I know this is pretty volatile, but how much does a derrivatives trader make?
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depends on their places of work.. it can be various percentage of commissions... i think for the derivatives trader the salaries isn't really important coz when they can make profit, the commissions will be bigger than the salaries...
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how much does it pay?
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sounds like $63.00 is what they are worth. that is what you said. or 4 x $63.00 = $252.00 less commissions on sale. you could have a stock that has split and you might have more. provide details for a complete up to the minute analysis from your unpaid advisors at Yahoo/Answers.
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A lot.  Then again it wouldn't really matter if you made that much.  It's like 7 times what a normal person makes.
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People have build their careers on technical analysis.  So in order to make money using TA, you have to devote a lot of time studying it.  Be patient.  Get some books and get started.  It takes time to make honest money.  There are zillions of equally smart people out to do the same thing, so you have to apply yourself and study hard.  Think of how many other folks are studying just as hard as you.
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Stock Derivatives: Options and Futures\nArguably the most volatile and risky investments possible, options and futures are "derivative" securities, meaning their value is "derived" from that of another security or commodity. Options and futures are both very volatile because they often carry an incredible amount of leverage. For instance, each option contract on an individual stock controls 100 shares of that stock for a fraction of the stock's current value. Since option traders have only invested a small percentage of the stock's price, any move in the price represents a big percentage change for their investment. Say they paid $5 per share for an option on a stock that sells for around $50 a share. If the price of the stock goes up $5, that's a 10% move in the price of the stock, but it's 100% of the option trader's investment. So a relatively small upward movement in the stock can be a huge upward movement for the option.\n\nThis potential for gain is offset by the fact that the entire purchase price of an option is at risk. If an investor holds an option and the underlying stock does not exceed the target price within the given time period, the option expires worthless and the entire purchase price is lost. (Most options end up worthless on their expiration date.) Traders also have to cover the price of the option. That five-dollar increase in the value of the stock wouldn't actually make the trader any money if the option expires at that point. It would just have covered the cost of the option. And if you think this is getting complicated, we've barely scratched the surface!\n\nThe Motley Fool does not consider options and futures to be worthwhile investments. Some people make a living trading derivatives -- they make their living trading against people like you. The chance of losing money with derivatives is much too high for options to be considered a useful part of any completely nutritious investment strategy.
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Most brokers have a table that you can get a copy of.  Depending on how active you are, the amount you pay can increase/decrease as well.\n\nIn general, nowadays, an online broker is the least costly for transactions.  Generally, you can pay from $1 to $15 or more online vs. most likely $30-$150 for full service brokers.\n\nThere are a lot of good online brokerages depending on what you like and how you trade.\n\nBarron's has a great article on brokerages that they publish each year. (I'll try to find you the link)\n\n\nFor basic stuff, E*Trade, Ameritrade, and Scottrade are sufficient. For more complex trades, I'd recommend Optionsxpress, ThinkorSwim, or interactivebrokers. \n\nBased on what you put in your question, I'd recommend one of the first three, but all are very good. Cheapest probably is scottrade (of the larger online firms). Yes there are cheaper like interactivebrokers, but you'll have to get used to their software based platform (which is doable). They're only about $1/contract on options!\n\nBrokerages like Fidelity are horrible for anyone with any decent experience. \n\nSo, decide what's important to you as a trader and compare the brokers! You can use the article, or go to each website as they all seem to have comparison charts! \n\nAnd if there are particular things that you want to mention as being most important to you (such as executions, cust svc, cheapest trade - which you mentioned, flexibility on allowing you to do certain types of trades, stop and stop limit orders, contingent orders, great graphing, what if scenarios, training, etc), I'll be glad to help discuss this with you too!\n\nIf you have any questions, let me know.\n \nHope that helps!
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like 80.per hour or less.  I know they made about $12-28 a year.
