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So this isn't true. Any average Joe could open a standard trading account and subscribe to the IPO.


Fidelity has a minimum of $100k or $500k to participate in IPOs depending on the specific IPO


Then I'd suggest going with etrade or schwab.


The access to shares still isn't even comparable


It is. The quota you'll get is the same. Just that large companies have more time to analyse and talk to others and can better estimate how much potential the stock has.




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