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Free Cost Basis Accounting

Scottrade's accounting software efficiently keeps track of your gains and losses when investing online for no additional charge. With GainsKeeper, you can easily figure the cost-basis and gain/loss performance on the stock market positions in your trading accounts. GainsKeeper is not a substitution for a tax professional, but it does serve as a guide to simplify the stock investment process.

You can also benefit from our real-time accounting features to monitor your cash and margin balances as well as your purchasing power the minute you complete a stock trade.

Try this helpful service for yourself - open a Scottrade online trading account today!

GainsKeeper Accounting Features

GainsKeeper is FREE OF CHARGE to Scottrade online trading customers and offers a variety of exciting features that allow you to:

  • View realized and unrealized gains/losses
  • Generate realized gain/loss reports
  • Export data into tax software, Excel or Textfile
  • Review a complete audit trail of a particular holding
  • And much more!
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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.

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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.

Online market and limit equity orders are just $7 for stocks over $1.

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.