Update on Zecco Trading Commission
Early this week, I had an unpleasant experience with Zecco when I was charged $4.50 commission when buying a few shares of CSUN. What I was upset is the commission itself. I pay more than $4.50 commission with other brokers (Scottrade $7.0 and TradeKing $4.95). I was unhappy about how it happened: The order went [...]
Zecco Charged Me $4.50 Commission and Sent Me a Margin Call
Yesterday, I used my play money at Zecco to buy 66 shares of China Sunergy (CSUN). The purchase price was $3.29 and at the moment when I bought the stock, I had $221 cash in my account, enough to make the purchase which was valued at $217.14. The order went through, as it was supposed. [...]
You Can Now Link Your ShareBuilder Account to ING Direct
When I logged into my ING Direct account this morning, I noticed a new function that I didn’t remember a couple of weeks ago when I checked my account last time: The function to allow you to view your ShareBuilder brokerage account right from ING Direct.
Actually, I think this function is kind of overdue because [...]
TradeKing $50 Bonus Ends Tomorrow
Just a quick reminder: TradeKing’s $50 bonus for a new account promotion will end tomorrow, November 30th. This offer has been extended once, but there’s no sign it will be extended again. So, if you want to get the $50 free money, you have one more day to grab it. Check out my original post [...]
Firstrade Black Friday Promotion: Get a FREE iPod Nano
You should put this on your Black Friday shopping list if a low-cost brokerage account is also what you have on your mind.
Firstrade (my Firstrade review), an online discount broker that I talked quite a lot on this blog, is going to have a Black Friday Early Bird Promotion from November 28th 7:00 AM ET [...]
Transfer A Brokerage Account: How Much Does It Cost?
Switching brokerage account isn’t always straightforward. There are certain costs associated with the switch. The good news is most brokers offer reimbursements to cover the cost.
I have in the past transferred my brokerage account from one broker to another twice. Once from ShareBuilder to Zecco, and once from Firstrade to TradeKing. I also did an [...]
ShareBuilder Educational Account Promotion: 3 Free Trades
Just a quick note.
If you want to use ShareBuilder (my ShareBuilder review) to open a custodial or educational savings account, you can get 3 free real time trades when using promotion code 3FREETRADES. This offer is only good for educational savings account and can’t be used in regular brokerage account as well. Currently, ShareBuilder charges [...]
TradeKing to Offer Free Investment Webinars
Looking for basic knowledge on investing and trading?
Online discount broker TradeKing (check out my TradeKing interview and review to learn more about the broker) is to offer a series of free webinars to help investors at all levels get a better understanding of trading and investing. The first webinar will be held tomorrow, October 21st, [...]
TradeKing Looked from Inside: CEO Don Montanaro Introduces the Discount Broker
TradeKing is my latest broker that I got last December when I switched from Firstrade to TradeKing. The main reason for me to decide to open another brokerage account was that TradeKing charges less commission per trade. Since then, I have been using TradeKing quite regularly and found that the discount broker, while cheap on [...]
What Zecco Has Done to Improve Their Service: An Interview with Zecco Trading
It has been more than one year since I became a Zecco customer. Since then, I have used my Zecco account quite actively (especially with my play money) and shared my experience. Like many other Zecco customers, I like the idea of paying zero commission to buy stocks, but I had quite some frustrations with [...]
