Re: [CANSLIM] Scottrade

From: Harvey Brion <hbrion@ieee.org>
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Scottrade
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 15:23:03 -0700

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Dimitri,  Try this site for a comparison of discount brokers:
http://www.gomez.com/scorecards/index.asp?topcat_id=3&subSect=finance

"Hill, Ernie" wrote:

> Dimitri,
>
> I don't know of any sources for making a comparison between brokers, but as
> far as Ameritrade is concerned, I have had limit orders in the market before
> it opened on stock that in the first 10 minutes of trading rocketed well
> past my limits. I was sure that I would have not gotten a fill at all, but
> not only did they fill my order, they filled it at below my limit price.
> They have won my loyalty. My one problem with them is they do not allow stop
> limit orders.
>
> E
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Dimitri Katsaros [mailto:dcka@yahoo.com]
> Sent:   Monday, April 08, 2002 4:36 PM
> To:     canslim@lists.xmission.com
> Subject:        RE: [CANSLIM] Scottrade
>
> Ernie,
>
> I have always been curious about the measure of fills.
> How does one go about judging the quality other than
> through experience? Are there sources for such data so
> that I could compare broker "A" versus broker "B"?
>
> Thank you
> Dimitri Katsaros
>
> P.S. I use Brown & Co. whose commissions are $5 and
> $10 for market and limit respectively.
>
> --- "Hill, Ernie" <Ernie.Hill@ElPaso.com> wrote:
> > Scott,
> >
> > I understand your first inclination to use
> > Scottrade, and of course I don't
> > know anything about them other than they have a
> > really cool name, but I can
> > vouch for Ameritrade. They charge $8 for market
> > orders and $13 for limit
> > orders, and they provide excellent fills. Some
> > discounters give you lousy
> > fills which can cost you far more than they save you
> > with their discounted
> > rates.
> >
> > E
>
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