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I've been with Scottrade for about ten years now... and I believe they are the best discount brokerage available.  You'll pay just $7 a trade.  You'll have resources to explore.  You can even get advice from one of their brokers, which will result in a small fee.  Bottom line: Take it from a retired stock broker... if I could invest at a better company, I'd do it!
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I think it will fluctuate from 105 to 80 and settle around 95 by the end of day.\nBetter to go for intra day trading buy around 75 and sell around 90.
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Before you start trading, you should backtest your strategy on at least 15 years of historical data.  Then you will know what profits (and more impotrantly, what losses) to expect.  \n\nThe annual attrition rate among professional currency traders is about 15% (translation: half of all traders last less than four years). \n\nAs to starting capital...  The more, the better, and make sure most of it is not yours.
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LEt me know.\nWhat is your monthly trading volume...\n\nHow about 1cent per 1 share..\nand pay as you go..\n\nLike for 100 sares you pay $1\nand so on..\n\n\nGirish\nkgirishraman@yahoo.com\n\n\nLearn Free Day Trading Online,Intraday Trading Course, Learn Day Trading Free.\nhttp://lansing.craigslist.org/fns/172121865.html
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Commission rates vary in different industries and even in different products. The amounts are typically determined by business owners based on their experience of how many "units" an average sales person can sell in an average work period (ie. 40 hour week). The determined amount is designed to be only enough to keep the average sales person on the job. For the business owner to pay any more would be viewed as giving away profits. If you are a better that average sales person, you may do well in that position. If you are only average in sales ability, you will probably make only a living wage. Of course that living wage only continues as long as you keep showing up to work. \n\nIf you really want to make the really big bucks you need to learn how to be the business owner. I teach people how to do that. Its way easier than you might think. When the boss goes on a long vacation, does the company still make money? That is what you need. A company that will still make you money when you are not even there. If you have about five years, I can show you how. Of course you will earn as you learn. Together we can make this happen, but only if you want it bad enough! Write to Bruce at boatclub@go.com
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"Only init 4 profit" seems like a nice person, and I have to say I love the name. I would like to add to what he said about the 3 day settlement period. You can buy and sell all you want as quickly as you want you just have to meet SEC requirnments. There are basically two laws that apply here, the settlement one and a day trading one. the settlement one has been covered by "only init 4 profit" and the daytrading one just states that no more than 3 day trades can be made within 4 business days. Now the law also says that you can have permission to get around them if you meet certain requirnments, they simply are to have a margin account type with a minimum of $25,000 in the account at all times. If it goes below 25,000 you have to stop making more than 3 trades within 4 busibness days untill it gose back over the 25,000 mark. also by having a margin account you never have to worry about the settlement dates no matter what the account value is.\n \nAlso if you are looking for an online broker, I use Scottrade, they are very cheep $7 trades for market and limit orders.\n\nHope this helps.
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All the brokerages you listed are expensive ( relatively ) in their commissions, especially if you're going to be trading stocks, often, instead of just buying funds and leave them for a while.\n\nIf this be the case, you will be better off, exploring other deep-discount brokerages...such as E*Trade, TD Ameritrade etc.\n\nIf you have sufficiant funds in your Rollover IRA ( > $50K for E*Trade ) the commission per trade is lot less than what you will pay in your list of brokerages.  I think it's $9.99 or something along that line, with almost all brokerages, per trade.\n\nThe commission is something that you should consider. Also, some of these companies charges few cents per share. Only the first 1000 shares are covered by their flat fee. Anything above that limit, you pay additional CENTS per share.\n\nAll the tools - charts, portfolio manager, research tools etc...are all kinda standard all over the place.\n\np.s.\nSince you're rolling over and NOT THRU' YOUR COMPANY 401(k) anymore...There is no more free lunch. You will pay $$$ per trade..So, give it some thought
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Roughly $2 to $3 hourly. But I hear it's a good living for them due to the exchange rate.
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Sales and trading could be slightly higher in most places. But depends on the place really. There are banks that like their traders more than CM guys and vice versa.