Trade Smarter With tastytrade

Tools, insights, and technology built for today’s active trader. 

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POWERFUL TOOLS BUILT FOR TRADERS

Level up your trading experience with order chains, backtesting, curve analysis, and educational courses to trade smarter.

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Keep more of what you earn with low commissions and enjoy $0* commissions on closing options trades.

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Award-winning tools, unmatched expertise, and a community of traders who know where the real value is.

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THINKORSWIM TO TASTYTRADE—WE’RE REDEFINING TRADING.

From starting on the trading floor to building tech-forward tools, tastytrade is transforming finance for traders.

Tom Sosnoff and Scott Sheridan founded thinkorswim, Inc. in 1999 and sold it to TD Ameritrade, Inc. in 2009.

Frequently Asked Questions

We offer multiple account types, including standard individual accounts, IRAs, business accounts, trusts, and more. You can also trade either on margin or cash.
You can trade stocks, options, futures, and more with tastytrade.
No minimum deposit is required to open and maintain an account at tastytrade. However, if you want to trade with margin privileges, you’ll need a margin account with a minimum account balance of $2,000.

tastytrade offers three platforms—desktop, web, and mobile. You can trade stocks, options, futures, and more on all three platforms.

We do not charge a fee for incoming ACATS transfers; the transferring broker may charge you an outgoing ACATS transfer fee. We will reimburse this fee up to $75 for each transfer of at least $2,000.

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tastytrade, Inc. (“tastytrade”) does not provide investment, tax, or legal advice. tastytrade’s website and brokerage services are not intended for persons of any jurisdiction where tastytrade is not authorized to do business or where such products and other services offered by the tastytrade would be contrary to the securities regulations, futures regulations or other local laws and regulations of that jurisdiction. Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors as the special risks inherent to options trading may expose investors to potentially significant losses. Please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options before deciding to invest in options.

Futures accounts are not protected by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). All customer futures accounts’ positions and cash balances are segregated by Apex Clearing Corporation. Futures and futures options trading is speculative and is not suitable for all investors. Please read the Futures & Exchange-Traded Options Risk Disclosure Statement prior to trading futures products.

Cryptocurrency transaction and custody services are powered by Zero Hash LLC and Zero Hash Liquidity Services LLC. Cryptocurrency assets are held and custodied by Zero Hash LLC, not tastytrade. Zero Hash LLC and Zero Hash Liquidity Services are licensed to engage in Virtual Currency Business Activity by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Cryptocurrency assets are not subject to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) coverage. Cryptocurrency trading is not suitable for all investors due to the number of risks involved. The value of any cryptocurrency, including digital assets pegged to fiat currency, commodities, or any other asset, may go to zero.

tastytrade, Inc. was formerly known as tastyworks, Inc.

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