The fastest and easiest way to open an account with ChoiceTrade is to apply online. You may also request a new account packet by mail or download the forms you need right from our website.

Cash Accounts: There is no minimum required to open a cash account.

Margin Accounts that do not engage in day trading: If you do not intend to engage in day trading, you may deposit as little as $2,000 initially.

Day Trading Accounts: There is a $25,000 initial minimum required to establish a ChoiceTrade account. In addition to the minimum, in order to open a ChoiceTrade account, your account must be approved as a margin account. After your account is established, a $25,000 minimum account balance will also be required. Accounts that fall below the required minimum will be subject to certain restrictions, and additional funds may be required. In addition to these requirements, it is strongly recommended, but not required, that you have at least one year of online trading experience and at least one month of live trading experience on a direct access platform before opening a ChoiceTrade account.

As a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), funds are available to meet customer claims up to a ceiling of $500,000, including a maximum of $100,000 for cash claims. For additional information regarding SIPC coverage, including a brochure, please contact SIPC at (202) 371-8300 or visit www.sipc.org. Our clearing firm has purchased an additional insurance policy through a group of London Underwriters (with Lloyd's of London Syndicates as the Lead Underwriter) to supplement SIPC protection. This additional insurance policy becomes available to customers in the event that SIPC limits are exhausted and provides protection for securities and cash up to an aggregate of $600 million. This is provided to pay amounts in addition to those returned in a SIPC liquidation. This additional insurance policy is limited to a combined return to any customer from a Trustee, SIPC and London Underwriters of $150 million, including cash of up to $2 million. Similar to SIPC protection, this additional insurance does not protect against a loss in the market value of securities.

Please visit our Funding Page for information on the different ways to fund your account.

If you are having trouble downloading or installing the BlackBerry application, or while updating, verify if the application is currently installed. If it is already installed, then remove that application and download it again from http://www.choicetrade.com/mobile using your mobile browser.

The ChoiceTrade Mobile Application is free for ChoiceTrade users. Trades are charged as applicable - see our commissions page.

Yes. Unless otherwise noted, brokerage commissions apply to all mobile trades.

When you visit http://www.choicetrade.com/mobile from your mobile browser, your device model will be detected automatically. Otherwise, you will receive a message noting that the application does not support your device at this time.

Please visit http://www.choicetrade.com/mobile from your device. If the mobile is not supported, then report the error along with your mobile model and wireless provider to us.

ChoiceTrade Mobile does not store your password or any other information in the device. You could logout and re-login as needed like a web based application.

Report the error along with your mobile model and wireless provider to service@choicetrade.com

The ChoiceTrade Mobile Application is currently limited to accounts enabled for real-time quotes.

Timeout errors are often attributable to a "temporary fault" to the server such as poor data connection or poor signal. If such a problem persists, contact our help team at service@choicetrade.com

Visit http://www.choicetrade.com/mobile on your mobile browser and follow the download instructions specific for your device.

The ChoiceTrade Mobile Application is currently supported on BlackBerry devices. We are also actively developing the application for iPhone and Windows Mobiles devices.

Streaming data is not supported with this release. Streaming data will be integrated in future releases. Please contact our help team for more information.

Trades placed via ChoiceTrade Mobile are sent to the ChoiceTrade back end via an API (Application Programming Interface). Status of executed orders can be checked by viewing "Positions" or "View Orders".

Yes. ChoiceTrade Mobile app supports multiple linked account. Login with your parent account and accessed with child account(s).

Please make sure that the 'Browser Emulation Mode' is set to BlackBerry and not to Internet Explorer, Firefox, or another browser. You can check this by looking into Browser −> Options −> Browser Configuration −> Emulation Mode.

Once the application is downloaded, the icon should appear in the "Downloads" or "Applications" folder depending on the theme provided by your carrier. In the case of devices running on 4.6 and 4.7 OS, any new application that is installed will be available in the Downloads folder. You will be able to find your Downloads or Applications folder on the BlackBerry Home screen.

Click on "Options" and go to the "About" page to find your device information.

Alternatively, the OS of your device can be obtained by typing the auto text "myver" and pressing space in any of the BlackBerry applications like mail, texting or notes.

1. Bad data connection while download is in progress, so please try again.
2. Default Browser may be the WAP browser provided by your carrier. Check Browser > Options > General Options > Default Browser. This should read BlackBerry Browser or Internet Browser or WiFi Browser.
3. HTML content might have been disabled. Please check if the Browser - is WML & HTML in Browser > Options > General Configuration > Content Type > WML & HTML
4. Restrictive IT Policies set via your BES.
5. In an extremely rare occurrence, our download servers have gone down.

If these do not seem to fix the issue, click on the details button and contact service@ChoiceTrade.com with the message displayed.

If you have visited the download page already, the BlackBerry browser might have cached the page. Try to refresh the page once again by clicking on "Menu" and then "Refresh." You should now be able to view the download link.

Please note: If this is the first time you are visiting the page, please send us the OS version of your device. The version is available in Options > About.

When the Application asks for an automatic update, click on "OK" and the app will exit. On some BlackBerry devices, if the browser was already active, it is generally not automatically opened. You might need to click on the browser from the BlackBerry Home screen. The browser should have already opened the download link.

Alternatively, you can delete your existing Application and download from http://www.choicetrade.com/mobile.

Most BlackBerry devices have a Downloads or Applications folder. If the browser does not close on download, please exit the BlackBerry browser and return to your menu screen.

Visit www.choicetrade.com/mobile from your BB browser and follow these instructions:

1. Sign off on the user agreement.
2. Click on 'Download BlackBerry'.
3. You can view the 'Description page'.
4. The Application successfully downloads.

The Application may have been downloaded to the 'Applications' or 'Downloads' folder for your device. Click on the ChoiceTrade Mobile logo to run the Application.

It is likely to be a problem with settings for secure (SSL) connections. Try to reboot your device and then download the Application once again to overwrite the existing Application.

The textboxes in the Application require the user to "double–click" the keys in quick succession. But if the application still doesn't recognize it after pressing in rapid succession, use the settings button and the slider for textbox sensitivity to change how quickly the application recognizes the key characters.

This could happen if the Application is unable to find any suitable connection or when the data stored by any of the previous installations are conflicting with the newer installation. The easiest way to circumvent this issue is to delete any existing installations and download the Application anew.