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March 18, 2009 – MB Trading Earns Top Rating in Barron’s 2009 Review of On-Line Brokers
(El Segundo, CA) – March 18, 2009 – MB Trading (“MBT”), a technology-driven, low-commission brokerage specializing in order routing in securities including Equities, Futures, FOREX, Bonds, and Options through various global exchanges, earned the highest rating given of 4.5 out of 5 stars in Barron’s 2009 Review of On-Line Brokers. MBT tied for first place in the trading technology category and was ranked second overall in a field of twenty-five competitors.
“This achievement validates that MB Trading is an overall solution for traders,” said Ross Ditlove, CEO of MB Trading. “Our competition includes large, multi-billion dollar corporations, and we’re very pleased that we not only came in second, but also topped most individual categories including trade commission, technology, and client services. These components have been the cornerstone of MB Trading’s services for over ten years.”
MB Trading remains a privately held brokerage firm by design. The company maintains a debt-free balance sheet and prides itself on its organic growth, which was a major contributor to the successes of the last year. Internal growth and strategic acquisitions allowed the company to bring to market web-based and wireless trading along with in-depth options tools and an across-the-board expansion of its trading platforms, including advanced charting and research for traders.
Only two firms earned the 4.5 overall rating, and MB Trading tied for top honors in the separately rated categories of “Best for Frequent Traders” and “Best for Options Traders.” In addition, the company received a nod on the list of “Best for International Traders” for its innovations and services in the FOREX arena. MB Trading’s technology drives the highly regarded FOREX ECN, 3DFOREX. While FOREX trading is a minimal portion of the Barron’s review, MB Trading is a pioneer in the field with direct access and transparent currency execution systems.
“We’ve worked hard over the last year to move our technology forward and also to provide more avenues of support and interaction with our clients and prospective customers,” said David Lipsett, Executive Vice-President of MB Trading. “Barron’s readers are highly knowledgeable about the industry, and we’re honored to receive their accolades. MBT will remain on the offensive and continue to grow through acquisition and internal innovation. Our purchase of EFX Group in 2008 was the foundation of our new MBT University and the brainchild of Chris Mercer, Director of the University. Our University courses are now filled to capacity several weeks out, which demonstrates that our model of connecting third parties to our order entry and account management systems and giving those third parties a method to showcase their products to the market, works.”
MB Trading has now earned a top rating in Barron’s reviews each year since 2004. The principals of the firm believe that with the recent turn in the economy, opportunities exist for acquisition of key technologies and services that will further position the company for long-term growth. “We maintain a building mode,” added Lipsett. “If you look at the winner this year, they’ve been acquired by a much larger player. Our goal for 2010 is nothing short of winning the top slot.”
About MB Trading:
MB Trading offers online stocks, options, futures, and Forex trading through their proprietary platform, the MBT Desktop. Securities products are offered through MB Trading, member FINRA, SIPC. MB Trading Futures, Inc. (MBTF) is a CFTC registered FCM and member of the NFA. MBTF offers execution and settlement services for futures based products, as well as off-exchange foreign currency (Forex) products through MB Trading.
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March 17, 2010 - MB Trading Financial Services Wins Top Rating in Barron’s Review
(El Segundo, CA) – March 17, 2010 – Manhattan Beach Trading Financial Services, Inc. (“MBTFS”) and MB Trading Futures, Inc. (“MBTF”) (collectively “MB Trading”), which is a technology-driven, low-commission brokerage specializing in order routing in FOREX, Equities, Futures, and Options through various global exchanges and electronic networks, announced today that it earned the top four and a half star rating in Barron’s 2010 review of on-line brokers.
January 13, 2010, the CFTC announced proposed new regulations concerning retail foreign currency transactions
On January 13, 2010, the CFTC announced proposed new regulations concerning retail foreign currency transactions. Many of the proposed changes would implement important consumer protection regulations, which MB Trading firmly favors. However, one of the proposed changes would radically lower Forex leverage from 100:1 to 10:1 for all NFA and CFTC regulated Forex firms.
December 1, 2009 - MB Trading Lowers FOREX Commission Rate to $2.95 per 100,000 USD
(El Segundo, CA) – December 1, 2009 – MB Trading, a technology-driven, low-commission brokerage specializing in order routing in FOREX, Equities, Futures, and Options through various global exchanges and electronic networks, announced Tuesday that it has lowered its FOREX commission rates from $5.00 per 100,000 USD traded to $2.95 per 100,000 USD traded. This represents over a 40 percent immediate reduction to clients.
October 1, 2009 - MB Trading Launches MetaTrader 4 with True ECN Execution.
