I was wondering if tdwaterhouse is switching tos to their own clearing firm? Td has an ok clearning service, but tos has a really good one. The tos customer service rep doesnt know yet, but for people who had this kind of situation where one broker bought out another, how are customers treated?
Thinkorswim currently clears with Penson. My guess is that sooner or later they are gonna switch to TD. It just doesn't make business sense for TD to forgo the clearing business of thinkorswim customers.
I might have to switch when they do. Shorting under TD Ameritrade's clearinghouse is a royal pain. Penson for whatever reason reports easy to borrow on far more stocks than does TD, and even if one is hard to borrow, it doesn't stay that way for long. Under TD, you can go a solid week with a highly liquid stock or ETF being reported as hard to borrow. It's pretty much impossible to execute a consistent strategy under a clearinghouse that lame.