Trade King is currently running a promotion for anyone who is interested in trying them as their brokerage of choice. The promotion is currently in progress and runs until 10/31/2009. That means you have 2 weeks to decide if you want to ditch Scottrade or Zecco and give another low-cost provider a shot!

Rules to get the $50: From the date of opening the account, you must fund the account with $2,500 or more within 30 days. You must make at least 1 trade within 180 days.

Who is Trade King? Trade King is an online brokerage firm that targets the low-cost market. They price competitively at just $4.95 per trade and $.65 per option contract. You will not encounter hidden fees as you will with other such brokers, and you will not be held to any account minimums.

What do they offer? Trade King has a great web interface that enables you to do real-time portfolio analysis, charting, pricing probability, order entry, and other such things to help you research. If that’s not enough, there is a community available to discuss any questions you may have.

For real? Yes! They have received multiple awards, with some of the more distinguished ones being:

• Kiplinger’s: top-rated customer service in 2008.
• Barron’s: 4 stars for outstanding tools, customer service, social media, usability and cost in 2007 and 2008, and Best For Options Traders in 2008 and 2009.
• Smart Money: #1 Discount Broker in 2007 and #1 Customer Service with 5 stars in 2008.

So, what are you waiting for? Click the link below to sign up!