Are you goign to tell us who the firm is? We know it's not IB because handholding is not part of their program. LOL
In Appropriate Conduct?
- Thread starter Arnie Guitar
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Promise not to crap on me for paying higher commissions than necessary?
You have two vending machines that really sell the same product.
Do you:
(A) pay $4 over and over and over, times 20,000
or
(b) pay $2 over and over and over, times 20,000
I've heard it all, and if you trade it's super important to pay the least amount in commissions.
TD Ameritrade
Yes, and I included it in my correspondence to TD Am.
When I traded with Schwab, one morning one of my holdings jumped up $40, almost doubling. I got two phone calls from Schwab premarket.
The first was from a rep who was calling everyone who held the stock, just to give them a heads-up. (I had already noticed and had sold some of my position.) The second was from a rep asking why I had placed a limit order to sell some call options so far above the previous day's closing price. He was worried I had made a mistake.
I didn't mind either call, but I kind of wondered why they bother calling people just for placing an order to close a long position at a higher than expected price.
Not saying you shouldn't be concerned, just saying that it's common for the reps to look at what the customers are doing under some circumstances.
I suppose I would have minded if someone at the brokerage was watching my trades and copying them, but I know I'm not that good.
The first was from a rep who was calling everyone who held the stock, just to give them a heads-up. (I had already noticed and had sold some of my position.) The second was from a rep asking why I had placed a limit order to sell some call options so far above the previous day's closing price. He was worried I had made a mistake.
I didn't mind either call, but I kind of wondered why they bother calling people just for placing an order to close a long position at a higher than expected price.
Not saying you shouldn't be concerned, just saying that it's common for the reps to look at what the customers are doing under some circumstances.
I suppose I would have minded if someone at the brokerage was watching my trades and copying them, but I know I'm not that good.