You really dont have to transfer unless you want,but i would later. just cash out of some stocks then fund etrade you can get cash then transfer the cash to new account while waiting for close.this is the fastest way would take 1 day
Call E-Trade now set up the account. You can wire funds from your bank in the am and they will be available within 1 hour for investment. You can then set up your existing checking account to transfer funds which are available immediately whenever you want to invest in any stock.
I am going to transfer my account too. Just afraid if I do it right now this thing will spike up while in the transition mode. Not sure what to do except that I know I am getting out of scottrade. More than once I have wanted to purchase a stock only to find they has restricted it and I just had to sit and watch it go up for days.