Originally Posted by gregorygrady
This is the product that I was referring to. It is available to sign up for when you initially sign up for your account. Otherwise, like you say, it is impossible to find information for it on the Ameritrade website. However if you call them up you can get an application for it faxed to you. I have done both of the above for my various Ameritrade accounts since I can not sit idely (sp?) by while my cash earns 0.1% interest when it should be making at least 3%.
Although I'm currently not a big fan of TD Waterhouse, perhaps Ameritrade will address the sweep mechanism "problem" when they merge with TDW in the future.