Recent content by piranahh

I cant make heads or tails of the commission structure posted at IBs website.

I do trade options as well. Not alot though. I probably make 2-3 options trades per month. Whats wrong with the strock trading at TOS? From what I see, its basically $5-$9.95 per trade depending on which commission schedue youre using. Right now Im paying $5 per stock trade because Im a...

I currently use E-Trade but was thinking of switching to TOS. Ive been reading this forum for a few weeks and notice alot of you like TOS for options. Are they perfectly fine for standard stock trading as well, or do alot of you only do your option trading there?

Is there a place to look up things like "volatility" on a stock?

Are there any easy free programs out there that will calculate a ballpark figure for options prices? I found one, but it requires me to enter things like "dividend rate" and "volatility" that I may not know. Is there a program that will allow me to enter current option prices (and stock...