E*TRADE vs. Interactive Brokers

It is well suited for investment in common stocks, bonds, and other commercial paper. It is well suited for purchasing foreign stocks. It is not presently appropriate for other investment opportunities involving private stocks or limited issues. Extracting funds can be a challenge from time to time. Collecting data on investment opportunities is not always easy to do.

Incentivized

Interactive Brokers is appropriate for retail equity investing and pension accounts holding - totally appropriate. Institutional accounts and proprietary trading group accounts - appropriate for those managing risks themselves because there is no automatic or supervised control and you trade at your own discretion. Not appropriate - is you look for crypto trading with instruments not accepted by regulator authorities as featured instruments with acceptable risk, to make sustainable and regulated investments with the main aim to preserve capital. All not regulated instruments are not appropriate and it is good and professional.

• Gives you graphic on how a stock is doing.
• Gives you some insight to the company background.
• Lets you track how your investments are doing.

Incentivized

• Large financial instruments are available for trading - options, forex, derivatives, USTs
• All main international exchanges are available to allocate
• Fast and stable user interface
• Fast connectivity
• Python and Java API
• Applications from Vendors
• Data feed on demand could be added
• Fast funds transfers and account set up
• Supported all types of account: retail, trading group, retirenment, institutional
• Fast quotes update without viable delay even for retail

• summary page needs to have more details like it doesn't show current market price for an option purchased
• purchase or sell needs to be user friendly so it takes less time.

Incentivized

• Simplification of design (classic multy window to plain colorful palette Z-focused)
• Choise of routes for order flow with clear comission cost
• International bonds inclusion
• Consider offering of CDS derivatives for ICE products
• ESG selection - CO2 allowances instruments
• Crypto wallets as a cource of margin connectivity are interesting for hybryd account
• Sponsorship for FINRA licenses for non-institutional customers

We use it and do not plan to switch. It fits all our current needs.

E*TRADE allows ease of use and reasonable fees. We selected E*TRADE because they offer the set of applications we were seeking. We do not have to pay for expensive service access that we do not use. E*TRADE is compatible with our systems and their reporting has been simple to integrate into our systems.

Incentivized

Reliable connection, fast interface, rapid data updates, lower comission costs that is all features coinsided at one place for Interactive Brokers trader workstation. Even account types offering is wider to include also trading group accounts not only retail, IRA 401. Interactive Brokers makes easy to enter the prop business or serve large family office needs as an adviser or discretionary mandate trader (EU)

• Limit how much you want invest.
• This is an open trade website and there is a risk of losing your money based on your investments.
• If you make some sound investments and keep yourself within a budgeted spending limit there is the opportunity to make money on e-trade.

Incentivized

• Scalability - easy managed exposure of any size
• ROI is sustainable, no exponencial growth but we get what is expected, not less SP500 return + KPI %
• Comission flow is very low as compared to 3 - 4 years before the date