TDAmeritrade ripping us off?

[greedytrader]

Quote from tdatspectral:

I've been using TDAmeritrade since about 2001, maybe before. During this time I've been actively trading about 4 or 5 different periods lasting maybe 3-6 months each so I'm not the most active trader by any means.

I've observed a pattern and I'm wondering who else has noticed this. EVERYTIME there is a critical juncture in the markets, TDAmeritrade becomes "inaccessible" for the day. By that I mean I cannot get streaming data or sometimes even quotes. This has the effect of making it impossible to trade with any accuracy, especially when selling or closing a position.

The most recently happened on July 28 when the market was at a lowest point and I needed to sell my puts but couldn't find a price. The next day the puts were worthless.

I'll usually call support and in the past they have tried to blame the Command Center software. Most recently I was using their "Trade Architect" software and it was experiencing the same problem except even worse, I couldn't get any quotes for options. (I mostly trade options). This was one of the few times they acknowledged they had a problem and didn't try to blame my system.

I've been in IT for over 25 years and I know instinctively the problem exists with their servers. I've verified it wasn't my computer or DSL. I won't bother to go into the technical details.

I believe they are coordinated with some shadowy force to screw traders, as this ALWAYS happens at those critical days when I need to take an action, as in 'NEED'. So when I googled TDAmeritrade complaints or problems I find there are many instances of TDA doing harm to individuals.

Am I the only one who has been seeing this pattern?

TDAmerican is one of the worst brokers out there.

I used their trading platform. The chart would develop, as time went by, to the right edge of the chart, and then it simply stopped there, no more new data or prices. The new price/data simply disappeared.

That is absolutely hilarious. I don't know who designed their chart. But I can tell you this: The person or persons who designed their chart is/are not traders at all. They know nothing, nothing, nothing about trading.

As strange as it sounds, most American companies or businesses are run by people who know absolutely nothing about the business. I remember HP computer company was run by a woman by the name of Fiorina who knew absolutely nothing about computers. Or JC penny was run by a man who knew nothing, nothing, nothing about the stuff sold inside a JC penny store. Or USA is run by a man who knows nothing, nothing about managing a country.

Hilarious. A trading platform is designed by people who know nothing about trading. IB's chart is not even updated by the transactions. They call it a snapshot of trades. Ridiculous.