E-Trade prides itself on being the one-stop trading and banking resource for all types of traders, from the investing beginner to the high-rolling seasoned trader. For the beginner, E-Trade offers tons of educational tools and guidance. Its browser, desktop, and mobile platforms are all easy to navigate and customize.
For the experienced trader, E-Trade offers a trove of market research and advanced trading tools that could help save precious time and energy scouring the web and compiling tradable information. For retirement-minded investors, E-Trade offers online seminars and even robo-advising services. While its commissions for stock trades starting at $4.95 and option trades starting at $4.95 plus 50 cents per contract aren’t the lowest in the game, E-Trade users can rest assured they are getting more out of their dollar than most discount brokers are offering.
As any trader with multiple accounts knows, one of E-Trade’s biggest selling points is its comprehensive banking services.
“One of the cool things is that I could trade out of my 401k with them, use the bill pay system to take care of all my monthly bills, and I can even get a credit card and a checkbook linked to my brokerage account,” one satisfied E-Trade customer said in a recent review. “If I have a great day in the market, I can celebrate with a nice dinner and charge the Credit Card.”
E-Trade has something to offer every different kind of trader, even those just starting. But it’s tiered commission structure and limited access to advanced tools certainly make…
Click here to continue reading
Want to learn more about how to profit off the stock market? Or maybe you just want to be able to look sophisticated in front of your coworkers when they ask you what you are reading on your Kindle, and you’d prefer to tell them “Oh, I’m just reading a book about stock market analysis,” rather than the usual “Oh, I’m just looking at pics of my ex-girlfriend on Facebook.” For these reasons and more, check out my book, Beating Wall Street with Common Sense. I don’t have a degree in finance; I have a degree in neuroscience. You don’t have to predict what stocks will do if you can predict what traders will do and be one step ahead of them. I made a 400% return in the stock market over five years using only basic principles of psychology and common sense. Beating Wall Street with Common Sense is now available on Amazon, and tradingcommonsense.com is always available on your local internet!