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TD Ameritrade

TD Ameritrade is an American online broker based in Omaha, Nebraska, with more than 6 million U.S. customers, and many more internationally, that has grown rapidly through acquisition to become the 746th-largest US firm in 2008. TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation () is the owner of TD Ameritrade Inc.

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OPTIONS REPORT: CBOE To Give More Options On S&P 500 Index

Options traders will soon have more time to position their bets on the S&P 500 index, as the Chicago Board Options Exchange plans to begin listing weekly options farther in advance.

CBOE, the largest options exchange by volume, announced Tuesday plans to list weekly options on the Standard and Poor's 500-stock index, or SPX, as much as five weeks in advance, as opposed to listing just one week ahead, as the exchange currently does, for a total of as many as four weekly options trading at one time.Weekly options expire on Fridays. Monthly options expire once a month."What we've heard from a lot of customers is that they want this," said Dennis O'Callahan, director of research and product development at CBOE. "We've seen huge growth in this market and expect this growth could expand even further in the future."Last Friday, SPX weekly options set a daily volume record, with 283,751 contracts traded.The change, which will go into effect May 31, will allow traders to buy weekly options about...

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