Investor edge has a good package deal, here is a paste from their web site:
"For $395, you'll receive 50 electronic equity or option trades to use your way within the calendar year. That's as low as $7.90 per trade. And once you've used your 50 trades, the fee for subsequent trades drops to $6.95. Options will also be charged a fee of $1.25 per contract."
If you buy or sell the same co. the same day all sales/buys count as 1 that is practical when you buy/sell large quantities, I never buy less than 10 000 shares, if my order is for 10K on a slow day the price will run higher, by repeating 2K order 5X I get the shares I want and pay one commission only. vila