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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Options Brokers are All Competing for Our Money

By Danny Jamerson

After years of trading, I've come up with a pretty good understand of how stock brokers work and how to figure out whether the brokerage firm is a good one or not. Do you have a dud or a winner? Find the broker below and see for yourself.

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, while not the lowest price broker anymore, is still very good. It keeps winning awards like the Smart Money best discount broker award and others, all while maintaining their good pricing and awesome customer service.

OptionsXpress trouts itself as the best options broker and it certainly has great options trading tools. Price wise, it's not the cheapest but if you are looking for good education and great trading tools, look no further.

Scottrade was one of the oldies and I have a tough time spelling this stock broker correctly. Anyway, it offers $7 a trade and is probably good for you if you like the old style trading platforms. Otherwise, stick with the others.

TD Ameritrade used to dominate but it is not very good. The interface is outdated and the pricing is high. I don't think they are gathering many new comers these days and just servicing old ones.

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. - 23210

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