Low costs and great service shouldn't be a tradeoff.

• Online equity trade price structure
• Schwab

  One flat fee

  for all trade sizes
• HSBC
  (US Stock Trading)

  Fee increases

  with trade size
• Citibank
  (US Stock Services)

  Fee increases

  with trade size
• Interactive Brokers
  (IBKR PRO)

  Fee increases

  with trade size

• Online listed equity trade commission
• Schwab

  US$0

  per trade¹
• HSBC
  (US Stock Trading)

  US$18

  for first 1,000 shares

  
  

  US$18 + US$0.015per additional share for trades of 1000+ shares
• Citibank
  (US Stock Services)

  Minimum US$30per trade

  
  

  1% of trade value for trades US$0 – US$9,999

  
  

  0.9% of trade value for trades US$10,000 – US$19,999

  
  

  0.8% of trade value for trades US$20,000 – US$49,999

  
  

  0.5% of trade value for trades US$50,000 and above
• Interactive Brokers
  (IBKR PRO)

  US$0.0035 per share (for <=300K shares/month) down to US$0.0005 per share (for >100M shares/month)

  
  

  Minimum US$0.35 per trade Maximum 1% of trade value

• Monthly account maintenance fee
• Schwab

  US$0
• HSBC
  (US Stock Trading)

  US$5
• Citibank
  (US Stock Services)

  HK$100

  (semi-annual) for inactive accounts
• Interactive Brokers
  (IBKR PRO)

  US$0

  
  

• Satisfaction Guarantee²
• Schwab

  ✓
• HSBC
  (US Stock Trading)

  -
• Citibank
  (US Stock Services)

  -
• Interactive Brokers
  (IBKR PRO)

  -

• If you buy 2,500 shares of a U.S.-based stock (at US$10 per share), then sell them a year later.
• Schwab

  US$0
• HSBC
  (US Stock Trading)

  US$81
• Citibank
  (US Stock Services)

  US$400
• Interactive Brokers
  (IBKR PRO)

  US$17.50