I see little reason to have an account at brown. I closed my account there not to long ago. Interactive brokers at $1 per hundred share will save most people money and IB pays about 3 times higher interest if you have over 10,000. I have an account at datek if i want to trade 5,000 share for 9.99. and with datek i can use island. btw no real complaints about brown Eric
I have been using Brown for two years and I am very satisfied with their executions. I get instant feedback and the process is really fast. However, I do not find the site 'user-friendly'. They do not have charting or streaming quotes etc like Scottrade.
Both have agreements with 3rd party desks (NITE) where they get paid to send their orders. You will get worked on order above 200-300 shares, i.e. lose $ beacuse they will fill a partial order and then trade against the rest of your order.