(El Segundo, CA) – October 1, 2009 –Jointly, Manhattan Beach Trading Financial Services, Inc. (“MBTFS”) and Manhattan Beach Trading Futures, Inc (“MBTF”), collectively referred to as MB Trading, a technology-driven, low-commission brokerage specializing in order routing in FOREX, Equities, Futures, and Options through various global exchanges and electronic networks, announced today that they have publicly launched the popular MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform fully integrated into their true ECN execution technology. The platform provides customers with a wide variety of trade entry options and reflects all customer limit orders in the public order book.
September 22, 2009 – MB Trading Expands Intraday Futures Margin to 4-to-1.
(El Segundo, CA) – September 22, 2009 –Manhattan Beach Trading Financial Services, Inc. (“MBTFS”), a technology-driven, low-commission brokerage specializing in order routing in Equities, Futures, and Options through various global exchanges and electronic networks, announced Tuesday that it now offers 4-to-1 intraday margin leverage on all futures contracts offered by the firm.
August 5, 2009 – MB Trading Holdings, LLC has acquired ownership of WGAL, LLC, aka The Wizetrade Group
(El Segundo, CA) – August 5, 2009 – MB Trading Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Manhattan Beach Trading Financial Services, Inc. (“MBTFS”) and MB Trading Futures, Inc. (“MBTF”) (collectively “MB Trading”) which are technology-driven, low-commission brokerages specializing in order routing in FOREX, Equities, Futures, and Options through various global exchanges and electronic networks, announced Tuesday that it has acquired ownership of The Wizetrade Group.
March 18, 2009 – MB Trading Earns Top Rating in Barron’s 2009 Review of On-Line Brokers
(El Segundo, CA) – March 18, 2009 – MB Trading (“MBT”), a technology-driven, low-commission brokerage specializing in order routing in securities including Equities, Futures, FOREX, Bonds, and Options through various global exchanges, earned the highest rating given of 4.5 out of 5 stars in Barron’s 2009 Review of On-Line Brokers. MBT tied for first place in the trading technology category and was ranked second overall in a field of twenty-five competitors.
January 28, 2009 – MB Trading Launches MBT University
(El Segundo, CA) – January 28, 2009 – MB Trading (“MBT”), a technology-driven, low-cost brokerage specializing in order routing in securities, futures, foreign exchange instruments, bonds, and options through various global exchanges, announced today that it has launched its new website with a new on-line training facility MBT University. The University is a major enhancement designed to educate traders about all of the markets covered by the company’s Award-Winning* MBT Desktop software, as well as all of the third party tools that connect to MB Trading.
December 24, 2008 – MB Trading Adds Investment Research Services
(El Segundo, CA) – December 24, 2008 – MB Trading (“MBT”), a financial services company, announced today that it has added a leading investment research package to its list of offerings. Provided daily by Trading Central, the service will be free to MB Trading clients who have a live account. It includes research and technical analysis covering the equities, forex, and commodities markets.
November 4, 2008 – MB Trading Adds CME Livestock Contracts
(El Segundo, CA) – November 4, 2008 – MB Trading (“MBT”), a financial services company, announced today that it had made available three CME livestock symbols for futures customers. The contracts will be available on the company’s MBT Desktop software, Barron’s top-ranking platform in trading technology.
September 23, 2008 – MB Trading Adds Russell and Dollar Futures via ICE
(El Segundo, CA) – September 22, 2008 – MB Trading ("MBT"), a financial services company, announced today that it had completed integration with ICE, the Intercontinental Exchange. Recently, ICE announced that they would have the exclusive rights to the Russell 2000 and Russell 1000 futures contracts beginning after the September contract expired.
August 26, 2006 – MB Trading Expands Symbols, Adds COMEX Contracts to Offerings
(El Segundo, CA) – August 26, 2008 – MB Trading ("MBT"), a financial services company, announced Tuesday that it has added COMEX symbols for trading on the MBT Desktop, its Award-Winning, On-Line Trading Platform. The COMEX metals contracts include full-sized Gold, Silver, Copper, and Aluminum, as well as MiNY Gold, Silver, and Copper. The complete list of contracts and margin requirements can be found on MB Trading’s website (http://www.mbtrading.com/futures.asp).
April 17, 2008 – MB Trading Achieves Top Ten Status for ETF Monthly Volume
(El Segundo, CA) – April 17, 2008 – MB Trading ("MBT"), a financial services company, announced Thursday that according to NASDAQ OMX Group, it ranked in the Top Ten of Market Participants for nine of the most actively traded Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in the month of February 2008. This marks a record for the company and places them in the top tier of trading platforms for a key piece of the index trading market.
March 1, 2008 – MB Trading Acquires EFX Group
(El Segundo, CA) – March 1, 2008 – MB Trading (Member FINRA, SIPC, NFA and CFTC), a leading provider of Forex, Futures, Equities and Options, has acquired its largest introducing agent (IA), EFX Group, LLC. Customers of EFX will be internalized under MB Trading. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
