We have updated our comprehensive stock broker margin rates list. You can easily compare 17 top brokers to see which one offers the best margin rate for your loan balance (borrowed cash) level. For all loan balance levels, Interactive Brokers offers the best rate, ranging between 1.65% and 0.50%. Second place is OptionsHouse, which ranges from 4% down to 1.5%. Third place is eOption, which ranges from 5% down to 2.5%. Go here to get the full rundown:
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Latest Stock Broker Discounts
If you are in the market for a new broker, check out the latest great offers on our Stock Broker Discounts and Special Offers page. Here are some of the latest and greatest offers:
- ETRADE: Trade Free for 60 Days at E*TRADE Securities LLC
- ETRADE: Open an IRA at E*TRADE Securities and Get up to $600
- optionsXpress: Learn how you can get $100 when you open up a new optionsXpress account and be in the money from the start.
- OptionsHouse: Get 100 Commission-Free Trades at OptionsHouse.com!
- TradeKing: Switch to TradeKing and get up to $150 in transfer fees reimbursed.
- OptionsHouse: Get a free Kindle Fire from OptionsHouse.
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Stock Broker Rankings
We have just released our brand new broker rankings, including a new #1 broker! To arrive at our new rankings, we have updated our reviews and changed the review criteria slightly. The biggest change is that we now weigh the importance of apps - including iPhone, iPad and Android - more heavily than we did in the past. This is because people are trading more heavily on mobile devices than they were even a year or two ago so we felt that their importance needed to be reflected. Â Also, we have removed Zecco from our list since it is now officially a part of TradeKing.
Here is our new list of top brokers. View our full methodology and explanations here.  Click on a particular broker to go to that broker’s detailed review page:
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Updated Vanguard iPhone and iPad App Reviews
Here are our updated Vanguard iPhone and iPad app reviews:
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Updated Firstrade iPhone App Review
Here is our updated Firstrade iPhone app review. Note that Firstrade does not have an iPad app:
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TradeKing iPhone App Review Updated
After TradeKing and Zecco merged, they also merged platforms. Zecco had the superior iPhone app so a slightly modified version has been rebranded as TradeKing. Here is our review for the TradeKing iPhone App. Note that TradeKing does not have an iPad app:
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ShareBuilder iPad and iPhone App Reviews
We’ve got a brand new review for your Saturday. ShareBuilder has had an iPhone app for quite a while (there seems to be a connectivity problem at the moment) but they have only recently released an iPad app. Thankfully it was worth the wait, since the app is overall quite good.
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Updated Scottrade iPhone App Review
Here is our updated Scottrade iPhone app review. Note that Scottrade still does not have a dedicated iPad app but it is in the works:
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