If you open an account with a brokerage firm, you can only trade on the second day after opening an option account. Because although the option trading mode is t+0, the effective account is t+ 1, which means it can only be operated in the next trading day.

Of course, we have reached the threshold of opening an account. If we successfully open an account, it is not difficult to wait for a day before trading. The main problem still lies in the time needed to open an account and some threshold requirements needed to open an account.

This is why there are two channels for opening an account: brokerage and option platform, and the most important difference between brokerage and option platform is the threshold for opening an account.

To open an account in a brokerage firm, you must meet the threshold for opening an account (you can go online to see the relevant conditions yourself), and you need to review it. Basically, the time required to open an account should be one or two months, or more than half a year, while the option platform does not need a threshold, and the time required to open an account directly is very short.

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If you open an account on an option platform that cooperates with a brokerage firm, as long as you open an account, some platforms support trading at any time without waiting for the next trading day. Perhaps this is also a convenience for investors, and they can seize a good opportunity one day earlier.

But then again, although opening an account on the option platform has many advantages, it is completely safe and reliable to open an account in a brokerage firm, and the choice of the option platform is very important, because there are many option platforms now, and some fake platforms are inevitable.

When choosing an option platform, it is best to go to a small capital investment transaction first to test whether the platform is a real transaction.

Summary: How many days after the option account is opened? I hope it will be helpful to all options investors and learn more about options.