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Scottrade Trade Quality and Execution

Trading Execution

Scottrade monitors the execution quality of all the trading centers to assess whether the trading center is providing our customers best execution*. Scottrade uses various monitoring methods. These methods include a daily order-by-order exception report analysis. They also include a post trade date regular and rigorous review of execution quality. We perform this regular and rigorous review by analyzing statistics from Thomson Transaction Analytics and by reviewing the output of our proprietary patent-pending algorithm, the Scottrade Best-Execution Index or SBI™.

* defined in SEC rule 605

Web Page Load Speed Measured by Gomez ®

Scottrade consistently ranks above the industry average in response time as measured by Gomez. Gomez Business Process benchmarks measure Web site speed and availability for the nation's largest and most visited online institutions.

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Benchmarks provide a real-world view of how long it takes to navigate a Web site and how frequently that process is impeded by errors. Gomez takes a task-based approach to performance monitoring by emulating typical customer interactions to establish performance management standards. Gomez does this by scripting a transaction using proprietary software agents that record tests each day across numerous ISPs from multiple facilities throughout the country. Metrics from all facilities are aggregated and presented as a mean benchmark for evaluating performance.

Source Data: Gomez, Inc. (www.gomez.com)

The industry average accounts for other brokerage firms transaction times including: Scottrade, TD Ameritrade E*TRADE, Fidelity, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Charles Schwab, Options Xpress, and Vanguard. Market volatility, volume and system availability may impact account access and trade execution.

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Online market and limit stock trades are just $7 for stocks priced $1 and above.

Any specific securities, or types of securities, used as examples are for demonstration purposes only. None of the information provided should be considered a recommendation or solicitation to invest in, or liquidate, a particular security or type of security.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of a mutual fund carefully before investing. A mutual fund's prospectus contains this and other information about the mutual fund. Prospectuses are available through our trading site or through a Scottrade branch office. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing. No transaction fee (NTF) funds are subject to the terms and conditions of the NTF funds program. Scottrade is compensated by the funds participating in the NTF program through recordkeeping, shareholder, or SEC 12b-1 fees.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) carefully before investing. A prospectus contains this and other information about the ETF can be obtained from the issuer. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

Margin trading involves interest charges and risks, including the potential to lose more than deposited or the need to deposit additional collateral in a falling market. The Margin Disclosure Statement and Agreement (PDF) is available for download, or it is available at one of our branch offices. It contains information on our lending policies, interest charges, and the risks associated with margin accounts.

Options are not appropriate for all investors. Detailed information on our policies and the risks associated with options can be found in Scottrade's Options Application and Agreement, Brokerage Account Agreement, and Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (also available at one of our branch offices). All option accounts require prior approval by Scottrade.

Market volatility, volume, and system availability may impact account access and trade execution.

Testimonials may not be representative of the experience of other clients and are no guarantee of future performance or success.