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Re:	Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2007 Forms 1O-Q for Fiscal Quarters Ended March 31, 2008 File No. 000-51837.

We have set forth below the comments issued by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) by letter dated June 5, 2008, relating to Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 and Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008 of Optionable, Inc. (the “Company”). Each comment is followed by the Company’s response.

Refer to the third bullet point on page 25. We note that you recorded a one- time provision in June 2007 of approximately $640,000 to write-off the estimated incentive receivable from NYMEX. We note that the exchange has paid the company timely on incentives earned from 2004 through May 2007. Given that NYMEX has shown a pattern of paying the incentives on a timely basis, clarify why the receivables related to these incentives were determined to be uncollectible.

                    NYMEX stated in the same filing that it was pursuing certain available legal
                    remedies.

                   The Company expected to receive the incentive payment from NYMEX the first week
                   of August 2007, based on prior payment schedule history and it did not receive it at
                   the time, which was prior to the publication of the June 30, 2007 financial
                   statements.

                   Based on the above information, the Company believed that the probability that it
                   would recover the incentive receivable, after collection costs, would be more
                   remote than possible and judged more prudent to provide an allowance for such
                   receivable.

                   Please also note that the Company has not yet received the aforementioned
                   incentive receivable payment from NYMEX, despite its efforts to collect such
                   payment since August 2007.

         2.       The company has indicated that it learned from a Schedule 13D filed by the
                   Investor on July 6, 2007 that the Investor was then re-considering its
                   potential joint marketing and technology initiatives with the company. We
                   have not located the disclosure the company has referred to. Please clarify
                   the source of the communication indicating that the Investor did not plan to
                   provide the non-cash consideration under the Stock and Warrant Purchase
                   Agreement and the reasons for that decision.

                   Response: The source of the communication indicating that the Investor did
                   not plan to provide the non-cash consideration under the Stock and Warrant
                   Purchase Agreement and the reason for that decision are enumerated in the
                   Schedule 13D dated April 10, 2007 and filed on July 6, 2007, Item 4, Purpose
                   of Transaction, second and third paragraph, which read as follows:

                    Response: FAS 123R provides the following information for fair value: the amount at which an
                    asset (or liability) could be bought ( or settled) in a current transaction between willing parties,
                    that is, other than in a forced or liquidation sale. FAS 157, which was published in September
                    2006, provides a clearer guidance in determining a fair value hierarchy into three broad level,
                    giving the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or
                    liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. FAS 157
                    paragraph 24 provides that “An active market for the asset or liability is a market in which
                    transactions for the asset or liability occur with such frequency and volume to provide pricing
                    information on an ongoing basis. A quoted price in active market provides the most reliable
                    evidence fair value and shall be used to measure fair value whenever available, except as
                    discussed in Paragraph 25 and 26.” Paragraph 25 provides an exception for a quoted price in
                    an active market which might be available but not readily accessible for each of those assets or
                    liabilities individually. Paragraph 26 refers to instances in which a quoted price in an active
                    market might not represent fair value at the measurement dates (e.g., principal-to-principal
                    transactions, brokered trades, or announcements). Finally, paragraph 27 clarifies that the
                    quoted price shall not be adjusted because of the size of the position relative to trading volume
                    (blockage factor). The blockage factor is prohibited even if a market’s normal daily trading
                    volume is not sufficient to absorb the quantity held and placing orders to sell the position in a
                    single transaction might affect the quoted price.

                  We respectfully submit that the fair value attributed to the share-based payment related to the
                  common stock sold by the Founding Stockholders (“Purchased Shares”) amounted to
                  $49,490,876- and not $78,432,279- and represents the difference between the market value of
                  the Purchased Shares ($7.29 per share) at the date of the Stock and Warrant Purchase
                  Agreement, as quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, and the disposition proceeds of
                  the Purchased Shares ($2.69 per share).

                  We do not believe that the price per share paid by NYMEX represent fair value for the following
                  reasons:

                 Between January 1, 2007 and April 10, 2007- a little bit less than a 4 ½ month period,
                 the volume of shares and equivalent in dollars of the Company traded on the OTCBB
                 amounted to 84.6 million shares and $ 542.8 million, or the average daily equivalent of
                 1.26 million shares and $8.1 million. Note that the only consideration exchanged
                 between third parties on the OTCBB consist solely of cash for shares of the common
                 stock of the Company. We believe that the OTCBB meets the definition of an active
                 market as it relates to the Company’s price per share

                 The quoted price of the Company’s price per share on the OTCBB is available and
                 readily accessible.

          While the date of the transaction between NYMEX and the Founding Stockholders and
          the measurement date was the same, the significant terms of this transaction was actually
          announced in January. We believe that the announcement of this transaction in January
          could not be construed as an instance referred to in Paragraph 26. Additionally there
          were no other significant announcements shortly before April 10, 2007 which could have
          been raised for consideration under Paragraph 26.

          Unlike the stock transactions on the OTCBB, the transaction between NYMEX, the
          Founding stockholders and the Company included a number of considerations (such as
          the joint marketing and technology initiatives, the increased rate the Company would
          receive pursuant to incentive payment arrangements, the warrants issued to NYMEX,
          etc., which were not dissociated to the price per share paid by NYMEX.

