PLANTATION, Fla., March 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TradeStation, a Monex Group company (Monex Group, Inc. is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, code: 8698) and an award-winning broker-dealer and futures commission merchant, improved on its record of success in the 2015 Readers' Choice Awards given by Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities (TASC) magazine, topping all other brokers in six major categories.
TASC readers voted TradeStation the best Trading System – Stocks and best Trading System – Futures for the eleventh consecutive year. TradeStation won for best Institutional Platform and best Professional Platform for the thirteenth year in a row. TradeStation was also voted the best Real-Time Data for the fifth year in a row and sixth time overall. In addition, TradeStation notched its first win in the category of Trading Centers, Schools, Training.
"Our unbroken record of success in winning the TASC Readers' Choice Awards in categories like Trading System – Stocks and Trading System – Futures is a tremendous accomplishment," said Salomon Sredni, CEO of TradeStation Group, Inc. and COO of Monex Group, Inc. "We're particularly pleased to be recognized this year in the category of Trading Centers, Schools, Training – a reflection of our commitment to providing not only superior trading tools and technology, but also the training and continuing education that traders need to stay abreast of today's financial markets."
To speak with an account executive about TradeStation or to open an equities, futures or forex account with TradeStation, 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., through its principal operating subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. and IBFX, Inc. (a/k/a TradeStation Forex), offers the TradeStation analysis and trading platform to the active trader and certain institutional trader markets. The TradeStation platform offers electronic order execution and enables clients to design, test, optimize, monitor and automate their own custom Equities, Options, Futures and Forex trading strategies. TradeStation Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc., one of the largest online financial services providers in Japan.
TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC, NSCC, DTC, OCC & NFA) is a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures commission merchant (FCM), and also a member of BATS's BZX, BYX, EDGX and EDGA Exchanges, BOX Options Exchange, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, International Securities Exchange, NASDAQ OMX BX, NASDAQ OMX PHLX, NASDAQ Stock Market, NYSE Arca and NYSE Mkt. Its TradeStation Prime Services division, based in New York, seeks to provide prime brokerage services, including securities lending, to small and mid-sized hedge funds and other firms. IBFX, Inc. (Member NFA) is a Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer (RFED) that provides the company's forex brokerage offering, and IBFX Australia Pty Ltd (ASIC regulated) provides forex brokerage services outside of the United States. The London-based subsidiary, TradeStation Europe Limited (FCA regulated), introduces UK and other European accounts to TradeStation Securities, Inc. and IBFX, Inc. The company's technology subsidiary, TradeStation Technologies, Inc., develops and offers strategy trading software tools and subscription services, and hosts the TradingApp® Store.