Maintenance Fee

The Ira Epstein Division of Linn & Associates may charge an account maintenance fee of $13 per month for each month that an account has an average net trading equity balance, including T-Bills, of less than $2500 and does not make a trade with us in any calendar month. This maintenance fee will be charged against the account after each month's end.

Futures Fees

Fully Electronic Futures Fees (per side)
Exchange Commodity Non-Member Clearing Exchange Fees Total Exchange Fees Floor Bkg NFA Fees Total Fees
CBOT Electronic Dow 0.06 + 0.20 = 0.26 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.28
Micro Electronic Dow 0.20 = 0.20 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.22
Electronic Corn, Wheat, Soy Beans, Soy Meal, Soy Oil, and Rough Rice 0.06 + 0.14 = 0.20 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.22
Full Size Electronic Gold & Silver 0.06 + .70 = 0.76 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.78
Electronic Mini NY Silver & NY Gold 0.06 + 0.10 = 0.16 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.18
Electronic T-Bonds 0.06 + 0.20 = 026 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.28
Electronic 30 Day Fed Funds 0.06 + 0.20 = 0.26 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.28
Electronic 10 Year Notes 0.06 + 0.20 = 0.26 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.28
Electronic 5 Year Notes 0.06 + 0.20 = 026 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.28
Electronic Municipal Bonds 0.06 + 0.20 = 0.26 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.28
 CME E-Mini S&P and NASDAQ 0.09 + 0.26 = 0.35 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.37
Micro Electronic S&P and NASDAQ 0.20 = 0.20 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.22
Micro Russell 2000 0.20 = 0.20 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.22
Electronic NASDAQ 0.30 + 0.50 = 0.80 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.82
Electronic Nikkei 0.25 + 0.50 = 0.75 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.77
Lumber 0.15 + 0.36 = 0.51 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.53
Electronic Live Cattle 0.15 + 0.36 = 0.51 +  0.00 + 0.02 = .66
Electronic Lean Hogs 0.15 + 0.36 = 0.51 +  0.00 + 0.02 = .66
Electronic Feeder Cattle 0.15 + 0.36 = 0.51 + 0.00 + 0.02 = .66
Electronic Euro Dollar 0.09 + 0.10 = 0.19 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.21
Electronic T-Bills 0.09 + 0.10 = 0.19 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.21
Electronic Currencies 0.07 + 0.25 = .32 + 0.00 + 0.02 = .34
KCBOT Value Line 0.06 + 0.14 = 0.20 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.22
Wheat 0.06 + 0.14 = 0.20 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 0.22
MPLS All Contracts(ISD) 0.20 + 0.80 = 1.00 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 1.02
COMEX  All Metals 0.70 + 0.45 = 1.15 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 1.17
NYMEX  All Energies  0.70 + 0.45 = 1.15 + 0.00 + 0.02 = 1.17
ICE Coffee & Cocoa .00 + 2.00 = 0.00 + 0.0 + 0.02 = 1.77
Sugar .00 + 2.00 = 0.00 + 0.0 + 0.02 = 1.77
OJ .00 + 2.00 = 0.00 + 0.0 + 0.02 = 1.77
Russell Index .00 + 1.30 = 0.00 + 0.0 + 0.02 = 1.32
Dollar Index .00 + 1.35 = 0.00 + 0.0 + 0.02 = 1.37
Cotton .00 + 2.00 = 0.00 + 0.0 + 0.02 = 1.37

Options Fees

Options Fees (per side)
Exchange Commodity Non-Member Clearing Exchange Fees Total Fees Floor Bkg NFA Fees Globex Total Exchange and NFA Costs
CBOT Soybean Oil 0.06 + 0.60 = 0.66 + 1.25 + 0.02 + none = 1.93
Soybean Meal 0.06 + 0.60 = 0.66 + 1.25 + 0.02 + none = 1.93
All Other Grains 0.06 + 0.60 = 0.66 + 1.25 + 0.02 + none = 1.93
T-Bonds 0.06 + 0.50 = 0.56 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.08
T-Notes and Munis 0.06 + 0.50 = 0.56 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.08
Other Financials 0.06 + 0.50 = 0.56 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.08
Silver&Gold 0.06 + 1.00 = 1.06 + + 0.02 + none = 1.08
ECBOT Grains 0.06 + 1.75 = 1.81 + + 0.02 + none = 1.83
Financials 0.06 + 2.00 = 2.06 + + 0.02 + none = 2.08
CME Live Hogs 0.64 + 0.00 = 0.64 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.16
Feeder Cattle 0.64 + 0.00 = 0.64 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.16
Live Cattle 0.64 + 0.00 = 0.64 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.16
Pork Bellies 0.64 + 0.00 = 0.64 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.16
Lumber 0.64 + 0.00 = 0.64 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.16
Eurodollars 0.64 + 0.00 = 0.64 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.16
Currencies 0.60 + 0.00 = 0.60 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.12
T-Bills 0.64 + 0.00 = 0.64 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.16
S&P 0.78 + 0.00 = 0.78 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.30
E-Mini 0.64 + 0.50 = 1.14 + 0.00 + 0.02 + none = 1.16
KCBOT Wheat 0.10 + 0.55 = 0.65 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.17
MPLS Wheat 0.20 + 0.35 = 0.55 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.07
COMEX All Contracts 1.35 + 0.00 = 1.35 + 1.50 + 0.02 + none = 2.87
NYMEX Unleaded & Heat Oil 0.85 + 0.50 = 1.35 + 1.25 + 0.02 + none = 2.62
Nat Gas & Crude Oil 0.85 + 0.50 = 1.35 + 1.25 + 0.02 + none = 2.62
ICE (fully electronic) Coffee, Cocoa,Sugar, Cotton, OJ 0.00 + 1.75 = 1.75 + 0.00 + 0.02 + none = 1.77
Russell Index 0.0o + 1.14 = 1.14 + 0.00 + 0.02 + none = 1.16

