Charles Schwab

Horrible! Opened a Schwab account to see where my TDA account will be forced over to in order to get a feel for the Schwab platform and I found Schwab to be stuck in the 1970's!
1. No realtime quotes, you have to click refresh to get a current quote on the Schwab standard platform.
2. Schwab is unusable for OTC penny stock trades because there is a 999,999 share trade limitation...they told me I can always call to place a trade but it will be at the broker's discretion if the $25 phone trade fee will apply or not!
3. Schwab is so far behind the times, There is no way to do a search for high volume tickers...they don't have a search to find high volume tickers!
4. The charting on the Schwab standard platform will not allow me to place a 100 period Moving Average on the charts
5. You can't place an OCO order for 2 different tickers, Schwab doesn't allow this type of order.

Conclusion: Charles Schwab is an outdated Grandfather's investor platform, lots and lots of negative reviews cuz they don't care about their customers at all and are forcing TDA accounts over to Schwab and they will be scraping the TDA platform like the Evil machines in the movie Avatar...they advertise they will be sure to provide the tools needed to secure your financial future but it's all BS! They have a useless platform for real traders and don't seem to care...now they are banning me from trading my TDA account with no warning, I found this out when I placed a trade that was rejected, they said it was "A business decision" and they want me to just go away! Guess I have to transfer all positions to my Etrade account! No wonder Schwab stock is tanking, now 54 down from 96 and heading to 32 or bankruptcy!
They get 1 star cuz I can't post a no star rating, BYE BYE CHUCK!

Scam exchange of the century if that is even an award this company deserves it if we are being honest if you come across this review and you never ever once in your life used this company it's a sign from god not to go any step further and if you already have it's your cue to make better decisions e. G try recovering your money I'm sure my avatar can provide you with the help you need like it did for me

I have a debit card of Charles Schwab. Though I don't use their investment products, I am 100 percent satisfied with my account and service provided by the bank. When I lost my card while being abroad they have sent me a new one with no charge to the foreign address at the other side of the world. They always pick up the phone with a human helper unlike other banks. I recommend this bank to everyone. Before that, I had Wells Fargo, and run away from them.

Charles Schwab was one of the first online brokerages, and it's definitely one of the better ones in the sense that they give you a lot of different services that some online brokerages don't give you. If you want to talk to someone, you can actually talk to someone. I think of them more as a cheaper alternative to larger banks like Morgan Stanley or Merrill Lynch. But I don't think it's a cheap for pure online trading as others like tdameritrade or Scott Trade.