Cash accounts take 3 days for the money to clear. Margin accounts take 3+ hours. Many of times I've been at my Scottrade office 6:10am PT. Money was good to go 9:00 - 10:00 am. Margin accounts need $2000.00 to open at Scottrade. So bring it up to $2K. You'll also need it if you are a flipper. You sell you can buy back immed. Not so with cash accounts.
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