Etrade is also notorious for holding up shares when a company changes their NAme and cusip. I'm in one now people belly aching they can't sell their shares lol
I also have a fidelity account and was able to buy 4 million at the ask within 30 seconds. I much rather prefer fidelity to Schwab but Schwab offered me 100 free trades if I moved a certain amount of cash into the account at once. So I'm not complaining too much. Those trades are almost up though and as soon as they are i'm wiring my funds back into Fidelity. plus schwab charges sell side fees that are unavoidable.
Got some pesky good faith violation day trading penny's too much and Fidelity made me settle in Cash before every trade. That violation expires soon too! So I'm probably gonna stick to Fidelity or check out Options Express. I refuse to spend 9.99 or more on one trade plus whatever volume amount I'm buying on E-trade. Or am I thinking of Scottrade that charges you by volume for penny stocks?