Schwab Down

Discussion in 'Retail Brokers' started by Arnie Guitar, Jun 11, 2024.

  1. nitrene

    nitrene

    Amazing 40 minutes into the market and still no response from the POS Schwab.

    Here is there message in RED:

    Due to a technical issue, some clients may have difficulty logging in to Schwab platforms. Please accept our apologies as our teams work to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. For assistance, please call us at 800-435-4000. From outside the U.S., call +1-415-667-8400.
     
    #41     Aug 5, 2024
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  2. theakson

    theakson

    Yep, I get nothing out of this. I just want to make sure that people are aware that tasty are out there. The tech is simple, effective and backed up by knowledgeable ( ex traders) support teams. The email response is EXCELLENT and the shows are informative and fun. This is NOT spam, just a real effort to give back to the community.
     
    #42     Aug 5, 2024
  3. mervyn

    mervyn

    their commission is expensive but have a following for sure.
     
    #43     Aug 5, 2024
  4. Down again for me. What a day to be down.
     
    #44     Aug 5, 2024
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  5. Just unbelievable. That merge has been so disappointing and awful. On multiple levels, Schwab even with the ToS platform is inferior to Ameritrade.
     
    #45     Aug 5, 2024
  6. You didn’t want to make any money, TOS is helping us out?
     
    #46     Aug 5, 2024
  7. theakson

    theakson

    Our tech ran the wholesale treasury back offices for the globals ( DB, SocGen, Barclays et al) FX,bonds,swaps etc. We never went down ( HP high availability and fault tolerant coding). Another aspect was that we had to import other people's tech when banks took over smaller ones. At first it was a nightmare mostly due to poor documentation, bad design and incumbent resistance to change. After about 2 - 3 of them we got the process down. I know a little about this area and this slub effort is poor up to legally actionable. I don't know the legal ins and outs of this situation BUT I do know this is poor and will probably get far worse. I wouldn't be surprised if many of the best and brightest from TOS/TD got out and into TT et al.
     
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    #47     Aug 5, 2024
  8. nitrene

    nitrene

    Well after 2 hours Schwab finally works. What an embarrassment of a company.
     
    #48     Aug 5, 2024
  9. schizo

    schizo

    Is that you, Tom? :D If it's you, hell, spam as much as you want.
     
    #49     Aug 5, 2024
  10. theakson

    theakson

    tom surrounded by chartists and technical wonks these days, wouldn't wish that on anyone :) GREAT group of people all round. Got to feel for him, watching what slub did to his wonderful product.
    slub are nothing but a massed group of "where are all the customer's yachts" characters. Ask them what a back ratio is, I dare you :) How about spell PUT or CALL.
     
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    #50     Aug 5, 2024