Tips on Retrieving From Certain Brokers

Some brokers have special steps you must take before you can retrieve transactions/positions from their OFX server.  Please consult your broker or mutual fund company's web site for instructions.  The following are a few special tips on select brokers:

American Funds:
Use <fundnumber>,<accountnumber> as the "User ID".

Banc of America:
Use your "Intellibroker" user ID and password.

Charles Schwab:
If you are receiving an invalid logon message when retrieving transactions or positions from Charles Schwab, please check that your password is not longer than 8 characters.  If your password is longer than 8 characters, try entering only the first 8 characters.

TD Ameritrade:
Due to the merger between Ameritrade and TD Waterhouse, there are 3 different OFX servers relating to TD Ameritrade:

Ameritrade (legacy)
TD Waterhouse (legacy)
TD Ameritrade

If your account was originally with Ameritrade, you will use either the Ameritrade (legacy) or TD Ameritrade server.  If your account was originally with TD Waterhouse, you will use either the TD Waterhouse (legacy) or TD Ameritrade server.  Eventually, all accounts will be migrated to the newer TD Ameritrade server.  When your account gets moved, just switch the server to the newer TD Ameritrade option.  The new server uses the same login information as the TD Ameritrade website.  (Previously, TD Waterhouse customers had a unique login ID and password, but this is not used with the new TD Ameritrade server.  Just use your regular website login details.)

Wells Fargo Investments:
You must first "register" before you can use the retrieve feature.  You may register here.