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Rating: Top low-cost Online brokerages and Top Invest Online firms!

By Amarendra Bhushan for CEOWORLD Magazine Updated:May 28, 2009


1) TradeKing-

At TradeKing, you will pay just $4.95 a trade plus 65 cents per option contract. Period. They don’t have any account minimums or hidden fees. They offer short hold times, fast email responses and instant online broker chat.

When you open your account, you’ll get instant access to our award-winning suite of powerful research and trading tools, like MarketGrader Research Reports, our Maxit Tax Manager, Probability Calculator, Profit and Loss Calculator, Stock and Option Screeners, Technical Analysis Tools and much, much more.

The TradeKing Community is TradeKing’s attempt to leverage the social media craze and create a place where traders can share thoughts, opinions, and ideas.TradeKing has the least expensive, non–tiered commission of any of the brokers in this review—any type of trade for anyone is only $4.95.

TradeKing Standout Features:

* $4.95 fees for everything, market, limit, option and broker assisted trades
* Supports an active trader network
* No account or trade minimums
* National Best Bid or Offer guaranteed
* Accounts protected up to $25 million

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2) Scottrade-

A leading online brokerage firm, Scottrade offers a full line of investment products, online trading platforms and market research tools to help investors take control of their financial future.

Scottrade’s dedication to excellence is what truly makes us stand apart from other brokerage firms and better serve our customers, employees and communities.

Ways to Trade on Scottrade

* Scottrade Web Platform
* Scottrader Online Platform
* ScottradeELITE Platform
* Broker-Assisted Trading
* Wireless Trading
* Touchtone Trading

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3) ING ShareBuilder -

Sharebuilder is perfect for anyone who has never invested before (they make the process very simple, and easy to do). Also, investors with a long-term buy and hold strategy can do well with a diversified portfolio through Sharebuilder.

Probably my favorite feature of my share builder account is their simple gains and losses tracker.Share builder offers plan’s with no monthly fees. ShareBuilder to offer members the opportunity to purchase stocks online. ShareBuilder is a convenient and affordable way to become involved in the stock market.

Features

* Purchase on a recurring or real-time basis
* Competitive prices
* No minimum required to open an account
* Start investing with any dollar amount
* Pay as little as $1 per automatic investment1
* No inactivity fees

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4) Zecco-

The name stands for ZEro Cost Commission. Zecco has a community forum where investors can share their investment knowledge and tips on the next hot trade. they offer zero commission internet trading for stocks and ETFs, for both market and limit orders as long as the account balance is above $2,500.

Zecco formerly allowed clients with $2,500 in assets to access 10 free trades. Zecco.com users are also able to interact with each other via ZeccoShare, a service that combines Web 2.0 fare like forums, blogs, and profiles with key investor information like most popular stock holdings and most traded stock holdings of investors who have opted to share their investment data.

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5) Interactive Brokers -

Interactive Brokers (known as IB) is a very popular day trading brokerage. IB is based in the US, but they offer accounts in several countries including Canada, the UK, and Germany, and they will accept traders from almost any country.

6) TradeStation -

TradeStation is the premier brokerage trading platform for rule-based trading. Whether you trade stocks, options, futures or forex, TradeStation offers uniquely powerful strategy creation and testing tools, customizable analytics and fully automated trading technology in a single trading platform.

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7) Thinkorswim -

This online broker is dedicated to educating clients about investing in the stock market through web resources and even live seminars at a location near you. With thinkorswim you can place orders and manage your account through their TOS software, though their web-based app or with your cell phone. They offer stocks, options, Futures and currency exchanges.

Thinkorswim gives their customers a choice when it comes to commissions for stock transactions. You can pay either $0.015 per share with a $5.00 minimum, or a $9.95 per trade flat commission (maximum of 5,000 shares).

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8) Charles Schwab

Charles Schwab is focused on the individual – on helping people make the most of their money. We provide brokerage, banking and other financial products and services directly to individuals. We also serve independent investment advisors, help employers manage group retirement plans, and sponsor community programs to build financial literacy.

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9) E*Trade

10) Fidelity

11) Firstrade

12) Muriel Siebert

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13) TD Ameritrade

14) zulutrade

15) T.Rowe Price

16) Vanguard

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