Chapter 8. Broker Selection

To enhance your success at trading options, it is important that you give careful consideration to your choice of a brokerage firm. If you were only going to trade stocks, there are plenty of brokers whose services are adequate. To trade options, you must be more selective in picking a broker.

All brokers claim that they are “options friendly,” but you need to examine their services closely to see whether this claim is justified. The goal here is to outline elements of broker services that are most important to options trading.

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