| Investment Guru says: |
October 12, 2009 11:27 pm
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optionsHouse is CHEAP, really good for the commission, must have
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| Nick says: |
November 4, 2009 11:09 am
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100 free trades means you can trade for 2-3 months for FREE. OptionsHouse also has virtual trading where you can try out trading before you put real money in
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| Guest says: |
November 4, 2009 6:29 pm
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Excellent customer service . Low rates. I am really happy with Options House
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| Guest says: |
November 7, 2009 7:34 pm
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Make sures customer neds are satisfied
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| Guest says: |
February 4, 2010 8:10 pm
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Opened my account yesterday with OptionsHouse, waiting for it to be approved but I tried their virtual trading. On mac it didnt work too well.. windows is ok. not too fussed about it but would be nice to be able to work on my future ipad ;)
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| Discover trading says: |
February 11, 2010 7:30 pm
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I want to know which is better... zecco or tradeking
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| Guest says: |
February 11, 2010 7:44 pm
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Options House is okay.. they are still evolving. I dont know how I ended up here but essentially optionshouse isnt ready for for traders like me who are extremely active. etrade / TD Ameritrade is probably better
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| Guest says: |
February 18, 2010 2:08 am
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Both Zecco &amp; Tradeking have thier benefits. Zecco has free trading every month if you cross the threshold. Otherwise both are pretty good and Zecco is slightly cheaper. You can read reviews about Zecco here if you are interested: <a href="http://www.comparebroker.com/zecco-reviews-online-stock-brokers-review">Zecco Reviews</a>
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| Guest says: |
February 24, 2010 5:41 am
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Is this a scam?
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| Dave Murray says: |
March 16, 2010 6:06 pm
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I started using OptionsHouse last month and their trading platform is little bit annoying in the beginning that it opens up and takes entire space. Since I had 100 free trades when I opened my account with OptionsHouse, I kept using it for couple weeks (and I actually made pretty good money because I almost operated like a day trader, did not care about brokerage fees ) After some continuous usage, I started to like OptionsHouse a lot.
Honestly speaking I really love their contextual menu options when you can right click and issue commands to the system. I recently purchased several stocks using my optionshouse account without any problem.
There is a lot of bad information out there regarding brokers. Reading through all the brokerage account reviews, I got so fed up that I just opened up a bunch of accounts and tried them all out. When I tried out the services myself I had some interesting findings.
Regarding trading platform quality, IMHO OptionsHouse is little bit on the cheap side in the sense that their platform is not as pretty looking as others such as Zecco or TD Ameritrade or likewise. First of all TD Ameritrade charges you freaking 10$ per trade. If I started with TD Ameritrade, I would have paid 1,000$ to them just for learning how to trade. With OptionsHouse I had the luxury to try out and learn my way through stumbling. Note that for some brokers, you will get the best experience with their desktop application, while with others, you’ll get a better experience via trading through the web.
TD Ameritrade has a problem in how they handle limit orders and also they have screwed their customers in several instances which leads me to not recommend the service.
When you are doing Options Trading cost per contract is very important to you. After OptionsHouse, the cheapest per contract fee I have seen is Zecco at 50 cents. The typical retail trader is not trading 1000 contracts at a time. For those that are, OptionsHouse is obviously the best choice. Don’t forget about option exercise and assignment fees, which can vary greatly. Zecco is at $4.50 while OptionsHouse is at $5. TD will run you $19.95!
Best discount brokers for stock and options trader is TradeKing and OptionsHouse. If you just trade stocks, add Zecco to that list.
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| Mike says: |
June 3, 2010 8:28 pm
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No 1040 support with Gainskeeper or another tool. This makes it very difficult to track trades when it comes to tax time.... Their website doesn't show margin equity used per position. (I was at TD Ameritrade and their site shows this much clearly and is more helpful).
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| Nikkie says: |
June 12, 2010 3:56 pm
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OptionsHouse UI is not as friendly but I have an account with them coz they are so cheap. You get what you pay for. So if you don’t trade multiple times a day, you can easily pull it off with OptionsHouse
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| Punit Gupta says: |
June 12, 2010 3:57 pm
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Hey Nikkie,
Ditto, I am not a great fan of OptionsHouse either. Just like you, I have an account with them just because of their rates. IMHO that is their strategy I think. They don’t pay their designers and just hence keep the cost lower lol. Either way, its worth having an account with them
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| Mayt says: |
July 7, 2010 6:00 pm
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Oh god! I have been waiting for about 34 days to establish this ACH fund transfer deal. Week after week they put me on hold to review my application and then I hear the same answer " It has been solved and you will see a micro deposit in your account next week" .. I am just freaked out and might go with lighspeed or something else..really bad customer service
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| Mike says: |
August 1, 2010 6:50 pm
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Hey Mayt,
I didnt have that problem. Not sure what experience you had. You probably want to call their customer service. I agree they dont have the best trading experience but their rates are awesome and hence I hold an account with them and I have 3000$ there for occasional orders where I dont care about the speed. Just a way to save some bucks
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| commodity tips says: |
October 11, 2011 4:09 am
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Not all the time no one can win the match of stock market trade , humans are bounded with emotions and personal affairs that makes them to take wrong decisions at right time even though they are masters of trade. Markets dramatically change they their flow and no one exactly produce or expect 100% from their profits . Choosing the right indicator or analyzing software blended with human aspect gives better results.
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| DJ Puls says: |
November 1, 2011 10:21 pm
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I have had nothing but good experiences with optionshouse even though I don't make good trades all the time. They are still cheap at $3.95/trade. If you're going to open an account with them check out my review at
http://optionshouse-stock-trading-review.blogspot.com/
You could make a bonus for opening an account, if that is what you decide to do.
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