Alpaca Trading
E*TRADE
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Basic data of broker
Recommended for Traders interested in algorithmic stock trading
Recommended for Investors and traders looking for solid research and a great mobile trading platform
Best IRA broker
USA
USA
Fees
Free stock and ETF trading, low non-trading fees
Low trading and non-trading fees, high fund fees
Stock and ETF fees
Forex fees
Fund fees
Bond fees
Options fees
Futures fees
Crypto fees
CFD fees
Non-trading fees
Deposit and withdrawal
1
1
Deposit type
Withdrawal type
Account opening
$0
$0
1 day
1-3 days
Social security number, other proof of residence
Proof of identity: SSN and national ID / passport / driver's license
Trading platform
Markets and products
Research, education
Great
Great
Customer service
Security
$500,000 (securities up to $500,000, cash up to $250,000)
$500,000 (securities up to $500,000, cash up to $250,000)
2015
1982
USA
USA
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Alpaca Trading's service is on par with E*TRADE's and a comparison of their fees shows that Alpaca Trading's fees are slightly lower than E*TRADE's.
Account opening takes somewhat less effort at Alpaca Trading compared to E*TRADE, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat more complicated at Alpaca Trading, while customer service quality is better than E*TRADE's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Alpaca Trading as somewhat worse than the platform of E*TRADE, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with Alpaca Trading, while E*TRADE provides just about the same quality of research and education.