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To: Dealer who wrote (58969)	8/14/2003 7:02:06 PM
From: Cactus Jack	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 65232

Dealer, I've seen others on SI recommend Interactive Brokers for quality/speed of execution and price. You may want to check them out. interactivebrokers.com jpg

To: Dealer who wrote (58969)	8/14/2003 9:30:37 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Please let me know how you like them. They are high on my list to get my Waterhouse accounts.

To: Dealer who wrote (58969)	8/17/2003 10:03:51 AM
From: RR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Hi Dealer! In the back of my mind, seems I've heard inconsistent reports about Ameritrade, more bad reports lately. There's been a number of articles and surveys about the deep discounters so I could be getting Ameritrade mixed up with another one, though. You could probably find some of those survey articles on the web. I have heard good things about IB, but only after you learn their site and that it's a bear to learn. I still use a human for my main account. Pays off sometimes when their is a question or something goes wrong. Just like the other day, I was selling some covered calls and was watching T/S and sort of wondered why I had not seen my order go through given the bid/ask. It was a block of 160 contracts and I would have noticed it on T/S. I called my broker and she called the trader to check and, sure enough, something was wrong. They ended up executing it for 10 cents more. I was a happy customer. I like talking to a human for the options especially. RR