1st....get the fees reduced by setting up an account with dough.com then through TDA...or if you already have a TDA account contact your LOCAL rep by phone and tell them you now have an account w/ Dough.com and would like to get the fee reduction. Your fees will be reduced to a flat 1.50 per option lot and 7.50 per stock purchase. It makes it much easy to make the numbers work if you're not paying the 9.99 ticket fee.