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Thinking about all this: what if you think that your portfolio will loose 20 percent in a meltdown. Would it not be easier to write puts where if exercised, they do not require more than 80 percent of your portfolio's NAV?

All this is relqtively easy to stress test. You own 1m of MSFT shares. Write naked puts with face value of 900,000. Liquidate your MSFT shares drop 10 percent.

What is the advaantage of selling CSPs vs naked puts on margin? One can always sell other securities to have cash if need be.

Take the example of a balanced portfolio, containing equities, funds, bonds and treasuries. 1) An investor is using naked puts (portfolio margin) and may want to own the underlying if exercised but will have to sell his other assets to do so. 2) OTM naked puts written against very solid balance...

Is the idea to dump derivatives upon structural changes?

Options linked to a basket of securities that is. Very strange. Anyone experienced with this stuff?

Not accusing you - just aikido-ing your point.

And I can use the same argument against you: why are you pushing TS know that they charge 65p per contract? Are you paid by them to do so?

Pushing IB as well. Read the history of my posts on ET. Pushing firstrade for obvious reason: free options. Is that not good enough?

In short no broker today is worth your time to learn their platform unless they match Firstrade pricing at the very least. And I do not work with firstrade or affiliated with them. IB for DMA and Firstrade for being front run. All other brokers are irrelevant. Everything else is hot air. You...

What about the trust pilot feedback of option commission per contract? Why are some here insisting on avoiding this point?

Sure thing. Why is the option contract fee 0.65usd when they are selling order flow to HFTs? Does Firstrade have an agenda as well?

I am quite suspicious how this post attracted so many positive review. At 0.5 USD per option contract it is not worth it. Firstrade is free!

Thanks for all that, but how does this answer my question?

5m then. What are we talking about in that case in terms of pricing?

Why not?

As for margins:

The option bit is borderline lying: https://www.schwab.com/pricing-page

How much room is there to negotiate commissions and margin rates with Schwab for larger accounts? I am looking for first hand experience if possible please.