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Im not sure how helpful will this be, but it all depends on you. Are you the type of trader who can handle picking up small but consistent returns? or do you need to keep hitting grand slams? I personally trade using steady gains.

Chris I think that your example only covers the buying of options part. Lots of people make decent and steady returns selling options, which makes you the insurance company, and you get a premium to cover a predefined risk. I am not just talking about selling puts and hoping to collect 1%...

sadly those are the rules of your broker... at this point you have a choice, accept it and continue to trade or find a new broker. As odds are they will not change their rules for you. I have seen some brokers offer a much smaller commission for premiums of less than 5 cents..

I did their test in 2008, i got 63 questions answered. they said that only one person in that year got all 80 questions answered, let alone got them all correct.

is that the big barrier to entry? 5k in course fees and certification? by the way im just curious if you wanted to manage money and was trading options, would you have to register with finra or as a CTA/CPO?

I am looking for the same, it seems like there arent any that are physically in Toronto

I have been trading for over three years with a decent track record. I know I wont be starting a hedge fund any time soon, but would like to leverage my account by going the prop trading route. The problem is that many of the prop firms dont trade options, and the ones that I found that do...

figures when they offer something for free, there is a reason for it.... sneaky