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Address:	150 South. Wacker Drive, Suite 2350
	Chicago, IL 60606
Phone # for sales:	800 621 1414
Additional Phone #:	312 277 0051
Fax:	312 277 0150
Website:	www.zaner.com
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E-mail address:	info@zaner.com

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General Information TOP

Brokerage name: Zaner Group

Minimum account size: $1000-$2000

Base commission rates: < $4

Brief explanation of margin rates, if applicable:

Margin rates begin at 50% of day-trading. Rates can be adjusted based on level of experience

This brokerage has been in business for: 20-25 years

Primary type of broker: Futures

Brief description of services offered:

Zaner is an award-winning brokerage firm created in 1980. We provide a broad range of financial products and services to clients throughout the world through our custom relationships and affiliates. Globally, Zaner integrates client requirements with its extensive product offerings, including exchange-traded derivatives, prime brokerage services, foreign exchange, OTC derivatives and asset management.

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
Indices
Forex

Other trade types: N/A

Types of quotes offered to customers:

Delayed Data
Real-Time

Execution methods offered:

Electronic direct access trading(SOES, SNET and the ISLD ECN)
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.
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
KCBT-Kansas City Board of Trade
LIFFE-London International Financial Futures Exchange
MATIF-France's Futures & Options Exchange
MEFF-Spain's Futures & Options Exchange
MidAm-Mid-America Commodity Exchange
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
NYCE-New York Cotton Exchange
NYMEX & COMEX-New York Mercantile Exchange
Taiwan Stock 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
Unique proprietary stories and news coverage
Portfolio management
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: Yes

Offer 24 hour customer support: Yes

Offer tax planning advice: Yes

Additional Comments TOP

Special features included in the service are:

Personal consultant who is available to help you every step of they way. Whether you need an re-print of a statement, or need to get out of a position fast, he can help. One phone call, one immediate answer - when it matters most.

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

Back-up, support and customer serivce. It is for our excellence in these areas that customers have traded with us for over 20 years.

Types of security precautions taken for customers:

Privacy policy, network management security features, encryption and ssl, strict employee review, annual audits.

Communications during systems failures has been assured through:

redundant, failover systems that are managed by multiple, outside sources.

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

Plans to add securities trading and management in 2004.

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