I've been with IB for about 15 years now and have all my RIA accounts under a single umbrella (pretty convenient but I don't have anything to compare it to because that's where I started). Customer service is horrible. They've been emailing one of my new clients for a week now about a missing trust cert and I finally called them yesterday only to find out it was actually received and still under review. Par for the course with them -  not good for newbies. And yes, the charting sucks. I do most of my charting and analysis with a TOS account and execute on IB.  Their API tools are good which I think is a pretty big edge for many these days who would prefer to customize their own platform. 

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