E*Trade Mobile Pro app for iPhone Free Features review video

2010-08-12 1

We only tested the free features for the E*Trade Mobile Pro iPhone app in this video. The app itself is free to download, but you must have a E*Trade Pro account to use the majority of the features to trade, analyze stocks and the market, and manage your trading account. There are only 3 main features that are free: market overview with the major indicies (Dow Jones, NASDAQ, S&P 500), News, and customizable watchlists. These are 90% the same as the iPhone stocks app that comes standard with the iPhone and uses Yahoo! finance data. The market data are delayed for those without an E*Trade account. 1. Menu: Many functionalities to organize and manage your portfolio, analyze stocks and options to trade, and trade execution tools: Dashboard, Markets, News, Quotes, Accounts, Portfolios, Watch Lists, Trading, QuickTransfer, CNBC video, and more. Only the dashboard, news, and watchlist features are free. One of the unique features for E*Trade Pro users is the streaming CNBC videos that you can watch on your iPhone. 2. Markets Overview (on Dashboard): Shows the major market indices including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ, and S&P 500. Viewable in 2 different modes: chart mode with tabs to switch between the indices, and list mode that shows delayed market data for each of the indices. 3. News: The news shown on the Dashboard is general market news and can be expanded to show several pages of headlines, unlike the standard iPhone stock app that only shows 4 headlines. When viewing individual stocks, news is shown for that specific ticker. When a headline is clicked, the news article is shown in the E*Trade Mobile Pro app itself instead of opening in Safari. This is good in keeping you in the app instead of switching between E*Trade and Safari, especially if you are in a trade or about to make one. 4. Watchlists: Easy to add, arrange, and delete stocks from a default watchlist. To add more watchlists, you must have a E*Trade Pro account. A unique feature is the ability to add several ...