TradeStation review

1 licensed entity · tradestation.com

✓ Checked Oct 15, 2026

Coinish Score

60/100

Stocks in United States

Editor Rating

4.0/5

Stocks in United States

Best rank

8 of 9

Stocks in the United States

US stock fee

In short

Licensed by SEC / FINRA in United States.
Offers stocks & ETFs, options, futures, crypto.
Trade on TradeStation Desktop, TradeStation Web Trading and TradeStation Mobile.
Offers a demo account.
Support by phone, live chat and email.

Cryptoassets are highly volatile and largely unregulated in some countries. You could lose all the money you invest, and you may not be protected by a compensation scheme.

What it costs

US stock commission	$0 per order
Crypto trading fee	Not verified yet
Currency conversion fee	Not verified yet
Inactivity fee	$10/month
Withdrawal fee	$25, outgoing wire from an equities account
Minimum deposit	$0 (TradeStation Securities, Inc.)

4.0/5

How we rated it · Stocks in United States (TradeStation Securities, Inc.)

Computed from verified facts only, with published thresholds. 95% of the rating weight is backed by data. Method →

Regulation & safety 25%
3.7
Trading costs 25%
2.8
Markets & products 15%
5.0
Platforms & tools 10%
5.0
Deposits & withdrawals 10%
5.0
Account options 5%
not scored
Support 10%
4.5

Moderate

Market Signal

✓ Real data

Computed from Ahrefs + Semrush data about TradeStation’s own website. Not an assessment of the broker itself: it makes up half of the Coinish Score and never changes the Editor Rating. How this works →

Market strength

Where it stands today

Momentum

34 Cooling ↓

Where it’s heading

Data confidence

High

How much to trust it

Traffic strength
39
Search visibility
38
Authority
47
Brand & market presence
53

Tick mark = category average.

Compared with 88 tracked trading platforms. Data through October 2026, pulled Nov 2, 2026.

Who holds your account

The company you sign up with depends on where you live. Its regulator decides your protections.

Entity	Regulator	Licence	Serves	CFD loss %
TradeStation Securities, Inc.	SEC / FINRA Tier 1	CRD 39473	United States inferred from the licence	–

Entity

Regulator

Licence

Serves

CFD loss %

TradeStation Securities, Inc.

SEC / FINRA

Tier 1

CRD 39473

United States

inferred from the licence

–

Platforms, funding and support

Products	Stocks & ETFs, Options, Futures, Crypto
Owner	TradeStation Group, Inc.
Instruments	Not verified yet
Fractional shares	Not verified yet
Platforms	TradeStation Desktop, TradeStation Web Trading, TradeStation Mobile, TITAN X, FuturesPlus, TradingView
Deposit methods	Not verified yet
Withdrawal time (stated)	Not verified yet
Demo account	Yes
Support	live chat, email, phone

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Sources (17)

Licence / entity · regulator register · brokercheck.finra.org · Oct 7, 2026
“FINRA BrokerCheck: TRADESTATION SECURITIES, INC., CRD 39473, SEC# 8-48711, status ACTIVE”
Licence / entity · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 6, 2026
“Securities and futures trading is offered to customers by TradeStation Securities, Inc. (“TradeStation Securities”), a broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)”
Costs · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 6, 2026
“$0 base commission for stock and ETF trades. Tiered clearing fees from $0 to $0.003 per share apply based on monthly share volume”
Platforms · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 6, 2026
“TradeStation Trading Platforms & Tools – Desktop, Web, Mobile, TITAN X, FuturesPlus, API & MCP”
Platforms · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 6, 2026
“What is TradingView and how does it work with TradeStation?”
apiTrading · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 6, 2026
“The TradeStation API provides programmatic access to TradeStation's trading infrastructure”
Accounts · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 6, 2026
“Simulated Trading”
Support · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 6, 2026
“Contact us Live chat FAQs Call me back”
Support · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 6, 2026
“Live Chat Sales@TradeStation.com”
Licence / entity · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 6, 2026
“adeStation Securities, Inc. had approximately $1.4 billion of customer funds reserved and segregated in clearly identified bank accounts, in compliance with Rule 15c3-3”
Owner · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 12, 2026
“TradeStation Securities operates as a subsidiary of our parent company, TradeStation Group, Inc.”
realStocks · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 6, 2026
“TradeStation offers $0 base commission for stock and ETF trades for U.S. clients.”
apps · broker's own site · apps.apple.com · Oct 14, 2026
“TradeStation Technologies, Inc.”
apps · broker's own site · play.google.com · Oct 14, 2026
“TradeStation Technologies”
Costs · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 6, 2026
“Each brokerage account is subject to a monthly inactivity fee of $10; this fee can be waived by having a $5,000 average end-of-month equity balance”
Licence / entity · broker's own site · play.google.com · Oct 14, 2026
“$0 base commission on equities, ETFs, and options* • No minimum deposit required”
Costs · broker's own site · tradestation.com · Oct 15, 2026
“Sending Wires – Equities Account $25”