What's the best website to use for buying and selling stocks?


Question:
I want to know what the BEST and CHEAPEST websites are for buying and selling stocks. ShareBuilder.com advertises $4 trades but it seems that they are trying to charge me $15.95 a trade using their Basic Account.

Answer:
IB (Interactive Brokers) does charge $.005 (half a penny) per share. MB Trading charges $.01 per share (minimum $1.00 per trade). I use MB Trading, and have had no problems for years.

Advantages: much cheaper, faster, better execution prices

Disadvantages: must install proprietary software (can't use browser), no fancy website with lots of useless tools and research

You can guess where my bias lies. Sharebuilder only executes orders once a week, which is murder when you consider many stocks can move 5-10% in a week. The positive is that it enforces long-term discipline for buy-and-hold investors.
I've used Ameritrade in the past, and their fees were pretty straightforward.
Well it depends on how much you have to open an account. When I opened up my account I didn't have that much money so some of the big names Charles Schaub, Etrade, etc. needed 1,000 -5,000 to open an account. I ended up going with Scotttrade there minnimum is $500, with $7 a trade.
Just mail me at solidoffer11@yahoo.com with subjet- stock markets . I will send a link of best website where you can find good offers, tips and resources.

Best wishes
I suggest SogoInvest ($3.00), Just2Trade ($2.50) and Zecco ($0.00)
scottrade is 7.00 per trade, and interactive brokers are 1.00 for up to 100 shares, 2.00 for 200 shares, etc. don't hold me to it, but i believe with sharebuilder you only get the 4.00 per trade if you are willing to wait on execution (i think they trade everything in bulk on like a wednesday). if you want instant execution, i think they then charge the 15.95 (not sure on that, though)
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