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Featured trading platform
Lightspeed Trader Pro
Our most advanced trading platform for stock and options traders that
demand highly accurate market data with multiple order types and routing destinations
Trade with speed and precision
React to trading opportunities with custom orders and ensure your orders are executed to your specific requirements. Easily route your orders to market centers, ECNs, and dark pools with Hot Keys and Hot Buttons.
Quickly scan the market for trading opportunities
Scan the markets with LightScan and view opportunities by symbol, sorted and filtered based on your unique preferences. Stock and options scanners offer multiple possible criteria and filters to create virtually infinite possibilities.
Customize layouts to suityour trading needs
Configure up to 10 personalized screen layouts. Easily display layouts across four monitors, and quickly switch between them with a click of a button.
Sophisticated charting tools for advanced traders
Customize your charts including mouse and keyboard shortcuts, colors, candle style, and more. Trade, view and modify your open orders from the charts. Choose from over 20 indicators and customize their parameters.
Standard commissions
Take advantage of some of the industry's lowest and most competitive trading rates.
Active traders who meet monthly trading volume thresholds can qualify for deeply discounted commissions.
Active Trader Commission
Lightspeed is focused on a value based commission structure
Active traders who meet monthly trading volume thresholds can qualify for deeply discounted commissions.
*Updated pricing only applicable for new accounts opened after (03/01/2024)
Current clients can reach out to [email protected] to update pricing
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Lightspeed offers active and professional traders with highly accurate
market data and many order routing destinations.
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Commissions: Accounts under $15,000 will be subject to a $25 monthly minimum commission fee, minus any actual commissions charged in the prior month. Lightspeed Trader and Sterling Trader Pro - a minimum commission charge will be applied to any order of $0.50 on any of the discounted per share commissions. Eze EMS (formerly RealTick) - minimum commission of $3.00 will be applied to any order. Lightspeed Web & Mobile - minimum commission of $1 will be applied to any options order. Per-share equities pricing is not available on Lightspeed Web & Mobile. All routing fees/rebates and regulatory fees are charged separately.
Active Trader Commissions: Active Trader rates are not automatically applied to any account and do not automatically adjust based on monthly volume. You must contact us to request any rate changes. Rebates will not be issued for past activity. All rates are subject to ongoing review and may be increased if the client fails to meet the trade/share thresholds listed above. All stock/ETF pricing listed on this page applies to listed equities only. Option pricing assumes customer priority status.
Commission structure does not apply to Sterling Vol Trader customers, click here for Sterling Vol Trader pricing.
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