I'm looking for EU broker that provides access to US options and has lower fees than IB. This is to try out a few risk~ish algotrading strategies, so the money involved is small thus making IB's minimal transaction costs relatively high overhead.
Degiro lists following US options exchanges: CME, CBOE, CBOT, COMEX, NYMEX while I'm actually interested in stocks that are listed on NYSE and NASDAQ. Do any of the exchanges somehow provide access to NYSE & NASDAQ as well? They seem to be separate entities, but what do I know.
Degiro lists two different prices for accessing US stock exchanges: 2.50 EUR per year connectivity fee (e.g. in the fee calculator) and 5.00 EUR fee per month (listed in the Fee Schedule doc). Do both of them apply then? Should I expect 62.50 EUR fees per exchange per year? Are these fees taken on the first transaction or at the end of month/year? How many exchanges would NYSE & NASDAQ count - are these two exchanges (so 2 x 62.50 total costs) or do they count as a single market?
P.S. Their backlog for new accounts hasn't moved since the pandemic, I'm >9000 in line and might not get my account until autumn. The only other low-costs alternative to IB though seems to be ChoiceTrade which looks even shadier than Degiro. If there are any other suggestions/reviews - they are highly welcome!
Degiro lists following US options exchanges: CME, CBOE, CBOT, COMEX, NYMEX while I'm actually interested in stocks that are listed on NYSE and NASDAQ. Do any of the exchanges somehow provide access to NYSE & NASDAQ as well? They seem to be separate entities, but what do I know.
Degiro lists two different prices for accessing US stock exchanges: 2.50 EUR per year connectivity fee (e.g. in the fee calculator) and 5.00 EUR fee per month (listed in the Fee Schedule doc). Do both of them apply then? Should I expect 62.50 EUR fees per exchange per year? Are these fees taken on the first transaction or at the end of month/year? How many exchanges would NYSE & NASDAQ count - are these two exchanges (so 2 x 62.50 total costs) or do they count as a single market?
P.S. Their backlog for new accounts hasn't moved since the pandemic, I'm >9000 in line and might not get my account until autumn. The only other low-costs alternative to IB though seems to be ChoiceTrade which looks even shadier than Degiro. If there are any other suggestions/reviews - they are highly welcome!