Minimum account size:
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< $1000
$1000-$2000
$2000-$3000
$3000-$5000
$5000-$10000
> $10000
Base commission rates:
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< $4
$4 -$5
$5-$6
$6-$7
$7-$8
$8-$9
$9-$10
$10-$11
$11-$14
$14-$16
$16-$20
$20-$30
$30-$40
$40-$50
$50-$60
$60-$70
$70-$80
> $80
Price varies with trading activity
Bid/Ask Spread
Types of trading accounts offered:
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Full Service
On-Line Full Service
Premium Service
Phone (touch tone) Discount Broker
On-Line Discount Broker
Types of trades offerered:
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Stocks
Bonds
Mutual Funds
Options
Futures
Cash markets
Industry groups
Indices
Forex
Types of quotes offered to customers:
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Delayed Data
Real-Time
Nasdaq Level II
Execution methods offered:
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Electronic direct access trading(SOES, SNET and the ISLD ECN)
Online Broker(trade desk)
Wholesaler
Broker
Exchanges covered:
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Alberta Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange (AMEX)
Amsterdam Stock Exchange
Arizona Stock Exchange
Athens Stock Exchange
Australian Stock Exchange
Bahrain Stock Exchange
Bangalore Stock Exchange Limited
Beirut Stock Exchange
Belgrade Stock Exchange
Bermuda Stock Exchange
Bombay Stock Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
Bourse de Paris
Brussels Exchanges
Bucharest Stock Exchange
Budapest Stock Exchange
Bulgarian Stock Exchange
Cayman Stock Exchange
CBOE-Chicago Board Options Exchange
CBOT-Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Stock Exchange
Cincinnati Stock Exchange
CME-Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Colombo Stock Exchange
Copenhagen Stock Exchange
CSCE-Coffee Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc.
Cyprus Stock Exchange
Dhaka Stock Exchange
EASDAQ
Egyptian Stock Exchanges
Frankfurter Wertpapierborse (FWB)
Ghana Stock Exchange
Gruppe Deutsche Borse
Helsinki Stock Exchange
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Inter-Connected Stock Exchange of India
Irish Stock Exchange
Istanbul Stock Exchange
Italian Stock Exchange
Jakarta Stock Exchange
Jamaica Stock Exchange
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Karachi Stock Exchange
KCBT-Kansas City Board of Trade
Korea Stock Exchange
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
Le Nouveau Marche
LIFFE-London International Financial Futures Exchange
Lisbon Stock Exchange
Ljubljana Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Macedonian Stock Exchange
MATIF-France's Futures & Options Exchange
MEFF-Spain's Futures & Options Exchange
MidAm-Mid-America Commodity Exchange
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Moldova Stock Exchange
Mongolian Stock Exchange (MSE)
Montreal Stock Exchange
Nagoya Stock Exchange
Namibian Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
National Stock Exchange of India
National Stock Exchange of Lithuania
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
New Zealand Stock Exchange
NYCE-New York Cotton Exchange
NYMEX & COMEX-New York Mercantile Exchange
Osaka Securities Exchange
Oslo Stock Exchange
OTC
Pacific Exchange
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
Prague Stock Exchange
Riga Stock Exchange
San Diego Stock Exchange
Singapore Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange of Mauritius
Stock Exchange of Thailand
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Swiss Stock Exchange (SWX)
Taiwan Stock Exchange
Tallinn Stock Exchange
Tehran Stock Exchange
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)
Tradepoint Stock Exchange
Vancouver Stock Exchange
Venezuela Electronic Stock Exchange
Vienna Stock Exchange
Warsaw Stock Exchange
Winnipeg Stock Exchange
Zagreb Stock Exchange
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
Setup or initial costs to set up an account:
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0
Depends on type of account
Primary type of broker:
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Stocks, Options, Bonds
Stocks
Bonds
Options
Futures
Instant order execution-Stocks
Instant order execution-Futures
Investment Planning
Trading Strategy
Trading System Monitoring
Retirement Planning
Forex
Types of services offered to customers:
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Technical Analysis
Fundamental Analysis
Basic -charts & graphs
Advanced- charts & graphs (technical indicators, ability to change parameters, etc.)
Trading software- charts & graphs (create trading systems, scan and sort based on technical criteria)
Head line news
Unique proprietary stories and news coverage
Portfolio management
Wireless (quotes, alerts, execution, etc.)
Checking account, debit card, credit card
Allow naked option writing
Ways customers can access their trading account:
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Internet
Telephone
Broker
Mail
This brokerage has been in business for:
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< 2 years
2-5 years
5-10 years
10-15 years
15-20 years
20-25 years
25-40 years
> 40 years
Customers online account information is updated:
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Up to the minute
Delayed (< 1 day)
End of trading day
Next day