E*TRADE Canada is enhancing its Power E*TRADE trading suite to offer clients new real-time account holdings, extended hours trading and commissions starting as low as $9.99 a trade.

Power E*TRADE is also expanding to meet the needs those traders who place more than 125 trades per month by providing a new professional trading platform service with direct access to U.S. ECN selection, point and click trading and streaming real-time charting.

“The trading experience is clearly evolving as investors become more sophisticated and recognize the importance of a tailored, high-performance platform that can meet their individual needs,” said Colleen Moorehead, president, E*TRADE Canada, in a news release.

“For Serious Investors, Active Traders and Hyper- Active Traders, Power E*TRADE offers leading-edge trading services, lightning fast performance, and aggressively low prices and fees to help push their online trading to the next level.”

New Power E*TRADE Pro, for those who trade more than 125 times per month, features new pricing at 0.5ยข a share or $9.99 a trade, whichever is greater. This package also features a customizable professional desktop trading cockpit, new extended hours trading, point and click trading, direct access with U.S. ECN selection, and options sub-routing.

Power E*TRADE MarketTrader, for those who trade 10 or more times per month, features new pricing from $9.99 a trade or up to a 50% cash rebate on total commissions, whichever is greater. Other features include a powerful, direct access MarketTrader trading cockpit, streaming real-time quotes, new extended hours trading, and new real-time dynamic charting.

Power E*TRADE, for those who trade three or more times per month or who have more than $50,000 in assets, features new real-time account holdings, advanced technical analysis and charting tools, stop-loss orders shorting, and priority customer service with specially trained dedicated Power E*TRADE Relationship Managers.