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To: the_wheel who wrote (80497)	3/14/2001 5:21:33 PM
From: parcival	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Bit o'advice, stay away from Datek. They reek. Barron's had some good reviews of the online brokers in this past Sat edition.

To: the_wheel who wrote (80497)	3/14/2001 5:31:49 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

i'm not really the one to ask about this...since i'm using Chuckie myself, as well as MWD. have no idea how others compare...but there used to be a service comparing them on a regular basis...perhaps somebody recalls the link?

To: the_wheel who wrote (80497)	3/14/2001 7:30:51 PM
From: XBrit	Respond to of 436258

Difficult to advise you, depends what you care most about. Low commissions? Reliable online trading systems? Sophisticated options plays? Fast executions? Good executions? Record keeping? Here's the best comparison site: sonic.net CSFBDirect is the best for availability of shorts (has access to the institutional inventory of Pershing). Personally I like to have my IRAs at brokers who will let me buy puts and calls. Then I can short by buying deep-in-the-money leap puts. Choices include Dreyfus and Fidelity. Personally I use CSFBDirect, Dreyfus and Schwab and I'm happy with all 3. But I'm fairly easy to please.