Comments on: Fidelity Online Stock Broker Speed Review

By: OnlineBrokerReview

OnlineBrokerReview — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:08:46 +0000

I found that Fidelity is a decent service (especially the research tools which are top notch) but is not in the same league as Scottrade, TD Ameritrade and Schwab.

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5 Top Online Stock Brokers | Stock Trading To Go — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:21:37 +0000

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By: RayJMan

RayJMan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:47:00 +0000

Actually, on above, nevermind on the 1 second guarantee, just to be clear on Fidelity, I didn’t even have to call! Something happened with the market maker I believe. They credited my account and I didn’t even have to call them and it was taken care of. It was only around $25, got a better share price, but every little bit helps!

By: RayJMan

RayJMan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:37:03 +0000

I haven’t had any issues with Fidelity. Well I take that back, I did have 1 share that filed on a partial out of a 99 share lot and I got charged an $8 commission!
I called Fidelity and they credited the commission, also their customer service has always been oustanding.
I run both Scott and Fidelity, but on Fidelity, they actually gave me a credit on a one second guarantee on a trade. I can’t comment on shorting as I usually use a different vehicle on my IRA (ETFs).
The new Active Trader Pro is a significant improvement. News is much better now and you can actually read an earnings report and balance sheet and it’s pretty concise. I still prefer dow jones real time streaming, so far as I know, Scott has the advantage there still.
ATP Pro also has preferences you can set on the bid/ask for limit orders which are really nice and sometimes you can play the volatality and get a bit better of a price.

By: Blain Reinkensmeyer

Blain Reinkensmeyer — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:04:16 +0000

Interesting feedback, I would be curious to hear from a Fidelity member who is an active trader.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:21:45 +0000

I used to have a Fidelity account eons ago…so glad I made the switch to TDA!

By: 13th_Floor

13th_Floor — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:46:22 +0000

Regarding your post “how to get realtime quotes for free” I did the same thing to keep Scotts scrolling hod list (which has easily made me over 100k in the last 6 months).

I had over $50k in Scott account but I could not take their SLOW servers/SLOW exacutions any more.
Plus their lack of shorts (as a daytrader I need as many short possiblities as I can get borrows on ).

So I transferred all but the minimum $500 needed to keep (and of course OPEN a new account )over to a daytrader friendly broker.

Myself I also love Scotts watchlist setup, so I’d say to anyone looking for a pretty good platform and free real quotes for $500 I think it’s a pretty good deal especially since there are no inactivity or maintenance fees involved.