On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 06:03:36PM -0400, Chris Faherty wrote:
You may also want to check out www.mytrack.com - they have a special
on a Palm VII and you can trade using it and their PQA.
> On 05-Apr-2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I am looking for a PalmPilot or Cell Phone to mainly do stock trading while
> > away. Can someone give me some suggestions? Thanks in advance.
>
> That information is actually a bit hard to find so I will briefly summarize
> my experience..
>
> To do trading with PQA (Web clipping) use either a Palm VII or a Palm V/Vx
> with Omnisky service; though it is only rumor that SSL works via Omnisky at
> this time. The SSL PQAs don't work on my Minstrel III setup so I can't try
> out how well the snake trader or the Ajaxo services work.
>
> http://www.ajaxo.com
>
> To use a Web browser, you can rough it with a Minstrel III or other wireless
> modem (Omnisky's Minstrel V package) but it depends on how accessible your
> brokerage's Web site is to small screens. For example; DLJDirect has a
> specific wireless.dljdirect.com site that works very well. But ETarde (my
> affectionate name) is bitmap city and I haven't been able to select different
> options. You will end up being very frustrated if you don't try it out
> beforehand. My choice was using ProxiWeb because at the time it was the only
> browser that supported SSL, but I've been trying out the new GoAmerica GoWeb
> browser and it is very very nice and supports SSL.
>
> http://www.omnisky.com
> http://www.goamerica.net
>
> Another option is to use a proprietary wireless application such as Morgan
> Stanley Dean Witter's TradeRunner Palm application. It costs like an
> additional $13/month or something like that. I have an account with them but
> they are just too high on commissions so I decided not to even try the
> wireless at all.
>
> http://www.online.msdw.com/cgi-bin/Help/wireless_trading
>
> What I've finally decided on is to use a service called w-trade. If you have
> an account with a participating brokerage you can use a piece of Palm
> software or you can also use certain cellphones and the RIM950 2way pager.
> They have a simple demo on their site and it looks pretty straight forward in
> that you can set it up for alerts and it will give you the ability to make
> trades with a couple of buttons. Mine isn't set up yet (Dreyfus lost my
> application but so did two other brokerages so don't hold that against them)
> so I can't validate how well it works.
>
> http://www.w-trade.com
>
> Be a little careful about the brokerages that list w-trade compatibility.
> >From talking with w-trade the only brokerages that are currently up and
> running with w-trade are; Dreyfus, Firstrade, Investrade, Trade.com, and
> Suretrade.
>
> http://edreyfus.com
> http://www.firstrade.com/public/home_intro.html
> http://www.investrade.com/
> http://www.trade.com
> http://www.suretrade.com
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