PLANTATION, Fla., Feb. 22, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TradeStation has won the Readers' Choice Awards given by Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine for best Trading Systems - Stocks, best Trading Systems - Options and best Trading Systems - Futures, for the sixth year in a row. In addition, TradeStation won best Institutional Platform and best Professional Platform for the eighth consecutive year and, for the seventh consecutive year, best Online Analytical Platform.
TradeStation was rated higher than an impressive list of firms, coming in ahead of Charles Schwab, E*Trade, Fidelity Brokerage, optionsXpress, Scottrade Financial Services and thinkorswim as a Stock Brokerage, and ahead of optionsXpress, MF Global, Lind-Waldock and Infinity Futures as a Futures Brokerage. Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine is one of the most respected periodicals for active traders.
"Having the readers of a publication as esteemed as Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities rate us number one for best Trading Systems - Stocks, best Trading Systems - Options and best Trading Systems - Futures for the sixth consecutive year is a great honor," said Salomon Sredni, Chairman and CEO of TradeStation Group, the parent company of TradeStation Securities and TradeStation Technologies. "This achievement symbolizes the hard work and commitment of the TradeStation team."
To speak with a registered representative about TradeStation or opening an equities, futures or forex account with TradeStation Securities, a FINRA, NYSE, SIPC and NFA member firm, call 1-800-808-9336, or visit http://www.tradestation.com. Institutional traders should call 1-800-579-7616.
About TradeStation Group, Inc.
TradeStation Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRAD), through its principal operating subsidiary, TradeStation Securities, Inc., offers the TradeStation platform to the active trader and certain institutional trader markets. TradeStation is an electronic trading platform that offers state-of-the-art electronic order execution and enables clients to design, test, optimize, monitor and automate their own custom Equities, Options, Futures and Forex trading strategies.
TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC, DTCC, OCC & NFA) is a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant, and also a member of the Boston Options Exchange, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, International Securities Exchange and NASDAQ OMX. Its TradeStation Prime Services division, based in New York, seeks to provide prime brokerage services to small and mid-sized hedge funds and other firms. The company's technology subsidiary, TradeStation Technologies, Inc., develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription services. Its London-based subsidiary, TradeStation Europe Limited, an FSA-authorized brokerage firm, introduces UK and other European accounts to TradeStation Securities.