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• 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

  Fee increases

  with trade size

• Online 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$30

  per 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

  US$0.0035 per share 

  
  

   (for <=300K shares/month) Minimum US$0.35 per tradeMaximum 1% of trade value

• Monthly account maintenance fee

• Schwab

  US$0

• HSBC

  (US Stock Trading)

  US$5

  (waived until December 31, 2020)

• Citibank

  (US Stock Services)

  HK$100 

  (semi-annual) for inactive accounts

• Interactive Brokers

  US$0

  (if monthly commissions are equal to at least US$10 or the client has more than US$100,000 in equity)

• Satisfaction Guarantee²

• Schwab

  ✓

• HSBC

  (US Stock Trading)

  -

• Citibank

  (US Stock Services)

  -

• Interactive Brokers

  -

• 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