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Gold/Mining/Energy : Daytrading Canadian stocks in Realtime -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SwampDogg who wrote (19114)	7/13/1999 6:13:00 PM
From: The Devil Dog	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 62348

To everyone, Have have been using Schwab for a about 3 + weeks. In order to get the quick trades a and cheapest commission you HAVE to sign up pcquote also. Today was the first time I really had any real trouble with them, and it was very minor compared to the crap I used to deal with greenline. All orders are placed online to get best commish. Very easy to short, no phone crap. I have noticed since they finally got their own seat they have been slightly slower than before First Marathon was clearing. I mentioned it to them today again and they said they are working on it. ( hmmmmmmmm, Ive heard that before ;) to tell you the truth an inside bid/ask order can take as little as 1 1/2 minutes to confirmation, there have been slower orders than that though. PCquote is definitely proved to be more reliable so far for me, and also faster, by at least 2-9(being the exception) seconds. I still havent set the news up for Canadian, it is not as comprehensive as CSW. US news is good. I keep CSW almost for one reason only, the market scan is extremely quick and easy to use, and the broker anaylsis features, I find this extremely helpful. I can confirm my trades even before Schwab does, and of course its a backup in the event pcqoute is down, of which has happened only once! I deal with only one guy who in Schwab who is charge of pcquote customers(matt) he fixes my grievances, never get an attitude, many others have fielded my calls and all have treated me well, answer the phone may at most on the 3rd ring main trading desk. I would say that using the combo has improved my trading because I have more confidence in the system. Last but not least, remember that if you decide to sign up for the combo, tell Chris Maclean at pcquote that I referred you and I will get a free month of which I will give anyone of you half of savings, so that your first month is about 250 bucks instead of 550. Not a bad way to start while your learning their system. Best Regards WB