Watch market action unfold in real time with new streaming chains for equity and futures options.

Simply check the streaming box in the upper right corner of the chain for Calls, Puts, or Calls and Puts, and see quote changes – including upticks in green and downticks in red – without having to manually refresh the data.

Streaming chains are available only to those who qualify for streaming quotes. Streaming quotes are only provided to non-professional customers who accept the exchange streaming quote agreement. Customer must qualify as a non-professional subscriber in accordance with NASDAQ, NYSE and OPRA regulations.

When it comes to options shopping, it’s good to be price sensitive. That is, options investors should know what factors go into the price they’re seeing, how strike price selection plays into strategic goals, and what circumstances might affect prices during an option’s life cycle.

It’s a lot to sort out, but fortunately we’ve got three great webinar opportunities this week to help you piece together the pricing puzzle:

Tuesday, October 6 – Options Pricing

Wednesday, October 7 – Picking the Right Strike Price

Thursday, October 8 – Option Trader Spotlight: Vega & Theta

Best of all, you can’t beat the price for these online sessions – reserve your FREE space today.

Looking for new ideas? If you’re curious what other like-minded investors are trading here at optionsXpress, there’s never been a better time to find out with Trading PatternsSM.

A number of recent upgrades to this popular tool make it even more attractive and useful for those trying to follow the money:

Layout – View the results of your search as both a list and a relational graph – together on one page.

Push Pins – Take advantage of this quick and easy way to plug your favorite stock, option or futures symbol into the tool.

Futures – Now find out where other commodities traders are putting their money as well with new futures and futures option functionality.

If your idea of hunting for fall colors means hoping for more black than red in your portfolio, join Senior Vice President of Education Joe Cusick as he presents his “Five-Step Method for Trading More Intelligently to Meet Your Financial Goals” during our FREE Investing Workshop in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday, October 17.

Sign up now to meet and mingle with a community of like-minded investors and learn how to trade with more confidence.

OX Mobile – our FREE trade-on-the-go mobile application – is now up and running for Android devices.

Place stock, option and futures trades directly from your Android, and take advantage of the easy-to-use navigation system to get a full range of timely market data, account information, trading tools, market news, and charts.

Get moving today with OX Mobile for Android.

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We’ve all been there. A stagnant portfolio. A boring investment mix. A general lack of excitement. But it’s not always easy to come up with new ideas to get yourself out of an investing rut.

That’s why optionsXpress has a full suite of powerful trading tools designed to help you discover your next potential opportunity. Find ideas that fit your specific needs with The Dragon, peek over the shoulders of other like-minded investors with Trading Patterns, or discover new ways to use options with StrategyScan. You can even test out your new ideas risk-free using Virtual Trade.

With so many products to trade and so many ways to trade them, don’t let a lack of good ideas prevent you from getting the most out of your portfolio. Check out these and all of our other great tools today.

With crude prices continuing to make headlines, the timing of our latest FREE webinar couldn’t be better.

Join Mike Tosaw from Know Your Options on Monday, October 26 for a look at the many different ways to trade Oil at optionsXpress – from futures and options to ETFs and energy stocks.

Find out if your portfolio could use a fill-up – sign up today.

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