CHICAGO, March 18, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- optionsXpress (OXPS), an innovator in bringing professional options and futures trading technology to everyday investors, was the only broker in Barron's 2010 annual ranking of the best online brokers published March 15 to finish among the top five in overall rankings of Leading Online Brokers while also being listed among the top five in Best for Options Traders, Best for International Traders and Best For Long-Term Investing.
"This is another important confirmation of what our customers already know -- that optionsXpress remains the clear choice for a powerful, yet easy to use web-based broker," said David Fisher, CEO of optionsXpress. "We were particularly honored to see the recognition of our comprehensive offerings that enable traders to match our tools to their trading styles, and of our customer service that provides the depth of expertise to support traders' in executing all the strategies in their arsenal."
As the article notes, over the past year optionsXpress made a significant investment in tailoring its service to customer needs, using information gathered through its industry leading "Trader Wishlist" and customer service engagement approach. By listening to its customers, optionsXpress has been first to market with features like its "IDEAS" offerings -- a one-click approach to generating trading strategies from a single stock or sector, OX Mobile -- a fully functioning trading application running natively on every major mobile platform (m.optionsxpress.com), and the soon to be released Xtend trading platform -- leveraging Adobe AIR technology to bring the flexibility of drag-and-drop to the powerful optionsXpress trade execution capability. Customer driven innovations like these are key ingredients to why Barron's ranks optionsXpress above the retirement investment focused firms like Fidelity Investments and TD Ameritrade, and beating discount brokers like E*TRADE and Scottrade.
David Fisher also said, "Barron's understands that people want a broker they can trust to be there for the long haul and to take the side of the customers on every trade -- that's who we are and why we have always been obsessed with trader performance."
About optionsXpress Holdings, Inc.
optionsXpress Holdings, Inc., a pioneer in equity options and futures trading, offers an innovative suite of online brokerage services for investor education, strategy evaluation and trade execution. optionsXpress Holdings subsidiaries include optionsXpress, Inc., a retail online brokerage specializing in options and futures, brokersXpress, LLC, an online trading and reporting platform for independent investment professionals, Open E Cry, LLC, an innovative futures broker offering direct access futures trading for high volume commodities and futures traders through its proprietary software platform, and Optionetics, Inc, a leading provider of investment education services, including live seminars, proprietary software analytics, online and offline educational products and individual coaching. For more information: http://www.optionsxpress.com.
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