ot bman are you aware of a'trade's electronic transfer feature? once set up, just deposit fund into your bank, then trot home and do the transfer. takes one day.
to set it up get on ameritrade home pg, click "portfolio and accounts"; "deposits and withdrawals", "bank set up", then follow procedure for setting up electronic (ACH) transfer. initially the set up will take a couple of days. there will be a couple of test transfers. hope this helps.
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