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Commissions for Option Spread Traders

Thursday, December 4, 2008

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Commissions are a cost of doing business, and as such shouldn’t be ignored.  It’s worth the trouble to spend a few minutes checking that your commission structure matches with your trading style, and that you’re getting the best rates available. But paying too much attention to commissions can be a double-edged sword: there’s a certain type of trader we hear from pretty regularly, the sort who obsesses about commissions, 60/40 tax treatment, exchange fees, etc., such that they seem to…

Optionsnews: A Better Option

Saturday, May 10, 2008

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One of the more frustrating aspects of mainstream financial journalism (and journalists) is that, while plenty of time and energy is devoted to coverage of stocks, commodities, and even the more esoteric financial products – counterparty risk on credit default swaps, anyone? – very little attention is paid to the kinds of news that options traders care about. OptionsNews, as you might guess from the name, aims to change that. They provide daily market updates, coverage of major movements in…

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