Firstrade Securities

Firstrade Securities is a stockbrokerage firm and broker-dealer headquartered in Flushing, New York that offers an electronic trading platform to trade financial assets including stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETF), options, mutual funds, and bonds.^[3][4]

Firstrade Securities Inc.

Lower costs, higher standards.
Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Founder	John Liu [1]
Headquarters	Flushing, New York, United States
Key people	John Liu, CEO
Products	Broker Stockbroker
Total assets	US$46 million (2023)[2]
Website	www.firstrade.com

In May 2022, Firstrade Securities launched its cryptocurrency platform through Firstrade Crypto LLC.^[5]

History

The company was founded in 1985 by John Liu,^[1] as First Flushing Securities.

In 1997, the company was renamed Firstrade Securities Inc., and the company launched Firstrade.com.

In April 2010, Taifook Securities Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of TSG, signed an agreement with Firstrade Securities, a US online broker, for cross-border securities trading business.^[6] Firstrade Securities no longer works with Taifook Securities Company Limited.^[7]

Firstrade held its branch grand opening on August 15, 2014.^[8]

Firstrade has been recognized as the best online broker by Kiplinger's Personal Finance since 2018, cited as best for active traders, funds, customer service, ETFs, and other categories^[9][10][11]