Which broker/interface do you prefer? (out of main)

[Boomer19]

...For my laptop?

hmm i use mobile app.

when i did use desktop, it just sent me a pin via text which id regurgitate back to the desktop

i guess it significantly more secure but not the worst thing to go through.

is that the behavior for you as well?

 

[LN1_Casey]

hmm i use mobile app.

when i did use desktop, it just sent me a pin via text which id regurgitate back to the desktop

i guess it significantly more secure but not the worst thing to go through.

is that the behavior for you as well?

Too much effort. I'd often leave my phone in another room, and have to go hunt it down to get the bloody code.

I can see the first time you log onto a new computer, but the 3rd time that day? FORD that. I deleted my account I think after the third day, before I ever even transferred my shares, since it was such a pain.

 

[LN1_Casey]

you could have changed it to password and face id for trading

or just face id for read only

i’ve been doing it for years

Also, for the face ID part;

 

[Boomer19]

anyone that is starting out and planning to keep trading, or is a journeyman or pro already should be aware of barrons rankings every year

The Best Online Brokers Right Now — for Almost Every Kind of Investor

i get it. it’s the same few every year. interactive brokers, fidelity always 1 and 2 since about 6-7 years now

while all brokers can have technical issues, (some of them not even the brokers fault, but the exchanges at times) it’s best to use one that’s more secure, has the technical know how, least down time, good execution and commissions, best rates, low incidentals, etc

which is why i use IB.

i would consider fidelity but haven’t opened anything there besides forced to use for 401k

ib has pro and lite

i use pro
i pay a few bucks a month for market data.
my commissions are about $1 for stock trades and range from $2 to $10 on options

$10 options come when you are trading more than a handful and lower liquidity contracts

it’s worth it to me

i don’t want ibkr lite or any other “free” trading

sometimes i trade higher volume of stock and the execution i get erases any value of having $0 commission

but for those that are 100 shares of stock or less and 1-2 options contracts than ibkr lite is great. and if you’re fine with RH then good luck. but RH is a joke. they think they know everything and every time it bites them in the ass. they’ll get better. but their goal is to get better using its customer base as the guinea pig, hoping to keep as many as possible as they grow as well

sooner or later people want a transparent experience and it to just work when it has to. i’ve been through brokers in past. IB has been the best.

also my corp actions and other stuff are free

whereas td and some other charge you like $30 if your stock goes through a merger, or 50 if you tender your shares, 25 for elective dividends (like, really?)
ib doesn’t charge for that nonsense. they eat it. and it cost them and all other brokers a bunch to process that stuff because DTCC and all the other global depositories and clearing houses nickel and dime brokers to death.

 

[Boomer19]

Too much effort. I'd often leave my phone in another room, and have to go hunt it down to get the bloody code.

I can see the first time you log onto a new computer, but the 3rd time that day? FORD that. I deleted my account I think after the third day, before I ever even transferred my shares, since it was such a pain.

well that’s unfortunate. but i wouldn’t go to RH. at least check out the barrons article and review fidelity td schwab first

RH sucks