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To: mtnres who wrote (419)	12/8/1997 3:32:00 AM
From: Mike Morgan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 602

I love Dateks speed. Suretrade is ok for $7.95. Webstreets free trades on 1000 shares at $2.00+ cant be beat. Waterhouse's system was so slow it was useless for me and I closed my account. Important thing that nonones mentioned is WHICH market maker does various discounters use . NBD= SHWD ameritrade= NITE Datek= soes & isld Suretrade= NAWE wEBSTREET= NAWE Freedom = FAHN Personally I think one has a better chance of buying on the bid or selling at the ask when using a firm that uses MASH or HRZG oBVIOUSLY, SCHWAB=MASH My primary broker (Regal) allows me to specify where I want orders to go..HRZG,MASH,ERNS,MHMY or selectnet. That is valuable to me even if the commissions are a bit high. Obviosly none of this matters with bb stocks. Oh..and I've noticed with Datek that market makers go out of there way to avoid filling ISLD orders. Thats one bad thing. Best thing about Datek is the speed ! Plus the abilty to screw market makers at their own game . (Dont ask...figure it out yourself)