FirstradeReviews of firstrade.com

They are significantly stalling my attempt to withdrawel my funds from their service. Do Not Use This Company.

My overall experience was medium. Several times they ignored my emails or answered answers that have nothing to do with what I wrote. When I talked to them about Withdrawal I saw that they start asking for all kinds of illogical things and become unpleasant. So I realized I wasn't going to stay with them. In the end transfer was fine. Most of their representatives are very professional and kind I must say, the problem in my opinion is in the "back office". They must improve their service there. They must immediately allow those who want to withdraw their money without asking questions and without asking for anything (it didn't happen to me, but I read too many negative comments on this subject). I personally did not feel at ease that my money would be with them so I decided to move Hope they improve in the future

Firstrade offered free trades at a time when other brokers were charging about $5 per trade. Back then I would put up with long phone wait times to get free trades. But now every broker offers free trades, and Firstrade's service has gone down, not up. Twice today I waited on the phone for over 30 minutes, only to have the system hang up on me. Not good when you have a problem that needs a human solution.