DISPLAY ADVERTISING in S&C

Thank you for your interest in Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine display advertising. The following information includes our advertising rate card as well as our advertising calendar.

Published monthly, plus a year-end Bonus issue, STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine's readership mainly includes affluent active traders, as well as corporate trading departments. The magazine can also be found overseas and in many bookstores and newsstands.

For a complete Media Kit including a sample issue and our latest demographic survey, please contact Ed Schramm, National Sales Manager, by  or by phone at 206-938-0570 or 1-800-832-4642.

Advertisers are welcome to submit products for possible review as well as press releases or news items for possible publication in our TRADE NEWS & PRODUCTS section. These are provided as a free service to our advertisers and industry associates. News items should be 80-120 words in length.

   Rates & Info    Positions and Dimensions
   Mechanical Requirements    Advertising Calendar


Click here to download the Rate Card in PDF format.

Rate Card #26, Effective January 2011 Issue:

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Positions and Dimensions:

COVERS (percent based on b/w space rate)
Second Cover ........................................... 15% extra
Third Cover ............................................. 10% extra
Fourth Cover ............................................ 20% extra
SPECIAL POSITIONS
7% extra on earned one-page rate.
AD SIZES (not position) Ad Positions
Space Area width depth
- 2-page spread 15" 10"
A 1 page 7" 10"
B 2/3 page 4 5/8" 9 7/8"
C1 1/2 page island 4 5/8" 7 1/4"
C2 1/2 page vertical 3 3/8" 9 7/8"
C3 1/2 page horizontal 7" 4 7/8"
D1 1/3 page vertical 2 1/4" 9 7/8"
D2 1/3 page square 4 5/8" 4 7/8"
E 1/4 page 3 3/8" 4 7/8"
F 1/6 page 2 1/4" 4 7/8"
G 1/8 page 3 3/8" 2 7/8"
H 1/9 page 2 1/4" 3"
I 1/12 page 2 1/4" 2 3/8"

Mechanical Requirements:

Publication Trim Size: 8 1/8" x 10 3/4"
            Bleed Size: 8 3/8" x 11" minimum
Halftones: 150-line screen
Printing: Web offset
Binding: Perfect-bound

MATERIALS TO BE FURNISHED

Digital ads submitted with printed proofs and color proofs for color ads. Please contact the Advertising Production Coordinator by  for specific ad file requirements.
CLOSINGS
Ad reservations close 50 calendar days preceding issue date.
(Please see Advertising Calendar or call for deadlines.)
INSERTS
Please inquire about insertion rates for cards, CDs, bellybands, glue tip-ins, polybag, gatefold, and more.
COMMISSION AND CREDIT TERMS
15% of gross billing allowed to all recognized advertising agencies provided account is paid within 30 days of invoice date and digital ads are provided. Display advertising account terms are net 30 days. Payment must accompany first order if you are a NEW ADVERTISER or if credit has not been established. Past-due invoices will be assessed a 1.5% monthly charge. Multiple prepaid insertions earn an additional discount.
CONTRACT AND COPY GUIDELINES
Publisher reserves the right to refuse copy which the publisher deems out of character or detrimental to the interests of the industry. Advertising orders are accepted subject to terms of current rate card and to changes in rates on 30 days' notice. Advertiser and advertising agencies assume complete liability for all content of advertisements printed and also assume responsibility for any claims arising therefrom made against the publisher. Advertisers will be short-rated if they do not use the amount of space upon which their billings have been based.

For a copy of our contract and copy regulations, please see our website at www.traders.com in the Advertising department area, https://www.traders.com/goto.html?advertising.

EXECUTION
Published monthly and one Bonus Issue (totaling 13 times a year).
Issue date: First week of the month

S&C ONLINE ADVERTISING RATES

For S&C Website rates click here.
For information about advertising on or linking to the S&C Website, please call the S&C Advertising Department at (206) 938-0570.

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