Quote from chewbacca:
an override is a commission on top of a commision and should be made illegal by the SEC
for example lets say your broker is dimension......and they charge you .001/share as a commission..........you then create a "prop" firm and offer unsuspecting kids "jobs" as traders.........you ask for a "deposit" which is then their risk capital and if they lose more than their deposit then they lose their "job"...........you charge this trader .004/share and so your overide is .003/share........u then "train" this trader to churn out 1,000,000 shares a day so that you can make 3000 in overides per day or 600,000 a year.......all you need is 10 dumb guys doing this and your pulling in 6 million a year.........that's how a pro override monkey works
you can then take it a step further and give the trader an override of .001/share if he brings in another trader who you can offer an override if he brings in another trader.........and it all becomes one huge multi level marketing ponzi scheme.