WORKED for them,KOAJ. NOW I get it. is that where you got licensed?