Zecco.com is on of the smaller discount online brokers that is becoming a major player in the world of online trading. They’ve been around for sometime and from the looks of it, they won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. They have a lot to offer the average trader when it comes to tools and education toward stock trading.

What kind of tools do they offer? Performance tracking and tax planning tools as well as their streaming quotes are just few of the many. Of course as with many of the online brokers, they basically all offer the same thing, some better than others. They have a section for education that seems to be quite in depth.

Investing basics, fundamental analysis along with technical analysis will help you catch on to the things that are needed to make it in any type of market. Learning to make money in wither a bull or a bear market is very important to understand. Want to learn how to trade oil? they have the resources to help you in that area too.

They offer a section titled “Community” that can point you in the direction of blog, forums and other place to go for support and ideas. That’s one thing that many of the other discount online brokers don’t offer as of yet.

What do they charge for trades? well, to start of with, they will give you ten free trades every month if you have over $2500 in your account. As for trading options, it’s $4.50 per leg plus $0.50 per contract. If you want to set up a margin account, the charge ranges from 4.70% to 7.20% depending on your balance in your account.

As with any of the many discount online brokers, you need to look around to see which one is right for you.