Originally Posted by MrMaxwell

Basically where I am at here is:

I'll just have to use e-trade because I'm poor

I tried to get IB to work with me on a smaller account and they won't

I told them I don't need margin or anything fancy at all ... but I think they probably think they'd lose money by giving me account (in terms of what it costs to provide any customer service, what the penny trades might cost them, etc)