Victor, Waterloo
I opened an account with questrade, but after 1 year I realized I have lost a lot in commissions. If you look at your statement in penson.com, you will realize some extra interest and market charges. I still have my account open with only $250 left in it. The only good thing is that they have free data. The option trading is also too expensive with them.
I then opened an account with IB (interactive brokers) with only $10,000 starting balance, with all option privileges which I could never get with questrade. They are amazing, and I am making good money by doing low risk option strategies. For RRSP, I recommend VB (virtual brokers). With these two accounts I never have a need to trade on questrade. IB rocks, banks+questrade all suck if you are an active trader with not a huge amount of money to start.