Low costs and great service shouldn't be a tradeoff.

• Online equity trade price structure
• Schwab

  One flat fee

  for all trade sizes
• Merrill (Bank of America Corporation)

  One flat fee

  for all trade sizes
  
• HSBC

  One flat fee

  for all trade sizes
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  Fee decreases with trade size

• Online listed equity trade commission
• Schwab

  US$0 

  per trade¹
• Merrill (Bank of America Corporation)

  US$0

  per trade
• HSBC

  US$24.95 

  per trade
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  US$0.0005 to US$0.0035 per share(for <=300K shares/month)

  
  

  Minimum US$0.35 per trade 

  
  

  Maximum 1% of trade value

• Monthly account maintenance fee
• Schwab

  US$0 
• Merrill (Bank of America Corporation)

  US$0 
• HSBC

  US$0 
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  US$0 

• Satisfaction Guarantee²
• Schwab

  ✓
• Merrill (Bank of America Corporation)

  -
• HSBC

  -
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  -

• If you buy 2,500 shares of a U.S.-based stock, then sell them a year later.
• Schwab

  US$0
• Merrill 

  (Bank of America Corporation)

  US$0
• HSBC

  US$49.90
• Interactive Brokers (IBKR PRO)

  US$17.50