More an active investor with aggressive tendencies ;) I could make a statue cringe at times.
Their site provides everything one would need to make decisions. I don't know how they would be for a day trader, but I would think they are set up fine for that by the looks of what streetsmart edge can do and the speed in which it can do it. I have nothing to compare it to though.
How are their executions? Do they get you the best possible price?
My experience is it's easily requested and immediately filled, and as for best price - They say they beat the best price? I never feel that is in Schwabs control. I feel it's in yours. You are watching L2. The trades are right in front of you. You know what's available and where to place a limit, etc. Or if you are taking market, you know what you are going to get based on shares available in that price range - but that's probably where my trading style is different? I don't really care about best price. I care about accurate price. What is in front of me. A few pennies don't matter. So maybe that's a question more for them?
What about trading tools?
StreetSmart Edge is their trading platform. I believe that is free if you do a certain amount of trades in a quarter. Here is how Schwab defines StreetSmart...
Experience the platform that thinks like a trader.
-The platform and tools are designed to make sophisticated technology approachable.
-Linked tools work together to make finding, evaluating, and placing trades quicker and easier.
-Layouts and tools are flexible and can grow with you as your skills and strategies advance.
Power every step of your trade with advanced features and designs.
-Find trade opportunities with custom screeners, watchlists, and high/low tools.
-Research a trade using built-in fundamental and technical tools plus advanced charting.
-Build, edit, and place trade orders quickly with the All-in-One Trade Ticket®.
-Monitor orders, positions, and buying power at a glance, and set up custom alerts.
Customize your platform to fit the way you trade.
(I love that you can make it your own)
-Create and edit multiple layouts with tool combinations for specific strategies.
-Toggle individual tool data and features on or off and change fonts or colors.
-Change the scale of a layout or drag to a different screen when using multiple monitors.
-Access on your desktop as trading software or over the web using the cloud version.
-Powerful options tools help you execute your ideas, including 3- and 4-leg strategies.
-Quickly find bullish, bearish, and neutral trade ideas with our proprietary Idea Hub™.
-View options chains, Greeks, watchlists, and options "top 10" with streaming updates.
-Analyze potential trades with an interactive Trade & Probability calculator.
-Automatically build orders from options chains and place auto-adjusting limit orders Tooltip .
The only other site I use is Marketsmith, because I do look at charts and at fundamentals before I buy something and I do track earnings and changes.
If one was interested in fundamentals I highly recommend that site for convenience but they are a pay for site and are expensive.
Marketsmith puts it in front of me all at once. Everything I question - right there on one page and I can compare funnies on stock after stock with one quick click. I don't need to scroll thru different pages to find fundamentals. Obviously For investors not traders - but cool info!
The fundamentals like this: (stole that example off their site)
News 
Market Data 
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