Clear Street vs E*TRADE on TradersPost

Clear Street and E*TRADE differ on 6 of 22 points TradersPost compares: index options, stop orders, trailing stops, stop limit orders and 2 more. Both support stocks, stock options, short selling, market orders, limit orders, day orders, good till canceled orders and modify open orders.

Clear Street E*TRADE

  • Index Options

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Stop orders

    Partial

    All but Stock Options

    Supported

  • Trailing stops

    Partial

    All but Stock Options

    Supported

  • Stop limit orders

    Partial

    All but Stock Options

    Supported

  • Immediate or cancel orders

    Partial

    All but Stock Options

    Supported

  • Fill or kill orders

    Partial

    All but Stock Options

    Supported

Clear Street: stop orders, trailing stops, stop limit orders, immediate or cancel orders and fill or kill orders aren't available on stock options.

Same on both 9

  • Stocks
  • Stock Options
  • Short selling
  • Market orders
  • Limit orders
  • Day orders
  • Good till canceled orders
  • Modify open orders
  • Authentication: OAuth

Neither supports 7

  • Futures
  • Crypto
  • Forex
  • Fractional quantity
  • Bracket orders
  • Trailing stop attached to entry
  • Paper accounts

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Worth knowing about each

Clear Street

  • No Clear Street paper connection.
  • Bracket, OTO, and OCO orders are not sent. Clear Street does not link orders to each other.
  • Options take market and limit orders with a day or good-til-canceled time in force. Stop and trailing stop orders are for stocks.

View Clear Street connection View Clear Street docs

E*TRADE

  • Access tokens last 15 days. After that you must reconnect.
  • A 401 during login is an E*TRADE authentication issue; contact E*TRADE technical support.
  • No E*TRADE paper connection.

View E*TRADE connection View E*TRADE docs

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