E*TRADE vs Public.com on TradersPost

E*TRADE and Public.com differ on 7 of 21 points TradersPost compares: crypto, short selling, fractional quantity, trailing stops and 3 more. Both support stocks, stock options, index options, market orders, limit orders, stop orders, stop limit orders, day orders and good till canceled orders.

E*TRADE Public.com

  • Crypto

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Short selling

    Supported

    Partial

    All but Crypto

  • Fractional quantity

    Not supported

    Partial

    All but Stock Options and Index Options

  • Trailing stops

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Immediate or cancel orders

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Fill or kill orders

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Modify open orders

    Supported

    Not supported

Public.com: short selling isn't available on crypto.

Public.com: fractional quantity isn't available on stock options and index options.

Same on both 10

  • Stocks
  • Stock Options
  • Index Options
  • Market orders
  • Limit orders
  • Stop orders
  • Stop limit orders
  • Day orders
  • Good till canceled orders
  • Authentication: OAuth

Neither supports 4

  • Futures
  • Bracket orders
  • Trailing stop attached to entry
  • Paper accounts

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Worth knowing about each

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

Public.com

  • No Public.com paper connection.

View Public.com connection View Public.com docs

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