Looking for the cheapest online brokerage firm?

Question

I am looking for the cheapest online stock broker. I have all the tools I need for research so I am just looking for the cheapest overall for just regular stock trades. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Scottrade has more tools than you... and you can use 'em all  with even a small account...

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( got that out of a fortune cookie )

Answer 2

Remember that the cheapest is not necessarily the best.  A lot of deep discount brokerage firms are known to have hard to use websites and poor customer service.  Some might even have hidden fees that make them look cheap.  I currently use Firstrade http://www.firstrade.com/.  They're slightly cheaper than Scottrade, and I find them to also be better feature-wise since they offer DRIPs while Scottrade doesn't.

Answer 3

Zecco is $4 a trade and if you have $2k in your account you get 10 free trades a month.  Cheapest by far from my research.  Use the link below to start with a few free trades.

Signup is free also

Answer 4

It depends upon your trading. For many people who trade fairly actively Interactive Brokers is the cheapest overall.

http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ibg/ma...