It's not complicated. Just buy from whichever broker offer the cheapest rate lo. Just like shopping for item A (stock). You have selection of Tesco, Giant, Aeon (brokers). Pick one which give the cheapest deal for item A.

Will not go for them as they charge maintenance fee.
http://www.utrade.com.sg/page/site/public/...SG_FAQPlus.html
http://www.utrade.com.sg/page/site/public/...SG_FAQEdge.html

Same case with OCBC
https://portal.iocbc.com/assets/pdf/ospl/EP...ation_Sheet.pdf
I am totally against anything which charges platform/maintenance fee  

They charge you if your total value (USD, AUD, SGD, HKD, ...) totaled up less than SGD3k. And fall below fees is SGD5/month. It's not SGD7.50.

From what AIYH taught me, you can use United Asian HY Bond Fund to pay the fees. Just make sure you park enough money in the DBS account for them to deduct (for 1 year = SGD60). The remaining dump into United Asian HY Bond Fund. Assuming United Asian HY Bond Fund continue to give 10%pa, you will get extra SGD60+ after minus DBS fee.

Note: Haven't have the guts to try it 

I need the DBS MCA for future transactions (USD, AUD, HKD, GBP). Besides it's better to have a local SG bank (one of the 3s) than rely on Maybank, CIMB SG.

DBS - just leave SGD120 inside for them to deduct
Cimb - FOC. No fall below fees
Maybank only SGD500.

Total = SGD620 only.

      yeah,.. bro,.. yes, I second Ramjade as the TS for doing cheapest SG broker thread,...

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time to dipose off Keppel Corp?

Well bro,.. when I first started,.. I was like you,... wanting to watch every nook and corner,...not letting even a Ct go unaccounted for. Later, I realized it's too taxing,... it's better to take a bigger picture, and go after the bigger fishes ! This is my experience.

No,... I think mkt is waiting for one last confirmation - tonight !

Bro,.. hard to answer,... depends on the counter that you are looking at,...

whatever u buy, try to stay away from O&G.

it will probably not improve at least until 2020... says goldman.

Yes but they have other subsidiary like infrastructure which is doing well. More important thing is your entry price.

Since I'm not confident to buy after all prices have run-up, I have decided to Average UP on UMS, with XDate coming-up next month and prospects looks to be there !

If one's average price is low, he will have room to Average UP ! Not necessarily down ! This strategy is better then to let my SGD lying around in my Savings Accounts,....

Yeah bros,... use DBSV,.. etc,... but in order to buy using USD, you must have ready funds inside the USD Cash Account ! Otherwise, must convert over from SGD,...

No prb if SCB does not want to do,.. we can go somewhere else,... this is also the reason why we must have more than one account, buys,... we never know what will happen in future !

Cash account. But I am having trouble withdrawing. They reject my withdrawal.  Send an email to DBS Vickers to demand to know why I cannot withdraw

I am not withdrawing money back to malaysia.  
I am trying to withdraw money from my DBS Cash trading account to my DBS MCA. (DBS Vickers having promo SGD5 rabate/trade) If can I want to transfer over to my DBS Vickers cash upfront but don't know how to do it.

Even if I want to withdraw back to Malaysia, most likely I use transferwise. Alternatively, I will use Cimb. They have money back guaranteed lowest rate promo or they will refund the differences.
https://www.cimbbank.com.sg/en/personal/new...-promotion.html

When you go to SG, make sure to sign up for transferwise.  I didn't sign up that day cause no time.

No. Transferwise is it's own service. It's a fintech from UK which help people to move money cheaply around the world. They can move money back to Malaysia but not Malaysia to SG.

Cimb SG account is "free".No fall below fee.   I keep only SGD50 inside.  If they start charging, will close account 

Use standard chartered sg if you can manage to open an account with them (it's very hard but there could be branches which still accept malaysians)
If cannot, just use a US based broker. If you trade frequently, use Interactive broker.

If you want low cost, no commission, no research try robinhood/8 securities.
The cheapest option optionhouse, tradeking, charles schwab at about USD4+/transaction. Whether they accept malaysians is another story. That you need to contact customer service and ask.

DBS V because I am buying for long term (I am holding) and right now, it cost only SGD5/trade.

After june, will switch to maybank KE and make use of the SGD10 promo. Already set up my KE. Now going to try apply for maybank mcep + maybank usd foreign currency account. No fall below fee if use mcep to apply. Going to post them my application on monday.