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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Short A. Few who wrote (16953)	1/12/1999 8:14:00 PM
From: Atin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18691

My requirements from a broker are pretty minimal: I require an online broker whose site will stay up during heavy market conditions, and who will give me confirmation on market orders within a few minutes. I don't mind paying a little more on commissions if I can get reliable service. I was hoping E*Trade or Schwab or Datek would meet these requirements. I don't ask for perfection but having a site go down on every heavy market day like Waterhouse does or having fills that come back 30-40 minutes after one places a market order (with fills at the wrong end of the day's big move!) like Waterhouse does is too much. I was hoping people here knew of other better online brokerage firms that I could move to. Thanks, -Atin

To: Short A. Few who wrote (16953)	1/12/1999 11:26:00 PM
From: Terr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18691

In addition to Datek streaming quotes, you may want to try Medved QuoteTracker from medved.net It is a free Win95/NT program that uses Web real time data sources - both free and subscription - to track users' portfolios, plot realtime intraday charts with TA, give stock price alerts, track major indices, show historical data charts etc. Can connect to Datek, E*Trade, Schwab500, Fidelity, Discover, PCQuote MarketSmart, CaseCom.com and CBS MarketWatch for real time quotes, as well as several free real time and delayed quote sites.