# What online trading site do you recommend? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-online-trading-site-do-you-recommend/540067 "2010-05-19T23:17:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TNWPsycho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-online-trading-site-do-you-recommend/540067/1 "2010-05-19T23:17:03Z")
I have been searching but i guess i have no experience with this, i am just looking to get into it. FIdelity, Sharebuilder, Scottrade, Etrade, and a couple others. What have you guys liked? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-online-trading-site-do-you-recommend/540067/2 "2010-05-20T02:26:13Z")
I’ve only used AmeriTrade, but I have had an excellent experience with them so far. Their interface is a tad clunky and dated (they use frames; some things are a rather unattractive shade of green) but it works just fine. Their options trading interface is not so intuitive, but I don’t trade options very often. Of course, that doesn’t matter if you’re only interested in equities. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-online-trading-site-do-you-recommend/540067/3 "2010-05-20T02:32:22Z")
> [@TNWPsycho](#): > > What have you guys liked? Looking for opinions? We have a whole forum devoted to opinions. Moved from General Questions. **samclem** Moderator, GQ. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-online-trading-site-do-you-recommend/540067/4 "2010-05-20T03:04:31Z")
I like Charles Schwab. You can trade stocks, mutual funds, etf’s, and some other products. There is also a research area for the items they sell. The trading online is pretty intuitive. I am impressed with their site. I have used their support line several times to roll over an account and they have always been helpful and knowledgeable. I have direct deposit from my check going in there. I like that Schwab is a bank as well as trader. I also have a check card there. They just lowered their commission to $8.95/trade. ---
**Author:** ![sharding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@sharding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sharding)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-online-trading-site-do-you-recommend/540067/5 "2010-05-20T03:46:49Z")
I like Scottrade. I’ve been using them for years for my personal stuff. I also have accounts with Smith Barney, Schwab and Vanguard for various reasons. I still use Scottrade by choice. Lower commisions, no-nonsense site, things just work. They’re the only brokerage I’ve dealt with that I haven’t had some problem with. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-online-trading-site-do-you-recommend/540067/6 "2010-05-20T05:06:21Z")
Tradeking is $4.95 per trade. I can’t speak to their options or fixed income interfaces, but the stock trading is perfectly acceptable and frankly I was willing to put up with an ugly webpage to save $5 per trade. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-online-trading-site-do-you-recommend/540067/7 "2010-05-20T14:22:28Z")
> [@sharding](#): > > I like Scottrade. I’ve been using them for years for my personal stuff. I also have accounts with Smith Barney, Schwab and Vanguard for various reasons. I still use Scottrade by choice. Lower commisions, no-nonsense site, things just work. They’re the only brokerage I’ve dealt with that I haven’t had some problem with. Seconded. Never a hassle, local offices where you can go talk to a human, fast access to your money. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-online-trading-site-do-you-recommend/540067/8 "2010-05-21T17:45:47Z")
What about in Canada? Any difference? Anyone with good experiences to share?