TDAmeritrade

Great trading format for a variety of traders/investors.

TDAmeritrade offers several platforms to cater to people's different styles of investing and trading. You get a lot of bang for your buck, whether your account is very small or very big. Although the trading platforms can be a bit overwhelming, TDAmeritrade provides extensive ongoing training, webinars, etc. to allow you to become more familiar with their programs. I also love the streaming CNBC throughout the day, providing any big news that may affect stocks.

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descent big house broker

at 9.99 they are behind in pricing at this point. I had their old izone account and was grand fathered in $3 commissions after their freetrade acquisition. Haven't used their new trading platforms so can't comment on that, back in day it was minimal, but was able to day trade alongside using medved qoutetracker just fine. Their fills were always pretty good. Their customer support though was a band of half trained monkeys. Anytime there was an issue it was impossible to get anything resolved. Most of those guys couldn't read a quote much less understand the workings of symbol changes etc. Other than that these guys were best in terms of being able to move funds. Their ACH set-up is pretty sweet. Its free and could easily move funds between your bank. Think 5pm cut-off to request funds, would be at bank next am. Overall at my pricing liked these guys, at $10 a trade today not so much. Can find better deals elsewhere. P.S. I believe they are self clearing so if you trade a lot of pink sheets, otcs these guys would be good getting around all the illiquid security bs apex and some other clearing firm brokers been imposing.

Kali_Trader

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Best customer service on the face of Earth.

I have never had a problem with TDA.

The only issue I've ran into was not having a physical address on file and them restricting my account which made me unable to trade/deposit/withdraw my money.

Fixing the issue took a single reply to one of their messages and they even performed what it was I asked (a withdrawal request.).

I highly recommend them when buying stocks. They are so easy to deal with through any service they have.

Mikewiseguy

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Great Trading Platform, but Pricey

Having used TD Ameritrade the last few years, I don't have much complaints about their online platform. They have tons of functionality, the ability to send messages to customer service without calling them, ability to see real time prices, see if trades have been executed, and the ability to execute complex orders. Customer service is good and they have branches all over the place.

However, I guess it doesn't come without it's price. Brokerage Fees are probably on the higher end of the of the spectrum, but I guess you get what you pay for.

Autotrader387

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is TD for you?

i for one really love TD i love think or swim but it may not be for everyone they have great tools good apps and i have nto had many problems with the execution it can be a lil hard toget threw to someone on the customer service side but i think they are one of the better brokers out there

Lattamoney23

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It's a pity they bought Thinkorswim

I loved the thinkorswim platform but I've been told by TD Ameritrade that I have to close my account because I don't live in the US. I was fine with them owning TOS and didn't think they'd done too much damage to the brand up until I got that email. If you're a US citizen they're worth looking into but if you're not then just move on, they don't want your business.

Saroq

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great tooks / so so execution

Great tooks for ameritrade. Trade architect is very nice. The iphone app is nice. The price is nice you can get 5.00 a trade if you keep hammering them. The fills are just so so. There are times you are shorting stock on the bid and it wont fill for minutes. But overall I like them and they are safe as they are a well known broker.

KNDmoney

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Tools are amazing

Many options traders I know love this broker but as a micro/small cap trader the fills are below average. The tools are amazing and along with the newsfeed as well.

Jarjones81

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Trade Architect for the Win!`

Just the best for charting and the Trade Architect tool is by far the best in the Biz!!!

OddStockTrader

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Very Good Fills

Because TD is so big, I seem to always get very good fills from this company. I trade stocks and options, and always put my limit order in between the bid & ask, and I always get good fills. I like TD, no complaints.

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