Reminds me -- I need to open an OpEx account. They're being acquired by Schwab, so I'll later become a Schwab customer via the back door. I had an account at Schwab for a while but closed it because I was annoyed they wouldn't remove a nuisance fee (for a wire transfer, if I recall)... I can't reopen with them directly without (in my own mind) losing face, so OpEx is a dignified way back in. It's useful, for several reasons, to have at least some money with all the name-brand brokers.
Howard By taking a FREE one month Options Xpress account and comparing the prices of XTREND and TOS that I was getting.
I use some kind of PC made by the Chinese I think? Got it cheaper as a Spanish keyboard. Have some others, but they are old and have been repaired with junk parts so many times, not sure what they are nowadays. I use Firefox and use TOS web based cash money system and also a funny money monopoly system. Got the cash account going April 1st. But it took three weeks to get a trade signal in the OEX for the cash account. So far this month of April, only 1 trade. Starting capital $10,000 Trade April 20th in the OEX 5 contracts MAY Calls, market order at $8.60 sold at $9.70 Gross $550 Net after commissions -$29.50 = + $520.50 ROI 11% Account improvement 5% New Balance: $10,520.50 ________________________ It was my first trade in REAL MONEY so I was nervous and conservative. Next time will COMPOUND.
Hijacking HoCo's journal, to journal your own trades?... It doesn't cost anything to start a new thread...