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Re: MKT: Online Brokers



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For anybody that's not happy with their broker now, this site is
excellent for comparisons:

http://www.gomez.com/Finance/Brokers/Scorecard/index.cfm?cat=1

Best... John

Len Olson wrote:
> 
> Responses to my original post have been very interesting.  Maybe, this
> will be a productive group afterall.  But,
> 
> I went throught the nightmare of trying different brokers as some of you
> are experiencing now, i.e. Ameritrade, Datek.  I ended up with
> WebStreet, downtime is an absolute minimum, mayber a total of 2 hours
> combined over the last 7 mos.  If downtime occurs, it is usually about
> 10 minutes after the open for a few minutes.  Hit reload and the problem
> goes away.  The most important aspect of Webstreet is that the trading
> platform is on one page, everything, real time dynamically updating
> quotes for ten stocks at a time, with up to 10 pages total.  So, the old
> problems of going between different screens is nonexistent.  They also
> offer Level II quotes for the makers.  This is essential to my woefully
> inadequate abilities and strategy that some have commented on.