Your seat at the markets
Trade the way you want—with easy-to-use tools, guidance, and precision access to the markets. Here’s how E*TRADE puts you in control.
Get up to $600, plus 60 days of commission-free stocks and options trades when you open an account with $10k or more.1 How it works.
Trade the way you want, from nearly anywhere
Etrade.com
Buy, sell, track the market, research, and follow your investments from your browser.
E*TRADE Pro2
Built for active traders, our pro-grade platform offers more detailed data, advanced trading tools, idea generation, and more.
E*TRADE Mobile
Buy and sell, research investments, follow the market and get portfolio alerts on your phone or tablet.
Step 1
Find a great idea
Search for a new strategy, or find an investment to fit an existing strategy
Step 2
Test it out
Use our data and analysis tools to fine-tune your idea and see how it might work in the real world
Step 3
Execute
Our trading tools let you place your order any time, from nearly anywhere3
Step 4
Keep it on your radar
Track all of your investments with user-friendly charts, mobile alerts, and more
Choose the right account for your trading style
Brokerage Account
Invest in what you want, whenever you want
Take on the market with our full suite of investment products, along with E*TRADE's innovative tools, people, and experience.
E*TRADE Pro10
Take control with our most powerful tools
Designed for active traders, this account offers access to our professional-grade market data, idea-generating tools and more.
Futures Trading Account
Built and priced specifically for futures traders
Get access to every major futures exchange, with tools, professional assistance, and pricing that’s tailored to futures trading.
Opening an account is easy
Signing up takes about 5 to 10 minutes. And we have four simple ways to fund your account.
Trade safely
We use the most advanced technology and dedicated fraud protection teams to safeguard your money and your privacy.