Functionality
Qtrade’s mobile website can be divided into two main categories of functionality – account/portfolio management and research.
From an account/portfolio management perspective, the mobile website allows a basic functionality by providing access to account balances from all accounts and consolidated views of positions and assets. Users of the website are able to trade stocks, options and mutual funds however these features weren’t tested in this review as a demo account was used that didn’t have those features enabled.
Users of Qtrade’s mobile website can also take advantage of the watchlist feature which enables tracking of stock symbols. Multiple watchlists can be created and the watchlists that users create online are accessible via the mobile website and vice versa.
Below is a table that summarizes some activities users of the mobile website can or can’t perform.
| What you Can do | What you Cannot do |
|---|---|
| Trade Stocks | Get currency quotes |
| Monitor Positions – use watchlists – monitor open positions | Look up stock symbols by keyword/company name |
| Monitor Accounts – view balances | Move funds between Qtrade accounts |
| Move Money Between Bank & Brokerage Accounts | View historical transactions/transfers |
| Get Stock Quotes (snap quotes) | |
| Read Market News | |
| Do Basic Research on Markets | |
| Get commodity quotes (end of day pricing) |