E*TRADE
Questrade
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Basic data of broker
Recommended for Investors and traders looking for solid research and a great mobile trading platform
Best IRA broker
Recommended for Traders and investors focusing on the Canadian and US markets
USA
Canada
Fees
Low trading and non-trading fees, high fund fees
Low trading and non-trading fees, low stock and ETF 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
2
Deposit type
Withdrawal type
Account opening
$0
$1000
1-3 days
1 day
Proof of identity: SSN and national ID / passport / driver's license
Proof of identity: national ID / driver's licence plus social insurance number for Canadians / tax identifier number for internationals
Trading platform
Markets and products
Disclaimer: 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
Research, education
Great
Great
Customer service
Security
$500,000 (securities up to $500,000, cash up to $250,000)
CAD 1 million
1982
1999
USA
Canada
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E*TRADE's service is on par with Questrade's and a comparison of their fees shows that E*TRADE's fees are slightly lower than Questrade's.
Account opening takes somewhat less effort at E*TRADE compared to Questrade, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat more complicated at E*TRADE, while customer service quality is considerably lower than Questrade's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of E*TRADE as being of the same quality as the platform of Questrade, found that clients have access to less markets and products with E*TRADE, while Questrade provides just about the same quality of research and education.
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