Quote from Hooti:
Your point is well made
That happened because...
The platform collapsed, I lost about $300 on a trade.
I waited till the end of the day to call
and didn't complain, or ask for a refund.
Just asked what the smartest way to deal with it or be prepared should it happen again. Who should I call if I needed to get out of a trade, etc.
The guy said that he couldn't do anything about the loss, but he gave me a permanent discount.
He looked at my account and could see I obviously didn't know how to trade.
What he did felt good at the time, and I'm not complaining now...
but it does look a little different!
Broker wants you to generate revenue for him, he couldn't care less about your PnL. If you are using TD ameritrade the will probably be way too expensive, unless you are getting 4 dollars or less RT you are paying too much. But as I said, that is a problem for a future date, focus on learning to trade. The method described in this thread is the fastest way I know for someone who is new to this, just READ, READ again, pay attention and do the homework.