I am using ThinkorSwim Platform from Ameritrade. I use it for long-term stock investment. For short-term that I don't do much I use Interactive Brokers. If you want to open an Ameritrade account see if you can find a friend that already has an account and have him/her refer you then your friend will get some referral fee, about $50 which isn't much but it still is money.

Since I do not look at fundamentals but just price action and technicals, BABA is no go for me. It's been in a downtrend since November and I stay away from those. YHOO looks good, but it had a nice run in the last 2 years, so I will want to see some consolidation at this level and strength after that which means it is a no-buy for me at this time.

Out of the 5 mentioned on the first post RADA, NEON and AMRN passed my first test, which means that I need to see it stay there for few more weeks and try to breakout after that. I will keep those on my watchlist.