Anyone here every use Choicetrade for options? I'd like to hear some opinions on them.
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Choicetrade as an Options Broker
- Thread starter Johnny Utah
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Quote from novel20:
Options
No Trade Fee Price
Internet (0-20 contracts) 0.99 per contract ($5 min.)
Internet (21 + contracts)2 0.75 per contract
Index Options3 0.75 surcharge per contract
Broker-assisted surcharge $25
Exercise and Assignment $25
Not appealing at all.
Why is that not appealing? It seems like very good prices.
I've just heard so many bad things about IB's customer service.
I can tell you from 5 years experience that IB's customer service is fine. They answer the phone timely. They answer the questions I ask in a way I understand.
It's ridiculous to believe 90% of what you read on internet chat boards. Most "opinions" end up just being peoples emotional outlets.
The bottom line is, don't even believe me. Just set up an account and try it. It's your money, isn't it worth the time to try a few brokers if you have to. I tried four different brokers before landing at IB 5 years ago, and I wouldn't consider changing. I've found IB's support to be superior to the other brokers I tried, and most businesses in general.
Often, on these boards, you'll find someone firing a complaint at IB, threatening to go else where, they go, and they later down the road admit they returned to IB.
Right now there is a thread complaining about IB's auto liquidate in options. The person doing the complaining conveniently forgot to mention that what IB did was right in their client agreement. Other posters (including myself) mentioned they were happy that IB was so committed to risk management because it made the company safer and kept commisions down. This is typical of most IB complaints, not complaints at all, just sour grapes from people who didn't do their homework or looking for a way to pawn off responsiblity for their own errors.
It's ridiculous to believe 90% of what you read on internet chat boards. Most "opinions" end up just being peoples emotional outlets.
The bottom line is, don't even believe me. Just set up an account and try it. It's your money, isn't it worth the time to try a few brokers if you have to. I tried four different brokers before landing at IB 5 years ago, and I wouldn't consider changing. I've found IB's support to be superior to the other brokers I tried, and most businesses in general.
Often, on these boards, you'll find someone firing a complaint at IB, threatening to go else where, they go, and they later down the road admit they returned to IB.
Right now there is a thread complaining about IB's auto liquidate in options. The person doing the complaining conveniently forgot to mention that what IB did was right in their client agreement. Other posters (including myself) mentioned they were happy that IB was so committed to risk management because it made the company safer and kept commisions down. This is typical of most IB complaints, not complaints at all, just sour grapes from people who didn't do their homework or looking for a way to pawn off responsiblity for their own errors.
I have had experiences or exposure to Choicetrade, OptionsXpress, IB, Ameritrade Apex, Fidelity, Tradestation, Genesis, and Redsky, and have collected information regarding a lot of other brokers, and plan to open a broker referral service within the next month, including alerts about broker abuses, and special offers made by various brokers for option volume.Quote from Johnny Utah:
Anyone here every use Choicetrade for options? I'd like to hear some opinions on them.
I think Choicetrade or Redsky in the group would make the best combo of having the personal flexibility of an online broker plus company support. Both will offer orders to be placed as spreads over the next month or so.
Redksy knows options more than ALL of the above. They don't offer price improvement; they claim they are the fastest.