After the close on Tuesday, we launched a new version of our trading platform. This is the first major update we’ve done to our trading tool since OptionsHouse debuted in 2007, and it has taken nearly a year of hard work to bring this to our customers.
The new platform takes all the functionality you already know (professional-grade trading tools, a customizable option chain, and one-click trading) and creates an even more controlled, more seamless trading experience.
Here are some highlights of the new patent-pending platform:
While not a new concept, Weekly and Quarterly options are gaining in popularity due to the flexibility they allow the active options trader. OptionsHouse currently enables all eligible customers to trade these options.
Over the past two years, as banks and brokerages of all sizes spar with economic volatility, investors have become increasingly curious about what measures are in place to guard their funds against any unexpected tumult at their financial institutions. Thankfully, there are federal measures in place for both banking and brokerage firms.
Today’s trading tool tip is about the Day Trading counter, which you will only see if you are actually making Day Trades. It’s bold and red and hard to miss, but it’s important you know the facts about Day Trading.
OSI – it’s the holding company for Outback Steakhouse and it could be an acronym for an obscure 80s band. But for the past several months, these three letters have stood for one thing and one thing only (for option traders and brokers, anyway): Options Symbology Initiative.
