January 2011 Hot Brokerage Promos
January 14, 2011
Since the market has turned around a bit many of the online brokerage sites are offering promos to get you to open an account. Now is not a bad time to start investing since the market is still of its highs from last year but seems to be rebounding a bit. Sure we still may be in for a rocky ride, but if you are investing in the long term, now is the perfect time to get going. If you have some extra money to invest I suggest you look at one of these promos prior to signing up with anyone.
Here are a few of the current ones going on:
- Tradeking Promo – Get $50 when opening a new Tradeking account (see post for more details)
- ETrade IRA Promo – Open an ETrade IRA and get 100 free trades. (See post for more details)
- Zecco Promo – Zecco brokerage gives you Get 10 free stock trades every month if you $25,000 balance or make 25 paid trades each month. Otherwise the commission is only $4.50 / trade which is one of the lowest out there. (See more details here
- OptionsXpress Promo – OptionsXpress is giving away $100 when you open a new account with them. (See post for more details)
- Firstrade Promo – Firstrade is giving away 5 free trade when you open a new account. (See post for more details)
Tradeking Promo 2011 – $50 Bonus With New Account
January 1, 2011

NOTE: This bonus has expired. Please see the Tradeking Promotions page for the latest information.
Tradeking is rolling into the new year and giving away $50 while doing it. Yes folks, that is right, the ever popular $50 Tradeking Promotion is back, but this time with a sweetened offer. Not only will you get a $50 bonus when opening a new account, but they will also refund you up to $150 in transfer fees to your current broker if you are transferring your account in.
To qualify for the $50 bonus you need to open a new Tradeking account by using the following link:
Fund the account with $2,500 or more within 30 days of account opening and then execute any one trade within 180 days of account opening.
For those of you that are not familiar with Tradeking, they are one of the most popular discount brokers that offer a flat stock trading rate of $4.95. They have been established for sometime and have a list of awards for customer service and overall features. You may want to check out my review for more details on their service.
This Tradeking Promotion usually comes around a few times a year, but there is no guarantee that it will be back. If you are looking for a full featured discount broker with a lower trading commission, then you should definitely consider Tradeking. The $50 bonus alone will get you 10 free trades!
Q3 2010 Brokerage Promotions
October 19, 2010
As the market conditions continue to improve, more online brokers are adding incentives to get you to open an account with them. Now is not a bad time to start investing since the market is still of its highs from last year but seems to be rebounding a bit. Sure we still may be in for a rocky ride, but if you are investing in the long term, now is the perfect time to get going. If you have some extra money to invest I suggest you look at one of these promos prior to signing up with anyone.
Here are a few of the current ones going on:
- Tradeking Promo- Get up to $150 in transfer fees credited to your account when you transfer your account from another brokerage to Tradeking (see post for more details)
- ETrade Promo- Open an ETrade brokerage account and get free trading for 60 days. You can also get up to a $500 account opening bonus depending on the amount you transfer over to your new account. See the Etrade Promo page for more details.
- ETrade IRA Promo- Open an ETrade IRA and get 100 free trades. (See post for more details)
- Zecco Promo- Zecco brokerage gives you Get 10 free stock trades every month if you $25,000 balance or make 25 paid trades each month. Otherwise the commission is only $4.50 / trade which is one of the lowest out there. (See more details here
- OptionsXpress Promo- OptionsXpress is giving away $100 when you open a new account with them. (See post for more details)
- Firstrade Promo- Firstrade is giving away 5 free trade when you open a new account. (See post for more details)
- Optionshouse Promo – When you open a new account with Optionshouse you will receive 100 free trades.
Hot Brokerage Promos
July 21, 2010
Since the market has turned around a bit many of the online brokerage sites are offering promos to get you to open an account. Now is not a bad time to start investing since the market is still of its highs from last year but seems to be rebounding a bit. Sure we still may be in for a rocky ride, but if you are investing in the long term, now is the perfect time to get going. If you have some extra money to invest I suggest you look at one of these promos prior to signing up with anyone.
Here are a few of the current ones going on:
- Tradeking Promo – Get $50 when opening a new Tradeking account (see post for more details)
- ETrade IRA Promo – Open an ETrade IRA and get 100 free trades. (See post for more details)
- Zecco Promo – Zecco brokerage gives you Get 10 free stock trades every month if you $25,000 balance or make 25 paid trades each month. Otherwise the commission is only $4.50 / trade which is one of the lowest out there. (See more details here
- OptionsXpress Promo – OptionsXpress is giving away $100 when you open a new account with them. (See post for more details)
- Firstrade Promo – Firstrade is giving away 5 free trade when you open a new account. (See post for more details)
2010 Brokerage Promotions
May 7, 2010
Now that the new year has begun a lot of new brokerage promotions have popped up to get people to open a new account. The Dow Jones is hovering around 10,000 so we are still a little off of the high from 2 years ago. If you have some extra cash to invest, now is the time to get it working for you.
Here are some of the current brokerage promotions that offer some kind of cash bonus or free trades:
- OptionsXpress Promo- OptionsXpress is offering a $100 bonus when you open a new account with them. (See post for more details)
- Tradeking Promo – Get $50 when opening a new Tradeking account (see post for more details)
- Optionshouse Promo- Get 100 free trades when you open a new account, with $2.95 flat rate stock trade commisions. They have one of the lowest stock trading commissions out there. (see post for more details)
- ETrade IRA Promo- Open an ETrade IRA and get 100 free trades. (See post for more details). Open that 2009 IRA by April 15th, 2010.
- Zecco Promo- Zeccobrokerage gives you Get 10 free stock trades every monthif you $25,000 balance or make 25 paid trades each month. Otherwise the commission is only $4.50 / trade which is one of the lowest out there. (See more details here)
- Firstrade Promo- Firstrade is giving away 5 free trade when you open a new account. (See post for more details). Firstrade offers a low $6.95 commission per trade.
If you know of any others, please add them in the comments and I will add to this post.
2010 Brokerage Promotions
February 8, 2010
Now that the new year has begun a lot of new brokerage promotions have popped up to get people to open a new account. The Dow Jones is hovering around 10,000 so we are still a little off of the high from 2 years ago. If you have some extra cash to invest, now is the time to get it working for you.
Here are some of the current brokerage promotions that offer some kind of cash bonus or free trades:
- OptionsXpress Promo- OptionsXpress is offering a $100 bonus when you open a new account with them. (See post for more details)
- Tradeking Promo – Get $50 when opening a new Tradeking account (see post for more details)
- Optionshouse Promo- Get 100 free trades when you open a new account, with $2.95 flat rate stock trade commisions. They have one of the lowest stock trading commissions out there. (see post for more details)
- ETrade IRA Promo- Open an ETrade IRA and get 100 free trades. (See post for more details). Open that 2009 IRA by April 15th, 2010.
- Zecco Promo- Zeccobrokerage gives you Get 10 free stock trades every monthif you $25,000 balance or make 25 paid trades each month. Otherwise the commission is only $4.50 / trade which is one of the lowest out there. (See more details here)
- Firstrade Promo- Firstrade is giving away 5 free trade when you open a new account. (See post for more details). Firstrade offers a low $6.95 commission per trade.
If you know of any others, please add them in the comments and I will add to this post.