                    Additionally, the price per share paid by NYMEX was intensely negotiated between the Founding
                    stockholders and NYMEX and the Founding Stockholders agreed to sell their shares to NYMEX
                    at a discount from the then market conditions to induce NYMEX to enter into the multiparty
                    agreement.

                    Accordingly, we believe that the price per share as quoted on the OTCBB ($7.29) on the effective
                    date of the agreement represented the best evidence of fair value.

                    The second paragraph of footnote 5 explains the legal terms of the Stock and Warrant Purchase
                    Agreement. However, the Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement consists of a multi-party
                    agreement of which the substance over the form is that none of the consideration negotiated
                    were dissociated from the other and the consideration the Company is to receive from NYMEX
                    would be received only if the Company issued the warrants to NYMEX as well as the Founding
                    Stockholders selling the 10,758,886 shares of the Company’s common stock to NYMEX From an
                    accounting standpoint, we could not assume that these were two separate transactions,
                    particularly in light of the fact that they are part of the same agreement. Furthermore, even if
                    they were part of two separate agreements, the substance over the form would indicate that the
                    two transactions should be treated as one for accounting purposes. Accordingly,, we had to
                    determine whether any of these share-based transactions had any impact on our analysis of the
                    value of the consideration receivable from NYMEX.

                    As for the shares sold by the Founding Stockholders to NYMEX, The Company relied on FAS
                    123 R paragraph 1, which provides that Share-based payments provided to an
                    employee(NYMEX) of the reporting entity by a related party or other holder of an economic
                    interest in the entity(Founding Stockholders) as compensation for services( e.g., .technology and
                    marketing services) provided to the entity are share-based payments transactions to be
                    accounted for under this statement unless the transfer is clearly for a purpose other than
                    compensation for services to the reporting entity ( Note that paragraph 1 of FAS 123 R indicates
                    that FAS 123R uses the terms compensation and payment in their broadest senses to refer to the
                    consideration paid for goods and services, regardless of whether the supplier is an
                    employee).While NYMEX is not technically an employee of the Company, the Stock and Warrant
                    Purchase Agreement provided that NYMEX would supply the Company with certain goods and
                    services. Additionally, to avoid any doubt, we disclosed in Note 2- Summary of Significant
                    Accounting Policies- Share based payment, 2^ndparagraph, in our December 31, 2007 financial
                    statements that “The Company accounts for share-based payments awarded to the Investor
                    pursuant to FAS No. 123R and Emerging Issue Task Force Release No.96-18, "Accounting for
                    Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction
                    with Selling, Goods or Services". Share-based payments awarded to NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (the
                    "Investor"), including those awarded by another holder of an economic interest in the Company
                    as compensation for services to the Company, are share-based payments transactions.”

                    Response: The Company is not aware of any determination by the Founding Stockholders to
                    seek a rescission of their stock sale to NYMEX. Further the Company is not involved in any such
                    negotiations at this point. However, to our knowledge, none has yet occurred.

                    The market value of $7.29 per share consists of the closing price, as quoted on the OTCBB, on
                    April 10, 2007, which is the effective date of the Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement,
                    pursuant to which the warrants were issued to the Investor. As previously discussed, we believe
                    that the price per share as quoted on the OTCBB represented the best evidence of fair value of
                    the stock underlying such warrants.

                    Response: The client list consists of less than 100 names and certain contact information of
                    traders, primarily engaged in crude oil derivatives. The acquisition took place in late March
                    2007and the former owners of HQ Trading left the Company on May 18, 2007. The Company
                    believes that information from a customer list- if held for use- and the related relationship have
                    to be properly developed, nurtured, and maintained. Also, intangibles derived from a client list
                    have a finite period, usually relatively short because it is based on the nature and intricacies of
                    such relationships. The client list was initially acquired to be held for use, not for resale or
                    leased. During this short period of time, less than two months, the Company did not have
                    sufficient time to integrate these customers and transition them to other members of the
                    Company’s brokerage team. Additionally, the Company was starting to lose some of its own
                    existing brokers in May 2007, including its CEO. Furthermore, the most significant clients on
                    this list were reluctant to use the services of the Company and suspended their relationship with
                    the Company because of the events discussed in Note 1 of the December 31, 2007 financial
                    statements, Recent development, 1st paragraph which is as follows:” Several recent
                    developments, such as a statement made by the Company's most significant customer, such
                    customer's suspension of its business relationship with the Company, the matters discussed in
                    Note 10, together with the combined succession of events since then…”. Also, note that prior to
                    May 2007, the Company never received an authorization from such clients that it could sale or
                    lease their information. We believe that even today it would be difficult to obtain such
                    authorization and we would not lease or sell their contact information without obtaining their
                    prior authorization. While we understand that generally, there is value for client lists which can
                    be sold or leased, we did not believe that we were in a position to monetize on this list at that
                    point. Please note that we have not had revenues from such customers since May 2007.

·	the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings;
·	Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings; and
·	the Company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

We trust that the foregoing appropriately addresses the issues raised by your recent comment letter. If you have any questions, please call Marc-Andre Boisseau at 561.495.5250.

	3.		We understand from your disclosure that on April 10, 2007, the Investor
			purchased l0,758,886 shares of the company’s common stock at $2.69 per
			share for a cash payment to the Founding Stockholders of $28.9 million, in
			addition, the Company issues to the Investor a warrant in return for the non-
			cash consideration described which included a joint marketing and
			technology initiatives agreement. Please address the following: