Mr. & Miss Jones have each a logon with which they have access to the same trading account. They have both the possibility to opt for real time quotes.

Example 1:
Mr. & Miss Jones have each a logon with which they have access to the same trading account. On 3 January 2007, Mr. Jones activates the real time quotes for the US markets.
Mr. Jones does 4 transactions on NYSE, which are both executed in January. Miss Jones does no transaction during this month.
In January 4 transactions were executed for this trading account on the US markets.
This means that by the end of January no costs will be charged for the real time quotes on the US markets.

Example 2:
Mr. & Miss Jones have each a logon with which they have access to the same trading account. On 3 January 2007, Mr. Jones activates the real time quotes for the US markets.
Mr. Jones does 2 transactions on NYSE, which are both executed in January. Miss Jones does no transaction during this month.
In January 2 transactions were executed for this trading account on the US markets.
This means that by the end of January the cost for the real time quotes on the US markets will be charged on the trading account.

Example 3:
Mr. & Miss Jones have each a logon with which they have access to the same trading account. On 3 January 2007, they each activate the real time quotes separately for the US markets.
Mr. Jones does 4 transactions on NYSE, which are both executed in January. Miss Jones also has two executed transactions on AMEX.
In January 6 transactions were executed for this trading account on the US markets.
This means that by the end of January no costs will be charged for the real time quotes on the US markets.

Example 4:
Mr. & Mrs Jones have each a logon with which they have access to the same trading account. On 3 January 2007 they each activate the real time quotes separately for the US markets.
Mr. Jones does 3 transactions on NYSE, which are all executed in January. Miss Jones also has one executed transaction on AMEX.
In January 4 transactions were executed for this trading account on the US markets.
This means that by the end of January the cost for the real time quotes on the US markets will be charged once.