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if you have more than 5k equity you can apply for checkwriting and if you want, a debit card.

From your post your main concerns are high fees and low commissions. Scottrade has a better commission rate than Schwab, E-Trade, Fidelity, and TD Ameritrade. No maintenance fees, no inactivity fees, no transfer fees, basically zero additional, unnecessary fees. As far as features...