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Non-Tech : Datek Brokerage $9.95 a trade -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Astarte who wrote (10016)	10/22/1998 9:55:00 AM
From: pae	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16892

Re: options. I've heard too many promises too frequently to believe anything. Take streamer: now its here, how its gone. Yes, it was beta - so you can't really get steamed (streamed?) about it - and if they took the streamer servers and added them into the order processing net then you got to admire that decision. If I was primarily an options trader (I'm not) I wouldn't consider a switch to datek until 6 months after they support options. You can't buy and sell hope and they don't take hope at the grocery store either. Sorry to be so cynical. Best wishes. p P.S. What I focused on in the article is the growth plans. Given the thread tone of the past week, I am concerned about capacity management. Haven traded DELL a few times, I understand certain order volume levels cause Datek problems. But they are still head & shoulders better than Schwab and at 1/3 the price. P.P.S. (edit) I've heard good things about Brown & Co. options & equity trading. SI has a reasonably active thread on the subject. Cheers.