PLANTATION, Fla., Feb. 23, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TradeStation announced today that it has been rated best Trading Platform by TraderPlanet.com, an interactive social-networking site for active traders and investors, and SFO Magazine, in the 2009 Superior Trading and Resource (STAR) Awards.
The TraderPlanet STAR program is comprised of individual reviews of products and services that provide exemplary performance and value for traders, as determined by the TraderPlanet Editorial staff. Vendors and authors compete in their respective categories, which range from books to seminars to advanced trading platforms.
The full TraderPlanet membership considered the finalists and chose the winners during a voting process that began on December 1st, 2009 and concluded January 31, 2010.
"We are very excited to be part of TraderPlanet.com's first annual awards program and it is an honor to win 1st place in the Trading Platform category," said Salomon Sredni, Chairman and CEO of TradeStation Group, the parent company of TradeStation Securities and TradeStation Technologies. "We are very proud of this achievement."
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.