Registration - A
Trading - C
Charts - B
Research Tools - C
Commissions and Fees (Pass/Fail) - Pass

Top notch registration process and low commissions and fees make Scottrade a winner. Trading and research tools could use some improvement.

For my detailed review of Scottrade and other online brokers visit onlinebrokerreview.blogspot

Scottrade is a very helpful stockbroker, and if you are the sort of person that prefers to make their own trades, their rates are lower than most and free from nasty hidden charges, such as for closing an account. As a rule, I do most of my business online, but their office on Brickell has free parking, or at least it did a couple of years ago, and they are quite efficient.

I am not an expert on brokerages, but Scottrade is cheaper than Schwab by a bit, and they are a LOT less than Legg Mason or Merrill Lynch, and there is always someone one can talk to about transfers and the like, which I did not find to be true of Waterhouse or eTrade.