E*TRADE vs tastytrade on TradersPost

E*TRADE and tastytrade differ on 11 of 21 points TradersPost compares: futures, crypto, short selling, fractional quantity and 7 more. Both support stocks, stock options, index options, market orders, limit orders, good till canceled orders and modify open orders.

E*TRADE tastytrade
  • Futures

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Crypto

    Not supported

    Supported

  • Short selling

    Supported

    Partial

    All but Crypto

  • Fractional quantity

    Not supported

    Partial

    Stocks and Crypto

  • Stop orders

    Supported

    Partial

    All but Crypto

  • Trailing stops

    Supported

    Not supported

  • Bracket orders

    Not supported

    Partial

    All but Crypto

  • Stop limit orders

    Supported

    Partial

    All but Crypto

  • Day orders

    Supported

    Partial

    All but Crypto

  • Immediate or cancel orders

    Supported

    Partial

    Crypto

  • Fill or kill orders

    Supported

    Not supported

tastytrade: short selling, stop orders, bracket orders, stop limit orders and day orders aren't available on crypto.

Same on both 8

  • Stocks
  • Stock Options
  • Index Options
  • Market orders
  • Limit orders
  • Good till canceled orders
  • Modify open orders
  • Authentication: OAuth

Neither supports 2

  • 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

tastytrade

  • No tastytrade paper connection.
  • Trailing stops are not sent.
  • Crypto is long-only, and only Market and Limit crypto orders are sent.

View tastytrade connection View tastytrade docs

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