Nov 18, 2015

Acquisition Adds Powerful, Professional-Level Trading Platform to TradeKing’s Growing Portfolio of Offerings November 18, 2015 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--TradeKing Group, Inc., an innovator in online brokerage, today announced that its acquisition of MB Trading has officially closed. With the addition of MB Trading’s renowned trading platform, TradeKing now offers a powerful, active trading experience for the most seasoned traders. This acquisition further extends the scope of TradeKing’s services as the company continues to build a diversified financial services firm to fit the needs of every kind of trader and investor. For the time being, both TradeKing Securities and MB Trading will operate as separate brokerage offerings under the TradeKing Group umbrella. Don Montanaro, co-founder and CEO of TradeKing, said, “We have long admired the active trading software MB has built and are excited to take the best of both firms’ technology, products and services to continue to improve the trading experience for all of our clients. We look forward to welcoming our new MB Trading clients and demonstrating our commitment to their trading success.” “I'm excited for MB Trading clients to soon also have access to the TradeKing LIVE web-based active trader experience, where they’ll enjoy TradeKing’s award-winning customer support and top-tier research, as well as the TradeKing Advisors online advisory offerings,” commented Steve Demarest, President of MB Trading. Clients of MB Trading and TradeKing can learn more about the details of the two firms coming together by visiting this informational microsite . More Choice at the Same Low $4.95/trade Price With the acquisition of MB Trading, TradeKing will offer a fully customizable professional-grade trading platform that features enhanced market data, real-time P&L, level II quotes, robust charting capabilities, an expanded set of order types, and an advanced Formula Engine. The MB Trading platform also adds Futures trading to TradeKing’s portfolio of offerings. The addition of the MB Trading platforms and technology also brings greater trade execution control for active traders and access to MB Trading’s paper trading environment to the TradeKing client base. As MB Trading’s active trading software is fully integrated into TradeKing, MB Trading clients will have seamless access to TradeKing’s full spectrum of offerings, including: TradeKing’s options-centric platform and tools TradeKing’s managed portfolios, offered through the TradeKing Advisors arm TradeKing’s full suite of educational content and social channels, including TradeKing Media offerings, and trading education in the style of TradeKing’s award-winning Options Playbook including regularly scheduled videos and interactive live webinars TradeKing’s groundbreaking online community, the Trader Network All of this is complemented by TradeKing’s award-winning customer service. About TradeKing TradeKing Group, Inc. consists of companies with a singular focus on helping the independent investor succeed. TradeKing Securities, LLC, is TradeKing's flagship online broker/dealer for self-directed investors looking for a modern trading experience on any device at a simple, low price1. TradeKing Advisors, Inc. offers investors a range of affordable, professionally-managed portfolios through an automated and fully-transparent online process, while TradeKing Media, LLC aims to provide an extensive set of educational, informative and entertaining content and social collaboration channels. MB Trading, the latest addition to the TradeKing Group portfolio of companies, offers a powerful, active trading platform for the most seasoned traders. MB Trading, IB member FINRA , SIPC ; MB Trading Futures, Inc. RFED/IB and member NFA. Follow TradeKing on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tradeking ,