anyone use scottrade?

[jinduy]

is it better than etrade or at least just as good to use? is their program solid ?

 

[Aceshigh]

I use Scottrade, besides the much better costs, I have found their executions to be as good or better than Etrade's. Their customer service is very helpful, and their real time market tracker is very decent. The only area I feel Etrade beats Scottrade on is available research and reports, but this is not a big deal since most of this information is available on other sites on the web anyways. I highly recommend Scottrade.

 

[Orsorum]

I know a few people that use them, they seem to be happy with them. I trade value stocks quite often (less than $10 per share), so I just went ahead with Ameritrade instead. I'm actually in the process of switching my account over to USAA, consolidating all my equity and long-term savings accounts. USAA is a full-service broker, little bit more expensive commissions ($24.95), but that's not really a big deal - I don't trade very often, and I need to curb the instinct to do so.