Sometimes after I fire up my IE session, I get a 'web page is not available'
error. If I then click 'Refresh' (or go ieAmeritrade.refresh), the login
page loads correctly.

1) Is there a way to test before the Do loop to see if I have gotten the
real page or an error page?
2) What is the variable type of ipf?

Public Sub InitAmeritrade()
Dim ieAmeritrade As InternetExplorer

Set ieAmeritrade = New InternetExplorer
ieAmeritrade.Visible = True
ieAmeritrade.Navigate
"https://wwws.ameritrade.com/cgi-bin/spec_login.cgi?SP=LTC"
Do Until ieAmeritrade.ReadyState = READYSTATE_COMPLETE
DoEvents
Loop

'Log on
Set ipf = ieAmeritrade.Document.all.Item("USERID")