tastytrade fees explained

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Overview of tastytrade fees and charges

When trading or investing at an online broker, fees can have a big impact on your results, so it's good to know what kind of charges you'll be facing and how these compare to fees at other brokers.

If fees are your top concern, tastytrade is a good choice, as it has low fees in general. Check our toplist for cheaper brokers.

I found tastytrade's trading fees fairly low

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I've personally tested dozens of global brokers, carefully looking at their fees not just on their website but also in the course of live trading. Here's how tastytrade fared:

tastytrade charges low fees for trading stocks and ETFs.
There is no inactivity fee even if you leave your account idle for a long time.
The basic withdrawal fee is $0, but some transactions may cost more.
Read our full review of tastytrade for info on safety, trading platforms and funding.

tastytrade fees at a glance
Assets	Fee level	Fee terms
US stock fee	Low	Free stock and ETF trading
EURUSD fee	-	FX not available
US tech fund fee	-	Not available
Inactivity fee	Low	No inactivity fee

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The unique pricing advantage of tastytrade is that

equity option commissions are capped at $10 per leg.
there is no commission for trading stocks and ETFs.

Commission-free stock and ETF trading

tastytrade stock and ETF fees by market
	tastytrade tastytrade	TradeStation TradeStation	Interactive Brokers Interactive Brokers
US stock Estimated commission of a $2,000 trade, assuming a $50 stock price	$0.0 Free stock and ETF trading	$5.0 $5 per trade for non-US clients. For US clients, commission-free up to the first 10,000 shares per trade.	$1.0 Fixed pricing: $0.005 per share, min. $1, max. 1% of trade value. Free for US clients choosing IBKR Lite plan.

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High margin rates

tastytrade annual margin rates
	tastytrade tastytrade	TradeStation TradeStation	Interactive Brokers Interactive Brokers
USD margin rate	11.0% There are tiers. if balance is less than $25k: base rate +1%	12.8% For positions less than $50,000: 12.75% per year	6.1% Tiered margin rate. Lowest tier has a rate of 6.08% at IBKR PRO (7.08% at IBKR Lite)

tastytrade's margin rates are volume-tiered. There is a base rate, and a premium or discount depending on the margin amount. The base rate is set at tastytrade's discretion; at the time of our review, the base rate was 10%.

tastytrade margin rate
Debit balance	Rate %	Base rate + / -
$0 - $24,999	11.00%	Base rate + 1.00%
$25,000 - $49,999	10.50%	Base rate + 0.50%
$50,000 - $99,999	10.00%	Base rate
$100,000 - $249,999	9.50%	Base rate - 0.50%
$250,000 - $499,999	9.00%	Base rate - 1.00%
$500,000 - $999,999	8.50%	Base rate - 1.50%
$1,000,000 +	8.00%	Base rate - 2.00%

Low options commission

Note that tastytrade charges a flat $5 fee/leg for exercise and assignment (irrespective of how many shares are exercised or assigned).

tastytrade stock index options commission
	tastytrade tastytrade	TradeStation TradeStation	Interactive Brokers Interactive Brokers
US stock index options Estimated commission for 10 contracts	$5.0 $1 for opening a contract, benchmark fee is halved because closing is free	$15.0 For US clients: $1 per contract; for non-US clients: $5 flat fee plus $1 per contract	$6.5 Less than 10,000 contract per month and for a 10 contracts trade: $0.65 per contract with $1 min

The fees for the Single-Listed Exchange Proprietary Index Options are cheaper: for example, it's $0.65 per contract on the SPX and $0.18 on the NDX indexes.

tastytrade options fees detailed
	Commission to open trade	Commission to close trade
Options on stocks	$1.00/contract, max $10.00 per leg	free
Options on micro futures	$1.50/contract	free
Options on Smalls Futures	$0.18 - $0.65 /contract	$0.18 - $0.65 /contract

No inactivity fee, no withdrawal fee

It doesn't charge you a general account fee, an inactivity fee, a custody fee or a deposit fee.
ACH withdrawal is free, but the wire withdrawal fee is quite high: it is $25 for wire transfers within the US and $45 for international wire transfers.

tastytrade inactivity, withdrawal and other fees
Broker	Inactivity fee	Withdrawal fee
tastytrade		$0
TradeStation		$0
Interactive Brokers		$0

Other commissions and fees

You can find tastytrade's fees for other asset classes below. Click 'Show more' for details.

Low futures fees

Stock index futures fee for 10 contracts
	tastytrade tastytrade	TradeStation TradeStation	Interactive Brokers Interactive Brokers
US micro e-mini stock index futures Estimated commission for 10 contracts	$8.5 $0.85 per contract	$5.0 $1.5 per contract for standard products, $0.5 per contract for micro products	$2.5 $0.25 per contract

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