TD Waterhouse UK

samnorris2

Hi everyone,
Have any of you used TD Waterhouse UK as a trading broker? If you have how do you rate the service and costs. I'm looking for a broker who can buy shares in US and Canada - Hoodless and Hargreaves Lansdown don't cover these that well with telephone only trades for the US etc.

TD sight seems reasonable and covers the above gaps. Any feedback gladly received.

Sam

tradetime

I had an ISA with them for a few months, and moved it. What exactly do you mean when you say "trading broker"? May sound like a daft question but it is very relevant in determining which broker you are better using.

samnorris2

tradetime
I'm referring to the organisation who will buy/sell my shares on my instruction. I.e. I use the Halifax sharedealer just now but it don't give me the same access to the international markets (resulting in me missing a 130% hike in a stock over 2 days... I'm raging!)

So i want to move to a similar service but more international scope.

I appreciate you asking and welcome your feedback.

tradetime

samnorris2 wrote: »

tradetime
I'm referring to the organisation who will buy/sell my shares on my instruction. I.e. I use the Halifax sharedealer just now but it don't give me the same access to the international markets (resulting in me missing a 130% hike in a stock over 2 days... I'm raging!)

So i want to move to a similar service but more international scope.

I appreciate you asking and welcome your feedback.

LOL sorry dude, it was the "trading" part of you question I was querying, I know what a broker is, the less you buy and sell the less efficient a broker you require. UK brokers still think it's the 1990's. If you are a light trader, smallish account, TD Waterhouse may be suitable, another to consider might be E*Trade. If you are trying to trade a lot, have a decent sized account then you might want to consider Interactive Brokers.

samnorris2

tradetime... thanks. I'm smiling here as well. You're usename does suggest you are in the field!

Just smalltime trading at the moment until I build up my portfolio. The 10 trades a quarter deal seems pretty good. Most others are ~30 before the price drops off.

I've looked at eTrade also but think the TD account may be more taylored to may needs.

While I have your attention, can you recommend any stock screen software, sites etc?

Thanks

tradetime

Just smalltime trading at the moment until I build up my portfolio. The 10 trades a quarter deal seems pretty good. Most others are ~30 before the price drops off.

I've looked at eTrade also but think the TD account may be more taylored to may needs.

In that case, I can't really think of any other suitable brokers for what you have described, IB is probably a little overkill at the moment, but keep a note of them for future reference in case you increase your activities.

If we are still talking North American market then Marketwatch have a stock screener, also Google Screener has one. Can't say how good they are as I don't use them

samnorris2

Thanks and all the best!

jfpeeps

I have had an account for about 4 months and really like them, they have been helpful and they cover a lot of markets, the servers have been a bit slow of late but they are apparently addressing this...