Opening an Ameritrade account..

MorelandR84 said: "Ok, I am new to the market. I am opening an ameritrade right now so hopefully somone will see this and post back to me immediately. I am selecting an account profile and wanted to know what to pick. Typicaly I find a stock i like, buy it and then sell it when it does good. No shorting or anythign like that. So I think the best bet would be a simple cash profile. BUT, they have the option for Cash and Option, Cash And Margin, Cash, and Cash Margin and Option. Please let me know what you all think. Thanks!"

HappyHarry said: "Just start off with Cash."

MorelandR84 said: "Thanks, got it done. Hope I went with the best place to trade online. I trade around 4k but only 1 stock at a time. Hopefully I can help out around here and get a little help too."

Yoshimi said: "i definitely like ameritrade, and have used it for about a year now, adn havent had any problems"

MTM said: "Wish I could say the same about Ameritrade, but my experince with them was a nightmare! Went to Cybertrader and have not had an issue for 3 years compared to my daily issues at Amerijunk. JMHO"

HappyHarry said: "I got converted to Ameritrade from Datek. They've always been pretty decent."

honkyis@charter.net said: "I also came to Ameritrade from Datek. so far so good. More important what trading platform you are using. I like Med-ved quote tracker. It is free and you can connect the program to Ameritrade for live feed for stocks and level 11. at no cost. The program has many great features. Honky"