Registration - A
Trading - F
Charts - D
Research Tools - F
Commissions and Fees (Pass/Fail) - Pass

ShareBuilder fails on multiple fronts. The charts are terrible. Research tools are non-existant for basic account holders. Finally, the lack of true limit order trading is a death blow.

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I opened the account this weekend, sent the money from bank of america on the samte time. They dais the money will be there Tuesday. Monday they said it will be there Wednesday and Tuesday they said they have trouble approving my account. On top of that I do not even count the number of time the website was not accessible in only 3days. This company is sucks!

With no monthly fee plan, you can purchase monthly (2nd Tuesday of every month) for $4 per purchase. This is the cheapest I can find to buy stocks. You can also setup Divident ReInvestment Plan (DRIP) with them once you purchase a stock with divident.

If you prefer regular trading, the fee is $10/trade. This happened after ING bought Sharebuilder. I must admit with the current $10/trade pricing, it's much more competitive in the on-line trading arena.

Amazing. I think if anybody has a child the standard custodial account is very good.

cheap to buy, expensive to sell

Individual transactions are way too high for small trades. Monthy deductions are free with membership, and the reports are above average.