eTrade is the lesser of the two options. The first issue? You’ll need a live data plan from eTrade if you want to make trades directly from Brokerage Plus. However, the major downfall is that eTrade doesn’t support automated trading yet. You can make trades manually, but Trade Idea...
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That's another 30k or so. I have around 5k in my etrade account, and that's what I want to play with. While having a couple ETFs is nice, I can afford to play a little. Believe it or not, I do have my series 6 and 63 through work, but I do not work on the investment ...