don't matter they will re riase it in april. it goes down and right back up. hell some days my sec fee's twice my commissions when trading expensive stocks
If you're trading 25 million shares a month (at $40 average) then it is like getting a 10k bonus....for me its only like a 100 or 150 dollars bonus
heres the site i bookmark http://www.sec.gov/divisions/marketreg/mrfreqreq.shtml#feerate http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2005-163.htm In addition, effective Dec. 22, 2005, the Section 31 fee rate applicable to securities transactions on the exchanges and over-the-counter markets will decrease to $30.70 per million. The Section 31 assessment on security futures transactions will remain unchanged at $0.009 per round turn transaction.