- Tom Sosnoff and Scott Sheridan start trading at the CBOE in '81
- Tom & Scott found the Sosnoff Sheridan Corporation in '95
About Us
We're here for traders who just want to trade. Using our decades of combined experience, we built a platform that helps you take control of your own investments.
WHO WE ARE
We believe in do-it-yourself investing. We think controlling your own money can be more rewarding than relying on money managers or robo-advisors who put your portfolio on autopilot. That’s why tastytrade gives you every edge possible with the technology, rates, and support to help you succeed more easily on your own. We’re as serious about your money as you are, and we work for you who are brave enough to take your finances into your own hands.
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Scott Sheridan
CEO, tastytrade, Inc.
Then:
- Co-founder, thinkorswim
- Co-founder, Sosnoff Sheridan Corporation
- CBOE Floor Trader
Tom Sosnoff
CEO, tastylive, Inc.
Then:
- Co-founder, thinkorswim
- Co-founder, Sosnoff Sheridan Corporation
- CBOE Floor Trader
JJ Kinahan
CEO, IG North America
Then:
- VP & Chief Market Strategist, tastytrade
- CBOE Floor Trader
CHANGING TRADING
In 2009, Scott Sheridan and Tom Sosnoff sold thinkorswim, and many assumed they would retire. However, the founders of modern fintech had their own plans. With Tom busy building tastylive, Scott set out to create the best trading experience possible.
Founded in 2017, tastytrade puts traders first with industry-leading customer support and cutting-edge technology.
1981 - 1998
1999 - 2016
- Tom & Scott founded thinkorswim in '99
- thinkorswim acquired for $750M in '09
2017 - Now
- tastytrade launches to the public in '17
- tastytrade—as part of tastylive, Inc.—joins IG Group in $1 billion landmark deal in '21
We were forged in the fires of physical floor trading. In the pit we learned how to be smart, creative, and resilient with finance. We quickly learned that we look at the market in a different way. Once we understood the value in leveraging options to sell premium, we needed a new space that would allow us to trade more boldly and efficiently.
There was no brokerage or software to help us trade how we knew we could. So we built a firm with the services we needed and a platform with the features we wanted to do it our way. After being made an attractive offer to sell the brokerage firm, there was much contemplation about the decision. Ultimately, it was an offer we couldn’t refuse. After all, we’re traders...
The market can be a rough and random road to travel. Your brokerage is the last thing that should get in your way. We believe the firm itself is a crucial factor in your success. Our platform gives you the technology, tastylive gives you the know-how, and now our business structure gives you the environment you need to maximize profits and reward yourself more deeply than you ever thought possible.
tastytrade, Inc. and tastylive, Inc. are separate but affiliated companies that are not responsible for each other’s services, products, and policies.