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    Why stock options are not popular in the UK? & options broker accepting UK resident?

    Hello, I've been learning for a while about stock options and wanted to open an account in the UK for this product but after hours of research I've not found barely anything. It seems IB UK would offer that, although not sure about their options research tools (if any) and they usually ask...
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    Pls help about how to exercise an option? :S

    Thanks Martinghoul, I didn't contact IB yet (as I wanted to make sure I was not missing something basic and I've heard they're not too helpful with newbies), however I did contact Saxo and it seems their support team doesn't know too much what I was talking about, ie, I told them that I was...
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    Pls help about how to exercise an option? :S

    Hi guys, A really basic question to see if someone can help me to get started with options. Basically, I've been studying for a while how they work and their purpose and I wanted to try the theory in a demo account, I've tried with Interactive Brokers and SaxoTrader. The problem I am...
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    Limit orders for RSP vs DMA, are they any different?

    I saw that in UK most of the standard brokers don't offer DMA, so I was wondering if that could be a problem for a small retail investor, but as you said, I think if you're not scalping it shouldn't make any real difference... On the other hand, the few brokers that offer DMA sell it as a...
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    Limit orders for RSP vs DMA, are they any different?

    Thanks 1245, This part is what I didn't fully understand, which is what seemed to be implied in other articles around the subject I found online, but let's put an example: You want to enter long a specific stock at $10.50, so you put a limit order at that level. If it reaches that point...
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    Limit orders for RSP vs DMA, are they any different?

    Sorry, maybe it is the terminology the used in the UK. This is what I read: It seems those brokers offer you a price that you can accept or reject for around 10seconds when you try to put a trade, but I was thinking that if you instruct them with a limit order where you want a specific price...
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    Limit orders for RSP vs DMA, are they any different?

    Hello, I read about quote-driven and order-driven orders and the difference between RSP providers and DMA, however, I was wondering, is there any difference between a LIMIT ORDER in a quote-driven and orden-driven orders (other than the fact that the limit order might be kept private with the...
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