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TRADING AUTHORIZATION

Please complete the following steps:

Please complete the following steps:

Download PDF form   (Get Acrobat Reader to view PDF forms) 

  • Print the form
  • Complete the Trading Authorization Form
  • Both the account holder and the authorized trader must sign the form
  • Mail the application to your local Scottrade office

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** Trading Authorization is limited to making purchases and sales through the account, and making requests for distributions from the account that are issued in the registered name(s) and address on the account. An authorized trader cannot make changes to any information on the account.

Download PDF form   (Get Acrobat Reader to view PDF forms)

  • Print the form
  • Complete the Sole Proprietorship - Cashiering form
  • Sign the form
  • Mail the form to your local Scottrade office

     Click here to find your local branch

** This form is used when you are the owner/proprietor of a proprietorship and you wish to make deposits to a personal account from a checking account established for the proprietorship and/or to make deposits to a proprietorship from a checking account established in your name.
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