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Can you buy stock options with a LLC?

I know there are plenty of advantages to buying real estate with a LLC, and an online broker site that I buy stock options through lets you open an account with a LLC. I was wondering if the same benefits apply to stock options with a LLC that exist with buying and owning real estate. (i.e. tax advantages, asset protection, ect.) Has anybody done this or know if it works the same as it does with real estate.

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1. In order to buy options through an LLC this activity must be explicitly authorized on the LLC's charter or articles of incorporation. If it isn't, you are going to have to get it amended before a brokerage house will let you trade.