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Why Choose Scottrade as Your Online Brokerage?

The Answer to Your Investment Questions

Since he founded Scottrade in 1980, our CEO Rodger Riney has been committed to offering a fair deal: straightforward pricing with no hidden fees, coupled with the most robust customer service in the brokerage business.

Why Choose Scottrade?

With Scottrade, online trades are only $7 and it takes just $500 to open an account. But our customers get much, much more than low prices. We offer an enormous selection of investment products and services, powerful trading tools, and convenient support to answer all your questions.

Reasons to Choose Scottrade

Broker Comparison Chart

Compare the details and see for yourself how Scottrade stacks up against its competition. With 500+ branch offices, up to $2.5 million in FDIC individual account protection, 14,500+ mutual funds and more, the numbers add up to satisfied customers.

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Fees & Commissions

Scottrade’s fees and commissions are simple, straightforward and easy to understand. Customers pay no fees for account maintenance or inactivity.

And our advanced research, online trading tools and educational resources all come at no additional cost.

Scottrade's Fees and Commissions

Margin & Interest Rates

If your investment strategy includes leveraging the power of margin loans, Scottrade offers competitive rates on margin interest.

Scottrade also pays interest on uninvested deposits.

See Scottrade's Margin and Interest Rates

Security & ID Theft Protection

Scottrade goes to extraordinary physical and electronic lengths to guard its customers' accounts and confidential personal information, constantly updating its practices to stay ahead of identity thieves.

New Scottrade customers receive integrated anti-virus, firewall and anti-spyware protection. And Scottrade can teach you how to take control of your online identity, just like you take control of your portfolio as a self-directed investor.

Security/ID Theft Protection

Company Overview

For more than three decades of financial stability and steady growth, Scottrade has been breaking ground as a deep discount brokerage. As a result, its customers have been empowered to invest affordably on their own. And Scottrade has earned dozens of top business awards, including recognition as one of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” for the last four consecutive years.

Today Scottrade provides everything you need to need to make informed investment decisions and take control of your financial future.

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Scottrade customers can earn free trades whenever their referrals lead friends, family or coworkers to open qualifying Scottrade accounts.

Referred friends, family or coworkers receive free trades too, upon opening their own accounts, and there's no limit to the new referrals customers can make. It pays to share what you love about Scottrade.

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In-Person and Online Education
Mobile Trading and Account Access
Real-Time Streaming Quotes
Interest on Cash Balances

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Online Help / FAQs

Brokerage Products and Services offered by Scottrade, Inc. - Member FINRA and SIPC.

*Online market and limit stock trades are just $7 for stocks priced $1 and above.

Any specific securities, or types of securities, used as examples are for demonstration purposes only. None of the information provided should be considered a recommendation or solicitation to invest in, or liquidate, a particular security or type of security.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of a mutual fund carefully before investing. A mutual fund's prospectus contains this and other information about the mutual fund. Prospectuses are available through our trading site or through a Scottrade branch office. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing. No transaction fee (NTF) funds are subject to the terms and conditions of the NTF funds program. Scottrade is compensated by the funds participating in the NTF program through recordkeeping, shareholder, or SEC 12b-1 fees.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, charges, expense, and unique risk profile of an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) carefully before investing. Leveraged and Inverse ETFs may not be suitable for long-term investors and may increase exposure to volatility through the use of leverage, short sales of securities, derivatives and other complex investment strategies. A prospectus contains this and other information about the ETF and should be obtained from the issuer. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

Margin trading involves interest charges and risks, including the potential to lose more than deposited or the need to deposit additional collateral in a falling market. The Margin Disclosure Statement and Agreement (PDF) is available for download, or it is available at one of our branch offices. It contains information on our lending policies, interest charges, and the risks associated with margin accounts.

Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Detailed information on our policies and the risks associated with options can be found in the ScottradeOptions Application and Agreement, Brokerage Account Agreement, and by downloading the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options and Supplements (PDF) from The Options Clearing Corporation, or by requesting a copy from your local branch office. Supporting documentation for any claims will be supplied upon request.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of mutual fund carefully before investing. A prospectus contains this and other information about the fund and is available through www.scottrade.com or through a Scottrade branch office. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing. No transaction fee (NTF) funds are subject to the terms and conditions of the NTF funds program. Scottrade is compensated by the funds participating in the NTF program through recordkeeping, shareholder, or SEC 12b-1 fees.

Market volatility, volume, and system availability may impact account access and trade execution.

Testimonials may not be representative of the experience of other clients and are no guarantee of future performance or success.