E*TRADE
TD Ameritrade
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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 Investors and traders looking for solid research and a well-equipped desktop trading platform
Best broker for bonds
USA
USA
Fees
Low trading and non-trading fees, high fund 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
1-3 days
1-3 days
Proof of identity: SSN and national ID / passport / driver's license
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)
1982
1975
USA
USA, Hong Kong, Singapore
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E*TRADE's service is on par with TD Ameritrade's and a comparison of their fees shows that E*TRADE's fees are similar to TD Ameritrade's.
Account opening takes about the same effort at E*TRADE compared to TD Ameritrade, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at E*TRADE, while customer service quality is considerably lower than TD Ameritrade's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of E*TRADE as being of the same quality as the platform of TD Ameritrade, found that clients have access to slightly less markets and products with E*TRADE, while TD Ameritrade provides just about the same quality of research and education.