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Contact us by live chat, email or phone for help with all of your optionsXpress account needs. Our friendly and knowledgeable representatives are there when you need them with quick and accurate answers to all of your questions.

When you trade with the BEST¹ you get:

Seamless access directly from Stock Investor.
Risk free investment practice with Virtual Trade.
Free tools and resources to help you find and research potential investments.
Advanced orders to help manage your investments, even when you’re away from the computer.
FREE client support via email, phone or live chat.
No extra fees for broker-assisted trades.
Special rate: $9.95 for equity trades and $1.25 per option contract.²

What are you waiting for? Open an account now and trade your way!

Fund your new account by July 15, 2008 and receive $100 in your account.³

It's simple, your brokerage firm needs to be more than just a place to execute trades.

¹ "The Best Online Broker" by Kiplinger's 7/06, based on: Commissions/Fees; Executions; Margin Rates; Interest on Cash; Maximum Fund Transaction Fee; Responsiveness/Broker Knowledge; Research; Web Site; Cost-Basis Data; Conduct. Kiplinger's is a trademark of The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. © 2008. "Best of the Web" & "Favorite Site" 9/15/06, based on investor tools and educational services. FORBES, and other names of FORBES products referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of FORBES Management Co., Inc. © 2008.

² Qualified Stock Investor students pay $1.25 per contract or $12.95 minimum for options trades; $9.95 for stock trades up to 1,000 shares and $.01 per share for 1,001 shares and above. We reserve the right to terminate, modify or suspend this offer at any time without prior notice.

³ Offer valid for one new individual or Joint optionsXpress account opened and funded with at least $500 by US residents on or before July 15, 2008. To receive $100 bonus, account must be funded with at least $500 cash or securities transferred from a brokerage firm other than optionsXpress. $100 bonus will be deposited into the new optionsXpress account by September 30, 2008. optionsXpress may charge the account for the cost of the $100 bonus should account fail to remain open with minimum funding (excluding trading losses) 6 months from the account open date. IRAs, other tax-exempt, linked, or shared accounts are not be eligible to receive the $100 bonus offer. Offer is not transferable, is not valid for internal transfers, current optionsXpress accounts or with any other optionsXpress offers. All taxes related to this $100 bonus offer are the responsibility of the account owner. Limit one offer per person meeting the terms of this offer and opening a new optionsXpress account online at http://www.optionsxpress.com/si. optionsXpress reserves the right to restrict or revoke this offer at any time. This offer is valid in the US and certain other jurisdictions only, and where otherwise permitted by law or license.

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