Merrill Edge customers can trade stocks, ETFs, options, mini options, weekly options, binary options (new), mutual funds, CDs, Treasuries, municipal bonds, and corporate bonds. App traders are limited to stocks, ETFs, options, and mutual funds.

Explore our solutions

• Merrill Lynch Investment Advisory Program (IAP)
• Retirement accounts.
• Bank of America® Preferred Rewards.
• Wealth Management for Sports & Entertainment Professionals.

An online Merrill Edge Self-Directed account gives you access to a full range of investment choices and the convenience of monitoring your portfolio from a desktop computer or your mobile device via our secure mobile app. You can place trades, monitor your portfolio, access Merrill's proprietary tools and more.

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Like many brokers, Merrill Edge offers website trading and an active trader platform, called Merrill Edge MarketPro.

Like most robos, Merrill Guided Investing begins with a questionnaire that asks you for personal information regarding your age, investing time horizon and risk tolerance. You also choose an investing goal for your portfolio, plus a target dollar amount to guide asset allocation. Goal options include: Retirement.

Start with the basics

• Checking.
• Savings.
• Credit cards.
• Auto loans.

Bank of America also has a wide variety of other banking, lending, and investment accounts to meet your needs.

• Auto loans.
• Purchase mortgages.
• Refinance mortgages.
• Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs)
• Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
• Self-directed trading.
• Managed investment portfolios.
• Private banking.

What you'll need

1. Social Security number and date of birth.
2. A valid mailing and email addresses.
3. Employment information (including company name, address, and start date)
4. General financial information (such as annual income and household net worth)

With no account minimums for most types of accounts, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management is available to nearly anyone. It offers a range of options for investors, ranging from automated accounts handled completely by Merrill Lynch itself to accounts managed by a local financial advisor based on a client's preferences.

Merrill Lynch & Co. is the former name of a prominent Wall Street investment firm. Since its acquisition by Bank of America (BAC) in 2009, it has become known simply as “Merrill” and operates as a wealth management division of Bank of America.

Merrill Edge® Self-Directed. A personalized investing experience that gives you helpful guidance, insights and tools to confidently put your investing ideas into action.