Service Charges

FedEx Fees and Handling Charge
FedEx Overnight Fee 50.00
FedEx 2-Day Delivery Fee 40.00
FedEx Saturday Delivery Fee 75.00
FedEx Overnight Fee to Canada 85.00
FedEx Overnight International Fee 110.00
Check and Wire Fees
Domestic Wire Fee 30.00
Wire Tranfer In Fee 00.00
International Wire Fee 55.00
Check Disbursement Fee 15.00
Stop Payment Fee on Checks 100.00
Returned Check Fee 125.00
Make your check paybable to Websush and mail it to Linn & Accociates, 141 W. Jackson Blvd. Suite 1940, Chicago, Ill 60604. Mailing it elsewhere coould result in a Fee Charge to your account for the unnecessary research time associated with finding and having those funds deposited to your trading account 30.00
ACH Fee 0.00
Treasury Bill Fees
Purchase and/or Sale of T-Bills 75.00
Roll-Over of T-Bills 75.00
Selling Fee for T-Bills 75.00
Transfer Fees
Transfer of T-Bills to another firm 75.00
Transfer of Account to another firm + fees and commissions 100.00
Mailing Fees
Mailing Fees...these fees can be completely eliminated by allowing Linn & Associates to e-mail your account statements to you.
Paper Statements Monthly Fee 25.00
Mailing of Statements in the USA 2.00
Mailing of Statements outside of the USA 3.00
Duplicate Statement sent by E-Mail NC
Duplicate Mailing of Statements in the USA 2.00
Duplicate Mailing of Statements outside of the USA 3.00
Taking or Making Delivery of Futures Contracts Fees
The is an additional cost of taking delivery, in addition to additional commission charges, re-delivery charges, storage charges and the like per contract 275.00
Night Desk Fees
Night Trading Desk Phone Charge. This fee is a $10 fee for each quote obtained and for each phone call into our Night Desk. This fee will be charged to customers who call the Night Desk for any reason. This fee DOES NOT APPLY to electronic orders placed by customers, which require no assistance by our Night Trading Desk Personnel 10.00
Night Trade Desk Charge...charged per order and is applied only if the contract is filled in the evening session originating from a phoned in Night Desk Order 7.00
In addition to the above Night Trade Desk Charge on orders phoned in at night, there is a Contract Charge per filled contract on orders that originate from phone calls placed into the into the Night Trade Desk. This fee does not apply for orders placed electronically at night by customers that require no assistance by our Night Trading Desk Personnel 1.50/Contract
Exchange for Physical Fee
EFP Charges - per side 10.00
Document Fee
Production cost for document retrieval. Should you require us to reproduce a document for you, there are two fees associated with each document 10.00 + 2.00/Page
Margin Call Fee
Trade Date +2 $50
After Trade Date +2 each day $100
Inactivity Fee
Charged per month for accounts with no trading activity in the past year (364 days) 25.00
Currency Conversion
Currency Conversion $30 under $1000 USD Equivalent / $60 ($1000 USD or more) 30.00/60

Exchange Quote Fees

Delayed Quote Fees

Free

Live Quote Fees

Exchange Fees
CBOT with KCBOT (Globex) $124.60
CME (Globex) $126.60
CME E-Mini (Globex) $44.50
KCBOT (Globex) $25.00
NYMEX (Globex) $124.60
COMEX (Globex) $124.60
MGE $30.00
CBOT Mini Real-Time $44.50
NYSE/LIFFE $18.00
ICE - US Futures $121.00
ICE - Canada Futures $46.00
As an “add-on” feature for those who choose to use Free delayed quotes, they can also view live quotes by using a feature called “Snapshot Quotes”. These quotes are only available on Globex markets. "Snapshot" Live Globex Quotes are available in Market Center for $25.00 (1,000 refreshes per month additional refreshes are 2 cents per quote) Snapshot fees only apply to users using Delayed Quotes who sign up for the Snapshot feature in Market Center.