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To: Chris G. who wrote (7630)	1/7/1998 5:22:00 PM
From: ojai	Respond to of 12039

I'm assuming that anyone that tracks their rate of return factors in costs. I have data feed costs that I have to overcome each month in addition to the broker costs, so I begin the month in the red and go from there. ojai

To: Chris G. who wrote (7630)	1/7/1998 5:59:00 PM
From: Loren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12039

Chris - I do. Here's how I came up with a number... a. Go through your recent trades, calculate an average $/trade (total amount invested). b. Calculate an average trade price ($/share). c. From those, and your broker's cost table, calculate your typical commision ($/trade). d. Divide a. by b. to get your average trade size (share/trade). e. Divide c. by d. to get your average commission per share ($/shr). Mine is about $0.11/share, too high! I am pondering moving my money to one of these brokers who practically pay you for trading!:-)