Choosing A Broker

• Depending on whether you have a $50,000 account or $500,000 account, there are certain things that everyone needs. You need to look for brokererage firms with the lowest costs. Trade King and Zecco offer small commissions. You also need to figure out what you are going to trade, as some brokers are experts in options, commodities or other financial instruments.
  
  

Considerations

• Depending on whether you are looking for a faster platform, strong customer service, or other metric, there are different brokers which rank higher than others in these categories. Choose the ones that are most important to you, and look further in depth to them.
  
  

Execution

• Have you decided whether you are going to be a swing trader, day trader, long-term investor or momentum trader? Depending on the type of trading you are going to do, certain online brokerages fare better than others. It also depends on what kind of account you are going to have. If you are going to have an Individual Retirement Account, some brokers have better offers than others.