TD Ameritrade does not charge inactivity fees.. but there is a 100$ fee for Account closing. Now they even give the Thinkorswim platform for free -A
I agree with you 100% BSAM. If QT weren't such a user-friendly product where you can easily create numerous technical studies on-the-fly I'd drop'em like hot potato and run over to Sierra charts ASAP.
Here's the email from QuoteTracker: *** Get QuoteTracker for Free â Open a TD AMERITRADE Account Today We want to let you know that soon the subscription price of QuoteTracker will be increasing. At the start of your next billing cycle, the cost will be $14 if you pay monthly, $70 for a 6-month subscription, or $120 for a 1-year subscription. *** + you will only get 10 days of data backfill if you pay for QuoteTracker, vs. 20 days of data backfill if you just open up an account (any type) with TDAmeritrade. It's hardball marketing at its worst.
The fees are meaningless but this is one step away from totally exclusive use for td clients. Time to get some alternatives ready I guess. Luckily IB TWS Charts are just about ready for primetime.
You can use QT for free if you can trade effectively with the limitations it comes with. I believe the limitations are: limited to 2 days of data on your QT charts; there will be AMTD ads; your backfill will be limited to the number of days that your broker provides, if other than AMTD; you may be limited on the number of symbols you can track/stream. Should you try this route, you can use the Prophet charts option within QT for longer time frame charts when you want to view more than 2 days. The Prophet charts provide all the time frames you need but are delayed 15 minutes.