Does opening an e trade account require any money at all? (sign up, hidden fees, activation, deactivation etc.

Question

Does opening an e trade account require any money at all? (sign up, hidden fees, activation, deactivation etc.

Answer 1

They have high inactivity fees.

Answer 2

You have to have some money or securities to put into the account. Otherwise, no.  I'm not sure what they'd do if you opened an account an never did anything. Close it, I guess. My account had about $5 in it for several months at one time.

Answer 3

i started with zecco.....still use it, still very happy. only ones with no fee for stock trades, and no minumums.  it took me some time to see that most of my gains were lost to the fees i paid to actually buy stock and sell it....all the others will charge you fees for trading, but compare and see for yourself!

http://friends.zecco.com/r/a7a2877caab81...