Different Stock Brokerage Firm in The Industry

By Daniel Crislow

Many mistakes, many years later and stand before you is a man who knows about stock brokers. I've almost tried them all so I can quickly tell whether the interface is good or not, without making a single trade. Here's what I think about the different brokers.

Zecco still advertises stock trading at no cost, but the package it offers is a far cry from the unlimited free trades that it used to promote. Nonetheless, 10 free trades per month (for those that qualify) is still quite good.

OptionsHouse's pricing is only $2.95 per trade. Yup. Less than three dollars. I know. It's cheap, and their competitors know this. It will be interesting to see how everyone else response once the word is out.

TradeKing was one of the first stock brokers who invented the area of discount brokerage firms. It's good customer support, fair pricing and good tools ranks high in my book of stock brokers.

OptionsXpress is cool because it focuses on options but they have since expanded into the arena of stocks. They do a fine job on the educational front as well.

Scottrade is not really promoting its business like it should but it does offer a solid platform for traders. At $7 a trade, it is middle of the pack in terms of price and middle of the pack in terms of features.

TD Ameritrade has good person support because you can walk into a branch and talk to someone. However, its website is lacking and looks like something from the 80s. I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole but you may like it.

Etrade, despite its troubles with the mortgage industry is still one of the best stock brokers out there. It has a banking side where you can get high rates, it has a checking account where you can get free ATM withdraws anywhere and you can also trade stocks. - 23199

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There are many stock brokers so how do you know which ones are the best? The only way is to try them and here's an optionsxpress promotion code if you are interested.