What it costs
One number: a percent of every operation that moves money on the account. Reading the filings costs nothing and needs no account.
Watching
$0
- 13,555 filings in the mirror, each with its source
- All twelve strategies with their runs and charts
- The saving plan calculator
- The journal and its feed
Running an account
1%
- Charged on a deposit, a withdrawal, a buy, a sell and a plan payment
- Written as its own ledger line, linked to the operation it belongs to
- Nothing monthly and nothing on a balance that sits still
- Every strategy, every copy from the mirror, every plan
What one percent does to a strategy
A percent on both legs of a switch is two percent a round trip, and a strategy that rebalances often pays it often. Each strategy page reports the fee bill of its run next to the growth rate, so the cost is a number on the page rather than a footnote.
| Where it lands | Charged |
|---|---|
| Deposit of $1,000 | $10.00 |
| Buying $500 of a share | $5.00 |
| Selling the same position at $560 | $5.60 |
| Plan payment of $237.71 | $2.38 |
| Withdrawing $1,000 | $10.00 |