13. Call one full-service broker and one discount broker and find out the transaction costs of implementing the following strategies:

a. Buying 100 shares of IBM now and selling them six months from now.

b. Investing an equivalent amount in six-month at-the-money call options on IBM stock now and selling them six months from now.

Here is the information I could find that may help.

TD Ameritrade offers both full-service broker and discount broker services. According to their website the broker assisted transaction costs are $44.99 and the discount broker services are $6.95 per trade.

Current cost of IBM Stock = $124.79