Otherwise, pucker your butthole, and fill out the OH application. If you want to do anything more than piss away your life savings on VIX calls there are better options. Were you interested in trading on a margin account? ToS user and feel like my returns are being eaten by fees. Who has the lowest fees? But I like ToS. Did you ever talk to them about lowering the commission to match tasty trade or something like that?
You can just call them up and ask them to lower it. They even have IB completely crushed as far as options trading goes. IB is the way to go. ToS, and use OH for some trading. Who has the best platform for trading in real time? Do you guys ever use the mobile app? Not that it would be a huge deal but I do like getting market info and occasionally executing trades on the go. Thinkorswim, and Interactive Brokers. Do you have a small account?
Cheap to open and free to close means you save a ton. Do you have a big account? Anyone here have suggestions? Best part in my opinion is the layout of the platform and the commissions. Just take a look for yourself. You can negotiate with TD to lower their fees, if you trade more than 11 lots a lot. Interactive Brokers that swear by it bc of fees. IB and trade through a heavily customized Trader Workstation.
Both are TD Ameritrade products so fully integrated with your accounts and each other. Did you do the same? It is really good if you trade small. Think or Swim due to an not difficult integration with my TD account. Dough and refining and placing the trade on TOS. In the best case, I want to trade frequently, so multiple times in a day, and on a platform that allows me to do so. My most expensive trade was 54 cents. And short term trading is murder on your taxes.
IB pass through exchange rebates to clients. Lots of people seemed to like their research tools. But you have to pick one or the other.