Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!
Brief Summary of Brokerages
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Charles Schwab is a great choice for individual brokerage account without the need of algorithmic trading.
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Fedelity is a good brokerage for retirement (401K, IRA, etc) accounts.
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QuantConnect is a good choice for algorithmic trading.
Brokerage | Fees |
Live Online Chat |
Cash Sweep Program |
Retirement Accounts |
Market Analysis & Research Report |
Algorithmic Trading |
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API |
Data Quality |
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Charles Schwab | Low | 24/7 | Yes | Great | Yes | ||
eTrade | Low | Yes | No | No | |||
Fidelity | Low | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Vanguard | Low | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Iteractive Brokerage | High | Yes | Yes | High | |||
QuantRocket | Yes | ||||||
QuantConnect | Yes | ||||||
Alpaca | Low | No | Yes | Low [1] |
[1]: Alpaca allows connecting to other paid high quality data sources,
e.g.,