Compass Financial Futures and Forex

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Address:	2083 N Collins Blvd Suite 200
	Richardson, TX 75080
Phone # for sales:	800 577 3600
Additional Phone #:	972 680 8080
Fax:	972 680 3355
Website:	www.compassfinancial.com
Click link to request additional product information.
E-mail address:	futures@compassfinancial.com

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General Information | Account Information | Features | Additional Comments

General Information TOP

Brokerage name: Compass Financial Futures and Forex

Minimum account size: < $1000

Base commission rates: $10-$11

Brief explanation of margin rates, if applicable:

Typically we require exchange minimum margin rates, but reserve the right to add to that margin on an individual account basis.

This brokerage has been in business for: 15-20 years

Primary type of broker: Futures

Brief description of services offered:

Compass Financial is a full service commodities and Forex firm that specializes in risk management. While we offer a customizable platform of services to suit the individual client, a partial list of our free services include: monitored paper trading, research, trade recommendations, newsletters, a full service website with quotes, charts, educational material, and more. We also offer discount trading services, online trading, online account access, customized trade recs, managed accounts, etc.

Account Information TOP

Types of trading accounts offered:

Full Service
On-Line Full Service
Premium Service
Phone (touch tone) Discount Broker
On-Line Discount Broker

Customers online account information is updated: Up to the minute

Types of trades offerered:

Options
Futures
Cash markets
Industry groups
Indices
Forex

Other trade types: N/A

Types of quotes offered to customers:

Delayed Data
Real-Time

Execution methods offered:

Online Broker(trade desk)
Wholesaler
Broker

Exchanges covered:

CBOE-Chicago Board Options Exchange
CBOT-Chicago Board of Trade
CME-Chicago Mercantile Exchange
CSCE-Coffee Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc.
KCBT-Kansas City Board of Trade
NYCE-New York Cotton Exchange

Setup or initial costs to set up an account: 0

Features TOP

Types of services offered to customers:

Technical Analysis
Fundamental Analysis
Basic -charts & graphs
Advanced- charts & graphs (technical indicators, ability to change parameters, etc.)
Trading software- charts & graphs (create trading systems, scan and sort based on technical criteria)
Head line news
Portfolio management
Wireless (quotes, alerts, execution, etc.)
Allow naked option writing

Ways customers can access their trading account:

Internet
Telephone
Broker
Mail

Allow stop, limit, and stop limit orders? Yes

Charge extra for stop, limit, and stop limit orders: No

Offer 24 hour customer support: Yes

Offer tax planning advice: No

Additional Comments TOP

Special features included in the service are:

one-on-one customized full service

This broker's service is better than the competition in these areas:

execution, custom services, trade recommendations, research, ethics, customer service

Types of security precautions taken for customers:

N/A

Communications during systems failures has been assured through:

multiple back-up phone numbers in various locations throughout the US

The major plans for upgrading the current level of trading service are as follows:

constant improvement in online access, reduced costs of business passed on to the client, more research and trade recommendations, etc.

General Information | Account Information | Features | Additional Comments

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