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Markets.com's service is slightly weaker than Merrill Edge's and a comparison of their fees shows that Markets.com's fees are higher than Merrill Edge's.
Account opening takes about the same effort at Markets.com compared to Merrill Edge, deposit and withdrawal processes are much more seamless at Markets.com, while customer service quality is somewhat better than Merrill Edge's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Markets.com as somewhat worse than the platform of Merrill Edge, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with Markets.com, while Merrill Edge provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.