26-08-2014, 03:34 PM
(26-08-2014, 03:25 PM)egghead Wrote: I cannot understand why they can't just do away with the idea of a lot size. Go straight to unit share. If retail investors like to buy 1 share of OCBC for $10 but pay $25 for trading fee, let them. Who will be so gong anyway?
Well, the minimum $25 is brokering fee, which is nothing to do with SGX. There are no minimum for clearing and trading fees, which are from SGX, thus lots size matter

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