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Awards

Top Rated 4.5 Out of 5 Stars

Also earning 4½ stars (but a slightly lower numerical total) was MB Trading, which spent most of 2008 spiffing up its MBT Desktop software. It also launched a very full-featured Web application. The new MBT Desktop overcomes one of our previous criticisms, as it includes integrated charts while continuing to supply very fast trade executions across multiple markets. The Advanced Options platform offers more than 90 preset strategies that let you quickly find opportunities and place trades.

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MB Trading recently opened the virtual doors to MBT University, whose curriculum includes a forum, Webinars, and a trading "wiki" (an interactive ideas forum). The Webinar events teach customers about the trading platform, and also include discussions about the markets and third-party software products (such as eSignal and Ninja Trader) that plug into MBT's execution-management system.

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The recently launched, MBT Web lets customers trade from a browser, and the neat wireless BlackBerry application allows for on-the-go trading and account monitoring. MB Trading is a fairly small outfit -- with a tiny fraction of the customer base of Fidelity or Schwab -- that prides itself on customer service. The trading application plugs into quite a few third-party analytical and charting programs. Now MB Trading has added its own analysis and charting, built in for free for customers. It is worth checking out.

MB Trading doesn't have a large inventory of bonds to trade, nor does it offer CDs, so it isn't the best place for a one-stop shopper.

Securities products are offered through Manhattan Beach Trading Financial Services, Inc. ("MBTFS"), member FINRA, SIPC. MB Trading Futures, Inc. (MBTF) is a CFTC registered RFED and member of NFA. MBTF offers execution and settlement services for futures based products and off-exchange foreign currency (Forex) products. Trading in futures, options and Forex is speculative in nature and not appropriate for all investors. Investors should only use risk capital when trading futures, options and Forex because there is always the risk of substantial loss. MBTFS and MBTF are sometimes referred to collectively herein as "MB Trading."

¹MB Trading FX offers two Forex pricing models. Both models employ our RFED to client facing execution system with slightly different pricing and markup models. For purpose of clarity the two pricing models (Plan 1 and Plan 2) both operate on the same technology. The underlying technology is named The MB Trading Electronic Xrossing Network, abbreviated as EXN for the remainder of this disclaimer. The main differentiator between the models is twofold.

A. Difference in amount of markup or markdown of liquidity partner (banks) quotes when displayed to clients.
B. Commission Structure charged to client

Plan 1 or “Pay for Limit” plan employs the EXN technology in a commission model. This model charges a client 1.95 in their base currency per 100k of executed currency for market orders and pays a client 1.95 of base currency for posted, executed limit orders. In the Pay for Limits model, the term "Payment for Limit Order" refers to a non-market order which is not immediately executable and rests on the internal limit order book for some period of time, thus adding liquidity when another order of equal or greater value fills with the resting order.

Free Commission Plan employs the EXN technology in a markup only plan, which means that MB Trading receives a markup embedded in the spread as compensation. This plan does not add an additional commission, does not pay the client a rebate for posted liquidity as Plan 1 does yet does still offer the benefit of allowing the client to post quotes which is displayed to all other clients on Plan 2.

Additional information to note is that “Actual Total Paid to Clients” counter is kept on the company website which displays The Actual Total Paid to Clients currency number which is updated every five minutes and stops counting during the weekend when the market is closed. The number calculates from the launch of Pay for Limits, which was January 31, 2011.

Due to higher cost of business in China, “Get paid for limit orders” is not available for Chinese residents. All Chinese residents have a fee of 1.95 for all order types. Accounts with special commission rates are excluded from Payment for Limit Orders. There is a minimum fee of $0.01 for all Forex and spot trading orders that take liquidity.

MB Trading earned a 4.5 out of 5 star rating in Barron’s 2011 Review of Online Brokers, tying for the top spot overall. The company earned a total of 33.8 points, one tenth of a point under the top score. MB Trading also scored in the top three for separate categories of Range of Offerings, Trade Experience, Trading Technology, Usability, and Customer Service and Education. MB Trading earned a 4.5 out of 5 star rating in Barron's 2010 Review of Online Brokers. The company ranked second overall and tied for first place in the categories of Trade Experience and Portfolio Analysis & Reporting. The company also won the category of Usability. The company also tied for first place in the separate categories of "Best for Frequent Traders" and "Best for Options Traders."

*Real-time Forex Quotes are provided via the MBT Quote API. Quotes are available during platform hours from Sunday at 5 pm EST to Friday at 5 pm EST, except during the scheduled maintenance period from 4:58 pm to 5:06 pm EST. Extended maintenance periods are possible, and messages regarding maintenance are sent via the MBT Desktop, MBT Desktop Pro, and MBT Web 2.0 trading platforms. In addition, MBT begins MetaTrader 4 maintenance at 4:57 pm EST, one minute earlier.

MB Trading provides Google Translation of our website for educational or informational purposes for its international customers. The graphics, applications and some portions of the website are not translated. Customers must bear the sole responsibility of evaluating their regional translation before making any decisions based on such information outside of what the English version of the site represents.