Tradeking Promo – $100 Bonus Ends Friday!

If you are looking to trade in your old expensive broker for a cheaper alternative take a look at Tradeking.com. They currently have a $100 bonus for new accounts that expires on Friday September 30th.

To qualify for the $100 bonus, all you need to do is open a new Tradeking Brokerage account by Friday September 30th. Then you need to deposit at least $1000 within 30 days and then make one trade within 180 days. Once that is complete, they will deposit a $100 bonus in your account.

Tradeking is a discount broker that offers a flat online trading commission of $4.95 per trade. That is extremely competitive with the other discount brokers out there.

Check out the Tradeking Bonus page for more details on how to sign up for this offer

If you want to learn a little more about Tradeking’s service, take a look at my Tradeking Review for more information. I have been using this account ever since and have been very happy with it.

Tradeking Promo 2011 – $50 Bonus With New Account

The Tradeking Refer-A-Friend Promotion is back and this time it is twice as nice as last time. Right now when you open a new Tradeking account from a registered Tradeking account holder you can get $50 bonus. To qualify all you need open a new Tradeking account, deposit at least $1000 within 30 days and then make one trade within 180 days. That is it.

With Tradking’s commission being only $4.95 per trade, this bonus roughly equates to 10 free Tradeking trades if you choose to use it tht way. Note that the minimum funds of $1,000 must remain in the account (minus any trading losses) for a minimum of 180 days or the credit may be surrendered.

To receive a referral you can either get one from a friend, or I can refer you. If you need a referral, complete the form below and I will get you one as soon as possible

1. Send a $50 TradeKing Referral To:
2. Your Email Address:(valid email required)

 

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Free Trading Friday In Your Tradeking Account

If you currently have a Tradeking account, they are having a customer appreciation promotion where any trade you make on Friday August 12 will be free. Per the small print in the email I was just sent…

No commissions will be charged for trades executed on 8/12/2011. Includes stock trades, option trades, fixed income and no-load mutual fund trades. Index option fees and option contracts fees will not be charged. Regulatory fees and Foreign settlement fees will still apply.

The email also goes on to mention that you will see the trade as normal (with commission added) on Friday, but on Saturday you will see that trade with the commission waived. So don’t worry until Saturday if you still don’t see the commissions waived.

This is obviously in response to the market volatility in the past few days, unfortunately if you are like me, all your money is tied up in stocks that have lost about 20% of their value. But if you are one of the lucky ones with some money to buy and an active Tradeking account, Friday could be a great day for you!

Unfortunately this is only available for current Tradeking account holders, but if you are interested in their $100 bonus promotion for new accounts, take a look at the Tradeking Promotion page for more details.

Tradeking $100 Bonus Promotion

NOTE: This bonus has expired. Please see the Tradeking Promotions page for the latest information.

If you were holding out for that $100 Tradeking Promo, you don’t have to wait any longer it is back. All you need to do is the following:

• Open a new account using the following link:
• Fund the account with at least $2500 within 30 days of opening the account
• Execute three trades within 180 days of account opening

For those of you that are not familiar with Tradeking, they offer a flat $4.95 commission on stocks and options. Tradeking was founded in 2005 by the founders of Suretrade.com which was eventually sold to TDAmeritrade. All accounts are SIPC protected, so you can be sure that your money is safe.

I’ve had a Tradeking account since 2006 and use it as my primary trading account. Why spend $10 or more for a stock commission with the other guys when Tradeking offers the same service for half as much! There are no account minimums or inactivity fees. (note that in this special case to qualify for the Tradeking Promotion there is a $2500 minimum to get the free $100 but once the 6 months is up, there is no minimum balance). Check out my Tradeking Review for an indepth review of their service.

Some other cool features they offer is an ACH feature where you can move money in and out of your linked checking account. There is also a money market sweep that invests your uninvested money in a money market account that earns interest. They also offer loads of educational material to help you understand the basics of investing with stocks and options in case you are just starting out. I learned how to trade options with Tradeking very quickly using their helpful training tools. You can also send them any paper stock certificates you have to them and they will add them to your account for free. I had to use this feature once with a stock purchase plan I had for a company I worked at. It was a very simple process and I was able to trade those stocks electronically in less than 2 weeks.

You can also take a look at out Tradeking Promotions page to see all the active Tradeking Bonus items that are going on now.

Tradeking Bonus – $50 For New Accounts April 2011

Tradeking has started up another refer a friend bonus. This time it is a $50 bonus with a new account. Unfortuently the $100 refer a friend bonus has expired, but $50 is nothing to ignore if you are looking to open a new brokerage account.

To qualify for the bonus, here is what you need to do:

1. Send a $50 TradeKing Referral To:
2. Your Email Address:(valid email required)

 

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(Budgetcents.net Pledge: your email will not be used for anything other than generating a referral to you)

2) Using the link in the email, open a Tradeking account
3) Deposit at least $1000 into the account within 30 days of opening
4) Make one trade in your account within 180 days of opening the account

Your bonus will post to your account shortly after your first trade. There are a couple things to note on this promotion. You need to keep the $1000 in your account for a minimum of 180 days. The referral bonus must also stay in the account for 180 days.

One of the great things about this deal is that once you open an account, you can immediately start referring your friends. They will get a $50 bonus as well as you for referring them. According to their site, there is no limit to the number of referral bonuses you can receive for referring your friends.

I am a loyal Tradeking user and have switched back to using them for all my trading since Zecco.com increased their trading commissions. I never really liked Zecco’s interface, but used them as they were cheaper. Well now that they have raised their commissions, I am back to using Tradeking.

If you want more detail on Tradeking’s service, take a look at my Tradeking Review

$100 Brokerage Promotions

If you are looking to jump back into the market and are looking for a new broker, there are currently 2 active promos where you can get $100 when opening a new brokerage account. Here are the details:

$100 Tradeking Refer a  Friend Promo -  Get $100 when you open a new account, deposit $1000 and make 1 trade within 80 days. (See post for more details) – Note that this offer expires 4/14/11, so open your account today!

OptionsXpress $100 New Account Bonus – Get $100 when you open a new trading account with at least $500 and make 3 trades within 12 months of opening the account. (See post for more details) Note that it was just announced that OptionsXpress will be merging with Charles Schwab, so there is no telling if this offer will expire prior to the 12/31/11 date posted on their site.

I have accounts with both and use Tradeking for stocks and OptionsXpress for options. I really haven’t had any issues with either. I have had to call OptionsXpress’ customer service a few times but everything was resolved quickly.

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