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Yeah perhaps - name is everything in this industry. People will perhaps deposit money with Deutche bank if they offer some competition to zecco, etrade, scottrade even if Deutche bank charges $9 per trade which will be far above the average for the brokers imo.

Thanks for the input...but to say it again: I am not asking if the expenses will make it impossible to charge that little - but if people will have interest overall to join in. Zecco started by the way in a very dirty and an obvious cheat: They offered "0 commissions" on all orders when they...

I still think the implied volatility calculations is what 'stikes' here and won't make it profitable. I just...need to make the calculations easily online and it will all show up :). However if this isn't the problem, what you suggest would be nice...BUT - i am pretty much against directional...

so i am just thinking to create a brokerage/website where orders will cost a fixed $1 dollar. I know there are many expenses/problems, etc. I am just asking if you think customers will be attracted to such thing or they will stick to known names like etrade, scottrade, etc. 10x!

Well, this topic just begs for opinion from self proclaimed gurus. So I will remain silent here :).

One strategy that I've thought about is: 1. Sell at the money. 2. "Use" the money from the sale and buy deep out the money. Pretty much a self-financing strategy. It's actually called "call back spread" or... "put back spread". However the strategy isn't very popular, I guess because...

So...my idea is to create a website that charges just $1 commission on CFDs and other instruments - while the competition currently charges MUCH higher. Like...cfds, Options on gold, CDS, Bonds, etc. I tend to avoid the idea for a forex website - since forex has a terrible reputation these days...