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Ready or not, fall is upon us. But while the days may be getting colder, our calendar of live educational events is just starting to heat up. And that means Senior Vice President of Education Joe Cusick is packing his bag and heading back out on the road. First stop – Sin City.

Come out to the desert to meet and mingle with a community of like-minded investors and hear Joe’s “Five-Step Method for Trading More Intelligently to Meet Your Financial Goals” during our FREE Investing Workshop in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, September 12.

Sign up now to learn how to better utilize the power of the optionsXpress platform and trade with more confidence.

Highs and lows may come and go, but somehow gold always manages to find its way back into the discussion. As prices once again flirt with the $1,000 mark, the recent run-up is a timely reminder of the role that commodity futures and options can play in a well-balanced investment portfolio.

How would your portfolio look with a touch of gold? Check out our wide array of FREE futures resources to start thinking about it:

Metal Futures Starter Kit – Learn more about the ins and outs of trading gold and other metal futures at optionsXpress

Going for Gold – Find out why gold is always on the minds of investors in this white paper

XPRESSO – Get the latest insight on gold and other commodities with commentary from our in-house futures analysts delivered right to your inbox every morning

The optionsXpress Autumn Education Tour continues with a stop in the beautiful Pacific Northwest for our Seattle/Bellevue Site Nite on Wednesday, September 23.

This FREE three-hour session will help show you how easy it is to develop a trading plan, find potential trading opportunities, and monitor and analyze your investments using the optionsXpress platform.

Sign up now to reserve your seat for this great evening.

Trying to find the options strategy that best fits your portfolio given your investment mix, experience level, and tolerance for risk? If you’re considering a spread, we’ve got a pair of FREE webinar presentations you won’t want to miss.

On Wednesday, September 23, Peter Lusk from the Options Institute at the CBOE asks the question Why Spreads? and, presumably, provides a few answers.

After you’ve thought it through, be sure to join Peter’s CBOE colleague Marty Kearney a week later on Wednesday, September 30 for the nuts and bolts of actually getting your trade together in Entering Spread Orders – What to Look For.

It’s a one-two punch of spreadable goodness and it’s completely FREE, so save your space online today.

Multi-leg option strategies are subject to multiple commissions. Profits may be eroded by the commission expended to open and close the positions and other risks apply.

The latest optionsXpress site release features exciting new trendline functionality for our proprietary FleXCharts, including the Customization Center, which allows you to specify a variety of characteristics for current and future lines.

Why settle for off-the-rack charts when you can build the exact trendline you want to see? We give you plenty of variables to play with:

Type – Extend the trendline in either direction
Width – Thick or thin lines, the choice is yours
Style – Choose solid or dotted lines
Label – Show or hide the corresponding label
End Points – Modify your selection for precise placement
Color/Color Series – Choose one fixed color or a rotating cycle of colors
Location – Manually control the coordinates of your lines (edit only)

You’re not just a technician – you’re an artist. Start drawing today.

He may not leave his heart, but Senior Vice President of Education Joe Cusick definitely plans to pass along a little bit of knowledge as he brings his “Five-Step Method for Trading More Intelligently to Meet Your Financial Goals” to the West Coast during our FREE Investing Workshop in San Francisco, California on Saturday, October 3.

Sign up now to meet and mingle with a community of like-minded investors, and learn how to trade with more confidence using the power of the optionsXpress platform.