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Re: Geico post# 19947

Friday, 03/15/2013 4:32:58 PM

Friday, March 15, 2013 4:32:58 PM

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I trade through three institutions. Any established financial institution will give you access to purchase high volume low priced stocks for a decent flat fee.

I agree that IB does not fit this model. It's strengths are buying a small number of shares in high priced stocks for a very low price. Quick execution with a choice for routing your orders. The techies also like it because you can write your own trading programs and logic and tie that directly into the IB system through interfaces. It was also one of the first platforms to give you access to foreign markets without going through a broker on the phone. If you need help though or documentation of your trades, you don't get much.

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