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Full List Stock Brokerages

This is our take on the best brokerages on the market. See what we love and what we believe they are best for. Each of these has $0 Fees unless stated otherwise. 

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Broker

What We Love

Best For

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Interactive Brokers

Great for international trading and diversification. Has a large array of features compared to competitors. 

International Trading

Advanced Traders/Investors

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Webull

One of the best trading apps on the market. Incredibly easy to use mobile investing and screening. Easy options trading. Stock lending program allows for extra income.

Mobile & Desktop Trading

Beginners – Advanced

Get up to 12 free fractional shares (valued up to $30,600)

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Fidelity

We love the ability to connect and use their debit card which includes ATM reimbursements. We also love their 2% back credit card. Trade from mobile/desktop/browser.

Every Day Spending/Investing

Retirement

Beginners – Advanced

Merrill Edge

We love their Preferred Reward program that allows you to earn rewards by investing with them. Their Idea Builder provides inspiration and ideas for your portfolio. 

People who already bank with Bank of America

Retirement

Beginners – Advanced

Qualifying Net New Asset Balance   Cash Reward
Less than $20,000 $0
$20,000 to $49,999 $100
$50,000 to $99,999 $150
$100,000 to $199,999 $250
$200,000 or more $600
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E*Trade

The OG of online trading. We love that they have two platform options. The E*Trade app or the Power E*Trade app depending on your needs. We also love their Core Portfolios for the passive investor. 

Mobile & Desktop Trading

Retirement

Beginners – Advanced

Cash Credit Deposit Amount
$50 $5,000–$19,999
$100 $20,000–$49,999
$200 $50,000–$99,999
$300 $100,000–$199,999
$600 $200,000–$499,999
$1,200 $500,000–$999,999
$2,500 $1,000,000–$1,499,999
$3,500 $1,500,000+
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Acorns

Acorns is the perfect app for the passive investor. Acorns invests your spare change and is the passive way to get started. We love that they have expanded into banking.

$3/month
Micro & Passive Investing

Everyday Shopping

Beginners – Advanced

Vanguard

Vanguard’s Trading app is a simple app for basic trading. 

Retirement Accounts & Mutual Funds

Basic Investing

TD Ameritrade

We love that they are a versatile investing platform for all types of investors. They  have multiple investing platforms and allow web investing. They also include plenty of research tools.

Research & Knowledge 

Retirement

Beginners – Advanced

Ally Invest

Ally Invest is great for all investors. We love their trading app and the fact that you can do more than just invest with Ally. 

Everyday Banking/Investing

Retirement

Beginners – Advanced

Stash

Stash takes automated investing to the next level. We love their many automated features: 1% Stock Back Card, Invest Spare Change, Auto Investing.

$3 – $9/month 
Micro & Passive Investing

Everyday Shopping

Beginners – Advanced

Robinhood

A truly great investing platform. We love their 1% Match IRA, 4% APY for cash (see details), and cash back debit card. 

Mobile & Desktop Trading

Retirement

Saving & Everyday Spending

Beginners – Advanced

Get A Free Stock

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Sofi – Invest

SoFi Invest is a great investing app for everybody. We love how you can use all of SoFi’s products from one easy to use dashboard.

Everyday Banking/Investing

Retirement

Beginners – Advanced

Up to $1,000 in stock when you fund a new account.

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TradeStation

Tradestation is a great platform that fits all investors. They have a variety of accounts including: business, joint, international, and more. 

International Trading

Futures

Business

Beginners – Advanced

Public.com

Public.com is an easy to use investing app that allows you to invest in many different assets. We love how easy they make it to invest in stocks with fractional investing and alternative assets like art.

Diversification

Mobile Investing

Beginners – Advanced

 

Free Fractional Share

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M1 Finance

M1 Finance is a great investing platform that also allows you to earn interest on your cash with their high interest checking and 1% cashback debit. We love their automated pie investing that includes Dynamic Rebalancing.

Everyday Banking/Investing

Retirement

Automated Investing

Beginner – Advanced

MooMoo

MooMoo is another app that has a great interface. With MooMoo you can invest in US, Hong Kong, and China-A-Shares markets. 

International Investing

Mid Level – Advanced

Get up to 15 free stocks — valued up to $2,000 each.

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Etoro

Etoro has a very easy to use platform that allows you to invest in stocks, crypto, commodities, currencies, indices, and etfs. CopyTrader allows you to easily copy top traders.

Diversification

Automated Investing

Beginner – Advanced 

J.P. Morgan Wealth Management

A simple easy to use app that connects to your Chase accounts. 

People who have a Chase Account

Retirement

Beginners – Advanced

Betterment

Betterment is one of the easiest ways to get started investing. We love their automated investing and high APY Savings. This is the perfect app for the passive investor.

Everyday Banking/Investing

Retirement

Automated

Beginners

Tastyworks

Tastyworks is a great platform that is built for diversification. We love that they are rapidly evolving and improving their platform.

Diversification

Retirement

Research

Beginners – Advanced

Get up to $2,000 when you open and fund an account.*

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