Deron

Sent TDA an e-mail and based on my expected monthly volume, convinced them to drop my commissions to $1.00 per contract with no other fees. Although I'm still above what I would pay with IB in most cases, I feel much better. It's always nice to send a simple e-mail and in exchange, stick some cash in your pocket!

Hey Hany. I've just installed the TWS demo and found Mosaic. I'm going to play with it for a few days and see what happens. One thing that I use a lot on TOS is the Analyze tab. I haven't seen anything similar in TWS yet, but I'll keep looking. Thanks for the suggestion.

I've been using TOS to trade options for 5 years, and pay $1.50/contract (with no ticket charge). I'm a brand new SO member, and after seeing all the chatter about high commissions, I sent TDA a message today asking them to cut my per contract rate, and stating if they won't I'll go to IB. I haven't heard back yet. Because I've used TOS (desktop and mobile) so much, I'm very comfortable with it. I've tried a little paper trading in IB, and so far, can't get comfortable with the platform. It doesn't seem user-friendly. Has anyone switched from TDA to IB, and if so, how much of a learning curve is there? Also, which IB platform is better - web or desktop? Thanks!