Used to be super active but got burned by most of the old closures (Cryptsy, btc-e, Bter, etc), so where is the best place to trade nowadays? I have a Coinbase account already along with Kraken but not sure of other options that may be better. Thanks!
The two exchanges you mentioned can be said to be on the list of good exchanges, and apart from that, are there any better or best ones? I think there will never be the best, because all CEXs have the risk of being hacked or other things that are detrimental to their users, that's why you should never save your funds in CEX even though you trust the exchange, use the exchange as it functions, namely for exchange, not store assets.
We see how many people lose their coins because they trust exchanges as their wallets and Cryptsy, btc-e and bter are just a few because the list of exchanges that are detrimental to users is quite extensive.