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Brokers
I have two online brokers.
Wellsfargo
I have my morgage through them which helps me meet a 50K account minimum. If you meet that minimum you get 100 trades/yr free. After that it is $5.95. They do not have after hours trading which sucks. I have also had issues with the system being down twice in the last month. I also have a problem with how the credit and debit your account. Buying and selling on the same day seems to give them problems in applying $. This is a real problem when you use cash and margin. I have other accounts with wellsfargo and can link them. Overall the ability to trade free and linking my broker account with my other account is nice. The customer service I have used was very good but I have heard other say they were not real happy with wellsfargo. If you are buying and holding (at least a few days) it is great. I do pay for options and they are a little expensive.
Etrade
It offers after hours. I have never had a problem with the site. Overall I like Etrade. Trades are fast. I met the 30 trades per qtr and qualified for the Etrade pro which is cool. Lvl II and crap like that. I just got it so I need to figure out how to use all of the functions. The only real problem I had with them was the 5 day waiting period to get the funds in my account. I think you can wire instead of transfer for immediate funding but not sure.
Both Etrade and WF offer you the ability to link outside accounts into your broker account.
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