By the way which is a preferred electronic broker, for trading Weekly options, European Options, E-Mini S&P and VIX etc.. Ameritrade, TradeKing, etc.. Sorry I am a total novice. Any good reviews out there?
well if you want to be able to to this from a single account, IB is the obvious choice... Otherwise, depending on your volume, Optionshouse is very cheap for options on indexes (including weeklys). I do not think they do futures or future options though... On the futures side, I know zumo has very good rates but I don't use them personally so I can't comment on their qualities/or lack of.