Latoboy with some lameazz lato comment there.  Did you even do some resonable researcg before recommending the post that just came outta yo azz??  E-Trade is down and low in the dumps and their charges are unreasonably high just because they were among the pioneers of the online trading biz.  Kale, use scottrade instead as they, as far as I know are the ones with the lowest spread/commissions out there (which means more money in your pocket.  As the old adage goes: Money saved is...).