TD Ameritrade is offering $0.90 flat rate per contract on options to me ever since I showed them my account size and position in OX. But I am still considering lol.



ps: since I am neither posting my real name nor account number hence you can't use this email as argument to ask for better price from TD ameritrade.

Wow.. the jobs numbers are good.  214K private jobs, UE drops to 5.8%.
More fire power for bulls.

nah, needn't 6 or 7 figures.
They also look at the average number of stock options contracts traded (of course bro J's is in a league of his own  ).

On OX, mine's also $1 per stock options contract and my a/c is definitely below 6 figures 
BUT (there's always one around ) with minimum $9.95 or higher per trade 

FYI - my contracts traded per month averages about 200+/- depending on opportunities for iron-condors or not 
Just sharing 

OK, since it's a boring day without major players participating, let's take a look at two charts in courtesy from zerohedge.
Now:

Back then:

Check the full content by visiting planet Earth's most bearish website.
ps: Is there anyway to specify the image size under the whatever code this comfy place  is providing without having to stand 10ft away from my monitor to look at these humongous images after I linked/posted them here.

anyone has faith in China A Shares?
here is the ETF

ASHR

Deutsche X-Trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF(NYSEARCA:ASHR)

(b) above will still allow 45% buying power (margin from ETF) plus 10% cash totaling 55% buying power. use it for day trading options.

* 10% cash can be served as a good indicator for the performance of day trading. that means if i am losing more than 10% then my cash will become negative which will force me to stay away from market then re-evaluate my day trading techniques.

add on, if loses 10%, force to stay away 3 months. after that, re-balance my investment fund and trade again.

any broker provide leverage for like 1:50 or 1:100?

got lar. its called margin financing but i dunno how much they offer

Remember when Goldman said Oil will go to $200 when it was $140 back in '08?.. then it reverses and went down.

The thing is when a lot people start talking about $40 oil, it most likely it will not happen and likely to bottom in the 50s and move back up. A lot of times, they overshoot to the downside.

As for Opec,, funny argument from them they're saying non-Opec members should cut back production.. not them. 

i like to think that the selling was a bit overdone like it always happen; good probability it will recover 10-15% soon and hover there for some time. the case of oil can't be like gold which never recovered, maybe not for 10 yrs!

anyway, i have a passion for oil having worked in that industry for some years a long time ago. so, just bought bits of slb and oih for old time sake.

will look for opportunity to buy some aapl n msft. with that, i'll be happy just to sit back for a while.

good nite.

What do you use or suggest for trading purpose? Foreign online platform? Any recommendation in particular?

Thanks for the feedback. I'll be proceeding with opening an account at TradeMonster in these few days.

TradeMonster comission is USD 4.95 per trade.
IB requires minimum deposit of USD 10K.
TD Ameritrade commission is USD 9.99, double of TradeMonster's.
E*Trade is the same as TD.

Thanks for the info. I'll have to get myself familiarized with these offshore brokerages first before I can commit to bigger deposit. While local brokerages are expensive, at least they're within my reach.

Yup - good idea. Unfortunately my spouse isn't too.. er.. versed with stocks, options, etc. + my children are currently all below 18 

Yeah - solved that earlier with a list of assets & liabilities + how to access them (for my then Executor or Trustee).
Lots of folks overlook this aspect - ada Will / Wasiat BUT dunno where the fish are all the assets and who/what is owed to/from.

BTW, U had any further luck with info/impact on them US death taxes for "non-domestic aliens" holding "US assets"?
Gawd.. looks like i've to hit up some big firm - ouch $.

er.. bro, not only fixed assets in US leh from what i read (direct from IRS' website & KPMG stuff).
Stocks too if held directly (ie. not via nominee accounts like HLeB, MBB, etc.) - unsure about stock options though    - 1 of the Qs i want answered by US estate tax expert when i find one within my budget 
Hopefully i understood wrongly.

The brokerage fee of 0.42% for KLSE turned me off so I didn't end up getting an account on CIMB iTrade.

BTW, since you're looking for offshore brokerage as well, do checkout robinhood.com. It's quite a new brokerage with $0 commission & still in the invite-only phase. I'm not vouching for it or anything so you might want to read around for feedback & stuffs.

Options ... I have no idea, I don't hold any options. But I'd assume they'd be treated the same

actually, they all the same for nromal accounts.

I used mbb before, 0.42% cds, std.

I moved to cimb when I consolidated most of my banking with them, more convenient, certain things cheaper n better like property loans and credit card benefits.

for stocks, the difference is really in big trades and special assistance when u need it.
oh, I was just informed for usa dividends, it is a flat charge of usd8. probably same with hlb.