Comments on: What broker would you recommend for trading options?

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:10:59 +0000

The number one rated Stock & Option Broker by Barron’s Magazine is;
ThinkOrSwim.

By far the Best. Great platform. Great education. Great customer support.

Check out videos;
https://www.thinkorswim.com/tos/displayPage.tos?webpage=onlineSeminar

Bottom line: The platform will blow you away. At the Traders Expo in Las Vegas… every year they have a small booth & attrack lines of people leaving the other brokers (Fidelity, Schwab etc) looking on with little to do……………
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By: zman492

zman492 — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:21:59 +0000

From message boards I have read, ThinkOrSwim and OptionsXpress have the best reputation for helping new options traders.

InteractiveBrokers is popular with experienced higher volume traders. It has low rates but does not have a reputation for supplying new users with a lot of support.

You might be interested in the comments at

http://www.elitetrader.com/br/
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By: Spike Lee

Spike Lee — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:46:59 +0000

I use OptionsXpress for trading options as they have some very nice tools for evaluating their worth. Additionally their virtual trading is very strong so you can practice while you are learning to make trades.
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