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    griz
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    Moving to True Gambling: ETRADE or Scottrade??

    Which is better?

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    all basically the same

    E-Trade maybe a better more advanced platform
    Scotttrade might have cheaper trades

    Ameritrade underrated

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    I used Ameritrade...now stuck with fidelity. I think of Fidelity and Bodog to be alike.

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    i have etrade, i just like their software and display the best..i have used ameritrade in the past and i still have an open acct with fidelity that i seldom use.

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    Scottrade is cheaper with 7$ trades etrade is overall better when it comes to the software.........im on scott though either way smart move

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    all basically the same E-Trade maybe a better more advanced platform Scotttrade might have cheaper trades Ameritrade underrated
    Hi, I heard you're a great investor. Can you teach me some basic stock market tips? Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by griz View Post
    Which is better?
    Grizzly do you know what your doing or just trading for the action??

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    look at the various fees and see which one matches your "gambling style"

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post

    Grizzly do you know what your doing or just trading for the action??
    Gold there is no denying that I need the action. However I have managed my 401k masterfully this year, choosing funds that are straight winners.

    The biggest thing here is I just came into some cash. So I am becoming SBR Pro and putting the rest in the markets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gmen30 View Post
    Hi, I heard you're a great investor. Can you teach me some basic stock market tips? Thanks.
    Its a miracle I am winning

    Just trading Dow Futures, AUD/USD, EUR/JPY, USD/CAD all on swings

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    I use Schwab .Goldman Sachs manages the rest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gmen30 View Post

    Can you teach me some basic stock market tips?

    Buy low , sell high

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    Quote Originally Posted by lemart5 View Post
    I use Schwab .Goldman Sachs manages the rest.


    right....

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    Choosing a Brokerage

    Just started trading this year and I've only been with Scottrade. In terms of simplicity Scottrade is at the top and honestly all you really want to do is put in your sell and buy orders. You have other tabs for your level two and google finance pages. I'd rather have a simple trading page than clutter everywhere because in a few seconds you can lose a lot of capital. Oh yeah and if you want to join Scottrade you should help me out by giving us both free trades by using my referral code SYLH6610 . Hope I helped with your decision, Cheers!

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    Stick with zecco, flat 4.99 trades. It has everything you need for what your going to be doing. Your throwing your money away on higher fees by using brokers like etrade or thinkswim.

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    ^ Scott trade sucks dick btw

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    if you are trading corporate bonds etrade is far and away better than ameritrade

    at least 1% better on price almost every time

    for stocks not much difference

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    Grizzly Bear probably lost it all by now

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    Goldblum, cradle your position tightly in your arms!

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    Day trading European banks on margin is a good way to gamble...especially if you're broke. You'll get a good rush from it. Just don't lose or else you'll wish you had an STD instead of your shares of STD.

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    Boys thanks for the info. Went with scottrade. Funded the account but havent bought anything

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    Quote Originally Posted by griz View Post
    Boys thanks for the info. Went with scottrade. Funded the account but havent bought anything
    get off your motorcycle you fukkin hamburger
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    Griz good pick and BOL....

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    i have been trading since 1992 or so, it's a real addiction and you have to scale back at times.

    over the last 20 years i would've been much better off sanity and money wise to just keep sticking the money in 10 year cds. now they're only paying 3% but average over 20 years would probably be about 5-6%.

    the problem is you never seem to keep the winners long enough (i could've had 10,000% returns on penn and bby) and you keep the losers way too long.

    best of luck though, but if you have the gambling bug it's probably best to just stick the money in long-term cds where you can't do much damage to it. investments are like soap, the more you touch them the less you have.

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