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Old 02-20-2007, 04:26 PM
jonathan jonathan is offline
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Originally Posted by rhodytrader View Post
As a US-based trader you will not be able to open up a real trading account without providing your SSN. At a minimum, it will be required (by the reputable firms, anyway) to file you 1099-Interest information annually. As also noted, there is also the identity verification side of things. If you are not asked for the information, I would be extremely leary.
Yup, I know you need to give your social security number out to reputable brokers. I do have a stock broker, ya know?

Basically my question is, does anyone here know enough about OANDA to call them reputable for personal identity information like that?

Thanks!
Jonathan
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