If you have margin enabled on your account, even if you don't use it, the proceeds will be available immediately with most retail brokers. So sign up for margin. You're not obligated to use it but there are many advantages.
Well, it looks like I'm going to officially abondon Alliance. Man, a week and lots of time wasted, plus some copies of some personal info sitting somewhere in their office. This sucks, but I guess it could've been worse.
So for...
Let's discuss foreign brokerages here. The point is to give those of us in the US (and Canada I guess) some offshore options.
The most obvious one would be Alliance Investments/Alliance Trading. Now I applied last Thursday, and STILL...
Naa, no time limit, but just keep in mind the longer you hold on to it, the more margin interest you rack up. Holding it for a few days, assuming a decent profit (or even a small profit) will make the margin interest charged pretty...
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What broker needed your driver's license? I've opened accounts with Scottrade and Choicetrade and never needed it. Perhaps it has changed.
I think ShareBuilder, Optionsxpress,...