About tastytrade: all you need need to know about founders, history and more

About tastytrade

tastytrade, Inc, the company behind the options trading platform with the same name was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Chicago, US. It is a privately-owned business entity. In June 2021, it was acquired by IG, a CFD broker listed in London. For a comprehensive overview of tastytrade and its services, read our tastytrade review.

The brokerage launched in Australia in 2019 and plans to set up shop in Canada.

tastytrade is a young, up-and-coming US broker focusing on options trading. It is regulated by the top-tier Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for Australian clients.

We selected tastytrade as Best broker for options for 2022, based on an in-depth analysis of 90+ online brokers that included testing their live accounts. Check out the complete list of winners.

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Founders

The team behind tastytrade is the same that built thinkorswim (a popular trading platform acquired by TD Ameritrade) and tastytrade (a financial network producing original programming on active investment strategies, options trading, and the stock market).

Scott Sheridan and Tom Sosnoff were floor traders in the 1980s on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). Sheridan is now CEO of tastytrade, while Sosnoff is Co-CEO of tastytrade.

Team size and customer base

The broker has 140+ employees and over 105,000 active accounts.

Related companies

The “tasty universe” consists of several companies focusing on providing services to active retail traders, primarily in the U.S.

The quiet foundation is an advisory service assessing retail traders' portfolio risks.
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The dough trading platform (discontinued for now).

Competitors and alternatives

tastytrade is great for options and futures trading. Based on our own methodology, the best alternative brokerages to tastytrade are ChoiceTrade, TradeStation, SogoTrade, and NinjaTrader. Naturally, people compare tastytrade to other providers as well. See how tastytrade stacks up against several of them in this dedicated tastytrade competitors article.