In 2024, I found out that Interactive Brokers (IBKR) offers some advantages over Firstrade (click here to learn more about Firstrade) and Gotrade. Thus, I decided to transfer my portfolio in Gotrade to IBKR. In this IBKR review, I will share my reasons of switching to this brokerage. Funding of the account The main reason …
I have just opened my Gotrade account in May 2023 and it has reviewed its fee structure in June 2023. With this fee revision, I would not recommend this brokerage now. Gotrade fee update Previously, Gotrade did not charge any trading fee. However, with this fee revision, it starts to charge 0.3% commission per trade, …
(Update 1 July 2023: This foreign broker is not recommended anymore. Read more here.) Recently, I found a new foreign broker which is open to Malaysians and allows commission-free trading. In this Gotrade review, I will share my experience of using it to trade US stocks. Why Gotrade? I have two foreign brokers (Firstrade and …
I am currently using ToledoTrade as my broker in US. However, I recently found out that Firstrade (Link) is open to Malaysians and I have decided to give it a try. Why Firstrade? I was mainly attracted by the $0 commission for online trading. Furthermore, like ToledoTrade, there is no inactivity fee too. There is …
Since I start to use ToledoTrade, I have to fund the brokerage account with USD. Thus, I was looking for the cheapest way to transfer USD from Malaysia to US. In the process, I have engaged three service providers, namely Alliance Bank, InstaReM and Maybank. However, InstaReM is unable to transfer fund into virtual bank …
When I was researching the exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the US market, I have used some websites to help me. In this article, I will share these resources. I will list down these websites in alphabetical order. ETF.com I use this website (Link) to get a list of all ETFs for a particular country …
ToledoTrade is a foreign broker that I am using to invest in US exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Today I am going to talk about the trading platforms it offers. ToledoTrade has a total of four trading platforms. They are Client Portal, Handy Trader, ToledoTrader and ToledoTrader Pro. All the platforms can be accessed from ToledoTrade webpage …
[Notice: Please be advised that there are some US brokers who offer zero-commission trading now.] (Updated: 4 September 2019) I have received an email from this platform which has clarified some points in this article. Thus, I am going to share the information with this update. ToledoTrade (Link) is an online broker that I came …
