Lightspeed Financial
| Private | |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | New York City, NY, USA |
| Services | Online Brokerage Services, Electronic Trading |
| Website | http://www.lightspeed.com |
Lightspeed Trading is a New York City stock and options brokerage and day trading services company.
Regulation
Lightspeed Trading LLC is a registered broker-dealer, member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.[1]
Awards
- Stockbrokers.com #1 Broker for Active Trading 2014[2]
- Best Broker for Frequent Traders, Barrons' 2013[3]
- Stockbrokers.com #1 Broker for Active Trading 2013[4]
- CTO Scott Ignall named to The Trading Show's Top 21 CTOs in North American Electronic Trading 2013[5]
- Best Broker for Frequent Traders, Barron’s 2010, 2011 & 2012[3]
- 2012 Inc. 5000 List[6]
- CTO Scott Ignall named to Institutional Investor's Trading Technology 30 List 2011[7]
- Deloitte's 2011 Technology Fast 500 Ranking[8]
- Finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2010[9]
- Crains Best Places to Work in 2010[10]
Current officers
Lightspeed Financial's current officers are as follows:[11]
- Keith Petzold – Chief Compliance Officer
- Jason Lyons – Chief Financial Officer
- Eric Jones – Executive Vice President, Finance
Competitors
Timeline of acquisitions
- 07/13/06 – E*TRADE Professional Trading, LLC and ETP Technologies, LLC[13]
- 01/15/08 – Integrity Trading[14][15]
- 02/17/10 – NobleTrading[16][17]
- 06/16/10 – Terra Nova Financial[18][19]
- 06/22/10 – Exclusive License to Operate Anvil Professional Trading Platform[20]
- 06/20/11 – Lime Brokerage International (Ireland) Limited[21][22][23]
- 07/07/11 – Greenmoor Financial Group[24][25]
See also
- Comparison of online brokerages
References
- ↑ "FINRA List of Members - L". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "2014 Best Active Trading Brokers", February 18, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Lightspeed Rated a "Best for Frequent Traders" by Barron’s for Fourth Consecutive Year". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "#1 Broker for Active Trading". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "Top 21 CTOs". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "Inc. 5000 List". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "Trading Tech 30". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "Fast 500 Ranking". Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ↑ "Finalists for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2010". Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ↑ "Best Places to Work 2010". Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ↑ "Lightspeed Management Team". Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ↑ "Lightspeed Financial, CrunchBase Profile". Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ↑ "Barrons: Making Changes at Lightspeed". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "Lightspeed Financial Acquires Integrity Trading". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ Wahba, Phil (2008-05-07). "Lightspeed Trading sees sales doubling". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ↑ "Lightspeed Financial Acquires NobleTrading". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "Lightspeed Financial acquires Noble Trading". Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ↑ "Lightspeed to acquire Chicago’s Terra Nova". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "Lightspeed Financial Completes Acquisition of Terra Nova Financial". Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ↑ "Lightspeed Financial Acquires Exclusive License to Operate Anvil Professional Trading Platform". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "Lightspeed Makes First Move Overseas; Acquires Lime Brokerage International (Ireland)". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "Lightspeed Financial Buys Lime Brokerage's Ireland Unit". The Wall Street Journal. 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "Lightspeed Financial Acquires Lime Brokerage International (Ireland) Limited". Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ↑ "Lightspeed Acquires Greenmoor Financial Group". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ↑ "Lightspeed Financial buys Chicago options firm". Retrieved 2011-11-28.