TradeStation
Destiny brought you here. Your skill will keep you here.
TradeStation is a long-established electronic trading platform and brokerage that delivers sophisticated tools tailored for active and high-volume traders. It supports trading across a wide array of asset classes—including stocks, ETFs, options, futures, and futures options—through a proprietary suite of platforms available on desktop, web, and mobile. Backed by powerful charting, real-time data, and advanced order execution, it offers traders institutional-grade functionality.
Founded in 1982, TradeStation provides an integrated ecosystem for strategy development, backtesting, optimization, and automation. At its core is EasyLanguage, a proprietary trading scripting language designed for both novices and advanced users to create custom indicators and automated strategies without extensive programming expertise.
TradeStation boasts robust market scanning tools, including RadarScreen, Scanner, Hot Lists, and OptionStation Pro, enabling real-time opportunity discovery. Its strategy testing capabilities—including chart-based analysis, walk-forward optimization, Portfolio Maestro, and strategy performance reports—help traders refine and simulate tactics across extensive historical data.
The platform also offers a fully functional web trader with no downloads, mobile apps, and a customizable desktop interface with drag-and-drop functionality. A vast historical data archive supports deep analysis, while TradeStation’s ecosystem includes third-party add-ons through its TradingApp store and active community support.