# Online Trading Poll question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-trading-poll-question/270673>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 22, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-trading-poll-question/270673 "2004-10-22T20:48:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![SoulSearching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@SoulSearching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulSearching)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-trading-poll-question/270673/1 "2004-10-22T20:48:51Z")

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I will be taking my meager $1,000 in student loan to the markets in January.

I will need to choose from one of the following sites:

E-TRADE  
AmeriTRADE  
C.S.  
Fidelity  
Scottrade  
Datek  
I need advice on which site to choose based on your own experiences. Keep in mind that I only have $1,000 to start with. Any sound advice is appreciated.