Why not use TD Ameritrade?

Discussion in 'Retail Brokers' started by Option Trader, Mar 24, 2008.

  1. nkhoi

    nkhoi

    more reason to use them;

    NEW YORK, NY, Apr 02, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) --

    IBM | announced a partnership with TD Bank Financial Group to explore the use of IBM's breakthrough "Stream Computing" software system which will utilize the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer. Together, they will explore a fundamentally new software architecture that examines thousands of real-time information sources to support financial services companies as they capitalize on up-to-the-minute changing market conditions.

    ...
    About TD Bank Financial Group
    The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Financial Group. TD Bank Financial Group serves more than 14 million customers in four key businesses operating in a number of locations in key financial centres around the globe: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, including TD Canada Trust; Wealth Management, including TD Waterhouse and an investment in TD Ameritrade; U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking through TD Commerce Bank; and Wholesale Banking, including TD Securities. TD Bank Financial Group also ranks among the world's leading on-line financial services firms, with more than 4.5 million on-line customers. TD Bank Financial Group had CDN$422 billion in assets as of October 31, 2007. The Toronto-Dominion Bank trades on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges under the symbol "TD," as well as on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.


    http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23793.wss
     
    #31     Apr 3, 2008
  2. I don't get it. How does this affect AMTD customers? TD Bank is a large institution. AMTD is a retail brokerage partially owned by TD.
     
    #32     Apr 3, 2008
  3. okay, I have a confession to make.
    I guess I'm a dinosaur or something, but I still dig streamer suite. The charts are the easiest on my eyes out of all that I've tried. I can't even roll with command center. Maybe I'm just a creature of habit. :)

    " a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" ralph waldo Emerson.
     
    #33     Apr 3, 2008
  4. could someone please explain how I can post a photo here....thanking you kind souls in advance.. :)
     
    #34     Apr 3, 2008
  5. like this
    [​IMG]

    1. Go to a url that has the picture you want
    2. Doubl Click on it
    3. Go to properties
    4. Select the URL and copy it
    5. Type "[​IMG]" in back of the image.

    There you go.
     
    #35     Apr 3, 2008
  6. Don't use Ameritrade! They are a nightmare! It took me weeks to close my account. Customer service is terrible. They always "appreciate my business" and do "everything they can to satisfy their customers", but never ever answer even the simplest questions. Just a nightmare!
     
    #36     Apr 4, 2008
  7. Thanks Mandel, I just emailed it. Seemed easier, and I'm the king of the easiest way. :D
     
    #37     Apr 4, 2008
  8. I'm sorry, but given that this is your 2nd post on ET and your first post was MOST "revealing" . . .

    http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1842467#post1842467

    I'd say that you are extremely "new" to how Wall Street works; thus lacking understanding of basic concepts. Perhaps that is why they have been unable to "answer" your simplest of questions.


    :)
     
    #38     Apr 4, 2008
  9. I'm sorry, but 4:1 intra-day margin has NOTHING to do with buying or selling an amount of stock equal to your account value, 4 times per day.
     
    #39     Apr 4, 2008
  10. gee, maybe i'm having flashbacks, but my day trade buying power refreshes after each position is closed. Damn, I hate it when these hallucinations creep up on me.
     
    #40     Apr 4, 2008