I need a stock & futures broker, or possibly just a futures broker to place trades at work. We are not allowed to download software, so I am having trouble figuring out which broker to use. I've looked at ThinkorSwim, but their "paper money" demo is extremely slow. I looked at OptionsXpress, but their quotes were lagging, and there were 3 buggy things I already noticed. Makes me wonder about their reliability. I don't plan on daytrading all day, but sometimes I'll see a setup coming and I'll want to act fast to get in at the perfect time. Don't want to submit my order, wait for a preview screen, then submit again. I just want to click once and buy.
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This was year ago when I traded with them, but might be worth a look. I traded futures through Mann Financial, they had a web based platform, although I don't know that it had a DOM