Get Free Online Stock and ETF Trades from Merrill Edge zero-dollar-trades
Get 30 free online trades per month.1
When you have a balance of $25,000 in your Bank of America deposit accounts or cash in your Merrill Edge self-directed accounts. Get $6.95 flat pricing without any trade or balance requirements and no annual account fee.
With a Merrill Edge self-directed investing account you'll get the resources and support you need:
Quality research:
Free access to world-class BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research.
Simplified view:
See your banking and investments together in one site for greater control over your entire financial life.
Access wherever you are:
Via online, phone, certain mobile devices, and at thousands of ATMs and select Bank of America branches.
Powerful tools:
We have the tools you need to help you plan your financial future.
Simple pricing. Competitive rates:
Get $6.95 flat-rate pricing structure for all online equity and ETF trades (no balance minimums, no trade minimums); and for those that qualify, up to 30 online equity and ETF trades commission free each month.1
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1 $0 trades are only available with an individual or joint Merrill Edge self-directed brokerage account. MLPF&S waives its commission fee for as many as 30 monthly online equity trades, including stock and exchange traded funds (ETFs) for customers who meet any one of the following criteria:

  • Combined total of $25,000 or more in your deposit accounts at Bank of America, N.A. When you make a trade, MLPF&S determines whether you meet the balance requirement to qualify that trade for the $0 waiver. MLPF&S adds the average collected balances in your deposit accounts as of the prior month to the balances in your bank CD and IRAs as of the prior business day. Bank deposit accounts with the same social security number (SSN) as the (SSN)(s) on the self-directed brokerage account are systematically included in the balance determination. If this calculation reflects a combined total of less than $25,000, a second calculation is made. To determine the 30-trade limit, MLPF&S adds the qualifying trades in your individual accounts and joint accounts. Commission fees apply when the balance requirement is not met, or when you exceed 30 qualifying trades a month. Brokerage fees associated with, but not limited to, margin transactions, option trading, special stock registration/gifting, account transfer and processing, account maintenance, research request and termination apply. See merrilledge.com for details. Standard deposit account fees apply. Relationship requirements and pricing are subject to change.
  • Or combined balance of $25,000 or more in cash balances in one or both of the following sweep options in your Merrill Edge self-directed account(s) as of the prior business day:
    • Bank Deposit Accounts sweep option with your CMA
    • Retirement Assets Savings Program II sweep with your IRA.
This offer does not apply to Business/Corporate Accounts, Investment Club Accounts, Partnership Accounts and certain fiduciary accounts held at MLPF&S.