OT: Online brokers: I use Ameritrade for option trades and lowpriced stocks trades; it's also a good place to trade ETFs (zero commission on ETF trades). Also use Scottrade and TradeStation and Schwab because I like some of their tools.
You can probably Google for "online brokerage comparison" to get useful comparison charts.
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