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To: john p. carney who wrote (23131)	4/19/1998 10:10:00 AM
From: ratan lal	Respond to of 36349

I have e-schwab but I stopped using them because many times I buy more than 1000 shares and then their commission became significant. But I did notice on a couple of occassions that I got shares at the bid immediately and wondered if they were matching orders in their computer and making the trades directly between their clients. Never did find the answer out. I might start using Cybertrader with level II screen where you know exactly the marketmaker you are dealing with. Their commisssions are $25 per trade. There is a charge of $300 for the level II screen but that is waived if you do 10 transactions per day, essentially paying them $250 or more commission per day or more than $5000 per month. ratan

To: john p. carney who wrote (23131)	4/19/1998 2:04:00 PM
From: FISHERMAN	Respond to of 36349

John, I was using E*trade until Fidelity started their online trading. It's $14.95 up to 1000 shares (for a frequent trader), and no 20 minute wait when you want to speak to someone. tw

To: john p. carney who wrote (23131)	4/19/1998 10:11:00 PM
From: Bruce Byall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36349

John and all, Here is a survey of online brokerages: sonic.net Discount Stock Brokers Ranked Online Investment Services - April 15, 1998 Compiled by Don Johnson. We Need Your Contributions! Click here if you would like to contribute, or if you want to learn more about the compiler of these Discount Broker reports. Many thanks to all who have contributed, financially and with comments / letters, to these pages on the discount brokers. For an alphabetical listing, click here. An Alphabetical listing of more than 80 brokers is below the following group lists. Part I: The Deep Discounters Covered in Part I: the links here will take you to the review of each broker. Listed in order from least expensive to most: 1.Lindner Funds 2.Suretrade: Warning: Read report carefully before applying for an account at this broker. 3.Wang Investments 4.ForbesNet 5.First Flushing 6.Trading Direct 7.Datek 8.Brown 9.Wyse 10.InvesTrade 11.ProTrade 12.Scottsdale 13.Sovereign 14.Waterhouse 15.Ameritrade: Warning: Read report carefully before applying for an account at this broker. 16.Prestige Status 17.Web Street 18.Dreyfus 19.Freedom 20.Active Investor 21.Trade Fast 22.Attitude Online ........and more........