@mukundaa asked:   One of the major benefits of Trader Tax Status is that you can deduct business expenses.  For a trader, this can include internet service, margin interest, software, and trading information services, among many other things too.  For me, I wrote off the cost of OptionNetExplorer, OptionVue, and services such as SteadyOptions.  In the beginning years, I went from trading service to trading service (subscribing to several at once), the large expense of the Sheridan M