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
  

• TD Ameritrade

  One flat fee 

  for all trade sizes
  

• Interactive Brokers
  (IBKR PRO)

  Fee decreases
  with trade size

• Online equity trade commission

• Schwab

  US$0 

  per trade¹
  

• Merrill
  (Bank of America Corporation)

  US$0

  per trade
  

• HSBC

  US$24.95

  per trade
  

• TD Ameritrade

  US$0 

  per trade
  

• Interactive Brokers
  (IBKR PRO)

  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
  

• TD Ameritrade

  US$0
  

• Interactive Brokers
  (IBKR PRO)

  US$0
  (if monthly commissions are more than US$10 or the client has more than US$100,000 in equity)
  

• Satisfaction Guarantee²
  

• Schwab

  ✓

• Merrill
  (Bank of America Corporation)

  -

• HSBC

  -

• TD Ameritrade

  -

• 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
  

• TD Ameritrade

  US$0

• Interactive Brokers
  (IBKR PRO)

  US$17.50