Might be too mainstream but I use Scottrade to manage a fairly large portfolio and love it so far.
Ask HN: What do you use to buy and sell stocks?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you use to buy and sell stocks?
#12This is for Canadiens:
I personally use Questrade, though virtual brokers is much better in terms of low transaction costs.
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#13Robinhood, of course! Just kidding. What's going on with that? It's been months and I haven't heard of them. It really doesn't make sense to make all that noise and then go offline for months so that people totally forget about you.
I checked just yesterday and I'm like 24k-th in line--I was 300k-th when I signed up. That means tens of thousand of people should have already been granted access. Even with that potential user base I still can't find a single review of the service online.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use to buy and sell stocks?
#14Vanguard. Website works well enough. Rarely find a need to use the Android app - I use Mint primarily to keep an eye on my accounts, and Google Now for timely updates of certain stocks/funds.
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#15Interactivebrokers is the cheapest at about $1/trade. Thinkorswim has the best software.
Second this. Use IB API to trade. Use ToS for option analytics.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use to buy and sell stocks?
#16I would use Merrill Edge with a Bank of America Account.
It's super easy and fast to transfer money between BOA account and the Merrill Edge. This is the killer feature. There are limits but its faster than other brokerage accounts to get money in and out of your brokerage accounts.
Depending on how much money you have in your combined BOA account + Merril Edge accounts. They will give X number of free trades a month. The highest is 100 free trades a month.
If you have over 100k combined (brokerage + checking + savings), they upgrade you to preferred rewards platinum. Biggest benefit you can use any non-BOA atm in the US with no fees.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use to buy and sell stocks?
#17Vanguard. Website works well enough. Rarely find a need to use the Android app - I use Mint primarily to keep an eye on my accounts, and Google Now for timely updates of certain stocks/funds.
I use Vanguard as well, most of my trades with them are their ETFs or Mutual Funds so it's no fee (I don't trade very often, maybe every 6 months to rebalance).
My stocks are predominantly in Fidelity because I have their 2%-back-on-everything AMEX, which rolls into my Fidelity Brokerage account. $7.95 trades which I think is pretty standard for mega-bank retail trades without trade volume or account balance discounts.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use to buy and sell stocks?
#18Vanguard. Website works well enough. Rarely find a need to use the Android app - I use Mint primarily to keep an eye on my accounts, and Google Now for timely updates of certain stocks/funds.
I use Vanguard as well, most of my trades with them are their ETFs or Mutual Funds so it's no fee (I don't trade very often, maybe every 6 months to rebalance). My stocks are predominantly in Fidelity because I have their 2%-back-on-everything AMEX, which rolls into my Fidelity Brokerage account. $7.95 trades which I think is pretty standard for mega-bank retail trades without trade volume or account balance discount…
I've been thinking about switching to the Fiedlity Amex but it has terrible reviews. Have you had and problems with the customer service?
Re: Ask HN: What do you use to buy and sell stocks?
#19I'm using Binck.nl. They've got several different tools with tons of data. Can't tell you much more, because I'm still figuring it out. Not sure how to buy index stocks (is that even possible?).
Re: Ask HN: What do you use to buy and sell stocks?
#20Vanguard. Website works well enough. Rarely find a need to use the Android app - I use Mint primarily to keep an eye on my accounts, and Google Now for timely updates of certain stocks/funds.
Same here, although I primarily use it because trading Vanguard ETFs is free, which is mostly what's in my portfolio. Other brokers probably provide better tools, Vanguard's views are adequate but nothing special really. They do have pretty great customer service though, the few times I have had to call the person on the other end was always very knowledgeable.