Awards and Media
When you do the right things - and do them well - people tend to notice.
optionsXpress was named Best Online Broker by Barron's for four straight years.
And, every day, we work hard to get even better.
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Smart Money 5 stars (highest) for Trading Tools Smart Money, May 19, 2009 |
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Barron's
Barron's, March 16, 2009 |
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Barron's
Barron's, March 17, 2008 |
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Barron's
Barron's, March 5, 2007 |
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Forbes - Best of the Web "The Virtual Trading site lets novices practice without putting money on the table, while the nifty StrategyScan feature generates a game plan based on the investor's bullish or bearish sentiments on a stock or the market." |
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Barron's: Rated "Best Online Broker" 3 years running... 1 "(Easily) the Leading Browser-Based Brokerage... Well Ahead of the Runners-Up" "Keeps Evolving... at a Pace That Is Unimaginable at Other Brokerages" Barron's, March 7, 2005 |
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Barron's: Rated "Best Online Broker" 2 years running... 1 "...Sitting on top of the leader board for the second year in a row is optionsXpress, with 4 1/2 (actually closer to 4 2/3, if we sliced them into thirds) stars." Barron's, March 8, 2004 |
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Smart Money Rates optionsXpress Best Discount Broker — "Nearly Flawless" 7 "...optionsXpress has the goods. It beat the others by a nice margin." Smart Money, August 2004 |
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Technology Fast 500: Rising Star optionsXpress is recognized by Deloitte and Touche's new Technology Fast 500 "Rising Stars" category. |
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Entrepreneur
of the Year Award Winners 2004 Ned Bennett and David Kalt of optionsXpress Named Ernst & Young 2004 Illinois Entrepreneurs of the Year®. More... |
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Forbes
Favorite: Investing > Options 4 "This Chicago options brokerage site puts an emphasis on execution, but even more important, it will educate you on the difference between a straddle and a butterfly, and then give you a host of trading ideas." More... |
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Barron's Rates optionsXpress first-ever 4 1/2 Stars — "Unprecedented..." 6 "...optionsXpress earned an unprecedented 4 1/2 stars in our annual ranking of online brokers. In praise of Xspreads, direct order-entry and the Options Dragon." Barron's, March 10, 2003 |
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Barron's: Life in the Fast Lane "As noted here last month, optionsXpress recently added streaming quotes to its site ('Seeking Satisfaction,' May 12). The brokerage originally started with Money.net's streamer, but found that it wasn't easily integrated into its trading screens, plus it didn't have options quotes." |
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Stocks & Commodities: OTO and Xspreads (PDF) "It is clear optionsXpress.com is trying hard to stay ahead of the pack by offering features that simplify trading options as much as possible. The addition of Xspreads and OTO are strides taken in the right direction." 2 |
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Barron's
Rates optionsXpress 4 Stars — One of the "Best Online
Brokers" 3 "OptionsXpress will appeal to on-line traders who have outgrown their existing broker's options capabilities. The order-entry screens are set up specifically for particular options strategies, and go far beyond those we've seen on other on-line broker sites." Barron's, March 18, 2002 More... |
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Business
Week: More Options for Options Traders 5 (PDF) "Last year Shelley Frances Gould opened an account with boutique online broker optionsXpress and hasn't looked back since. 'They cater to the options trader and know exactly the kind of information we want,' she says." More... |
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Three
Decades of Options and the World is A-Changin' Seems like just yesterday the Chicago Board of Trade was hatching a plan to capitalize on OTC put/call options in a more regulated setting, bringing exchange-traded stock options to Chicago and a broader public. SFO Magazine, April 2003 More... |
1Barron’s, March 15, 2010, 15th annual survey, Rating Online Brokers. optionsXpress awarded 4.0 stars out of 5 in overall ratings
2 Reprinted from Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine.© 2003 Technical Analysis Inc.
3 "Best Online Brokers" review based on 3/18/02 ranking of 22 online brokers in six "key" areas of trade execution, ease of use, range of offerings, research amenities, access, and costs. BARRON'S is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company © 2008.
4 "Best of the Web" & "Favorite Options Site" 3/8/02 - 9/15/06 based on investor tools and educational services. Quote from 3/8/02 review. FORBES, and other names of FORBES products referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of FORBES Management Co., Inc. 2008.
5 © 2002. BusinessWeek Copyright 2002 , by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of The Financial Times. © Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008.
6 "Winner" "4 1/2 stars" "unprecedented" and other quotes are excerpts from Barron's 3/10/2003 Online-Broker Survey, p. 23, which ranked 28 online brokers in six "key" areas of trade execution, ease of use, range of offerings, research amenities, reports and customer access, and costs. BARRON'S is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company © 2008.
7 "Best Discount Broker" by SmartMoney 8/1/04, based on Commissions and Fees, Customer Service, Mutual Funds, Trading Tools, Research, and Banking Amenities. Reprinted by permission of SmartMoney. Copyright © 2008 SmartMoney. SmartMoney is a joint publishing venture of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and Hearst Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
8 "The Best Online Broker" by Kiplinger's 7/06,
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Barron's, March 15, 2010, 15th annual survey, Rating Online Brokers. optionsXpress US site awarded 4.0 stars out of 5 in overall ratings. Overall ratings refer to US site and are based on Usability, Trade Experience, Trading Technology, Range of Offerings, Research Amenities, Portfolio Analysis & Report, Customer Service & Access, and Costs. optionsXpress US site rated 4+ stars 2002-2010. Barron's is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. © 2010.
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