Broker reviews

TradeKing Strategy Builder Stock Screening Tool Review

Discount broker TradeKing recently launched a new stock screener, the Strategy Builder, for investors to better choose which stocks to buy based on either self-built criteria or well-known principles. If you are already using TradeKing, you can find the new Strategy Builder in your account under Tools.

Since Strategy Builder is a stock screening tool, what [...]


Firstrade Stock Trading Platform

Firstrade is another popular online discount broker. It offers investors a wide range of investment products, from stock and options trading to mutual fund and fixed income investments. The cost of trading with Firstrade, isn’t low compared with what  other discount brokers charge. For example, the commission for stock trade is $6.95 at Firstrade, which [...]


Trade Stock For Free With Scottrade

I did a quick review of online discount broker Scottrade a few weeks ago. In the post, I mentioned that Scottrade, which charges $7 for each online stock order, market or limit, isn’t the cheapest option out there for trading stocks. There are quite a few cheaper alternatives, including those I listed in the TradeKing [...]


Scottrade Stock Trading Platform

Scottrade is an online discount broker which offers self-directed investors a wide range of products and services. Unlike many other discount brokers which operates only online, Scottrade also has branch offices throughout the country, giving investors easy access to Scottrade staff for face-to-face help.
Scottrade offers investors two trading platforms. One is web-based and the other [...]