Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!
Brief Summary of Brokerages
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Charles Schwab is a great choice for individual brokerage account without the need of algorithmic trading.
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Fedelity is a good brokerage for retirement (401K, IRA, etc) accounts.
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QuantConnect is a good choice for algorithmic trading.
| Brokerage | Fees |
Live Online Chat |
Cash Sweep Program |
Retirement Accounts |
Market Analysis & Research Report |
Algorithmic Trading |
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| API |
Data Quality |
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| Iteractive Brokerage | Low-High [1] | Yes | Yes | High | |||
| Charles Schwab | Low | 24/7 | Yes | Great | Yes | ||
| Fidelity | Low | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Vanguard | Low | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| QuantRocket | Yes | ||||||
| QuantConnect | Yes | ||||||
| Alpaca | Low | No | Yes | Low [2] | |||
| eTrade | Low | Yes | No | No | |||
[1]: Depends on which version of API you use.
[2]: Alpaca allows connecting to other paid high quality data sources,
e.g.,