Institutions should get exactly what they need.
Prompt, personalized service with the advanced trading technology and expert execution they demand to help hit their corporate goals.

Family offices
You help protect the legacy of your client families. We can help protect yours. See the difference joining our family can make.
Common solution components for single- and multi-family offices:
- Advanced analytics and trading platform, including portfolio-management and allocation tools
- Account guidance to expand or help establish your office’s RIA practice
- Access to liquidity to facilitate long- and short-term investment strategies
- Advanced order execution
- Deep real-time and historical market data
See how we support family offices

Hedge funds
When you’re hunting for opportunity, there’s little time to waste. Be heard and focus on trading strategies, not administrative tasks.
Common solution components for hedge funds:
- Advanced analytics and trading platform, including account-allocation tools
- Customized software solutions to accommodate high-frequency traders, basket trades, and algorithmic strategies
- Deep real-time and historical market data
- Order execution for multiple asset classes
- Access to margin and short locates
- Multi-asset Web and FIX API connections, including data, brokerage, and execution endpoints
- No AUM requirements
See how we support hedge funds

Regulated entities
Self-clearing capabilities and direct-market access are assets. Create the ultimate trading experience for you and your clients, on time and on budget.
Common solution components for regulated entities:
- Advanced analytics and trading platform, including the award-winning TradeStation Desktop
- Turn-key brokerage services to expand or enter new asset classes
- Access to liquidity to help with requirements and risk management, as well as ongoing operational support
- Advanced order execution
- Multi-asset Web and FIX API connections, including data, brokerage, and execution endpoints

Asset managers & RIAs
Investment advisors thrive on providing informed recommendations and personalized advice. It’s true whether you’re managing individual clients or sovereign wealth funds.
Common solution components for asset managers:
- Advanced analytics and trading platform, including the TS Allocation Tool for managing multiple accounts and portfolios
- Deep real-time and historical market data
- Order execution for multiple asset classes
- Turn-key brokerage services to expand or enter new asset classes
- Access to liquidity to help manage flows and risk
See how we support FCMs
See how we support CTAs
See how we support prop traders
Institutional client FAQs
How does TradeStation serve different institutional firms?+
TradeStation Institutional serves seven primary segments. Hedge funds and proprietary traders receive self-clearing infrastructure, direct market access, and customized software for high-frequency and algorithmic strategies. Family offices receive portfolio management and allocation tools, account guidance to expand or establish an RIA practice, and access to liquidity for long- and short-term investment strategies. RIAs receive a system with the scale and capabilities for managing multiple accounts and portfolios. CTAs and FCMs receive futures-focused execution and compliance infrastructure. Regulated entities such as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and insurers receive turn-key brokerage services to expand or enter new asset classes. Each segment page provides detailed solution components specific to that client type.
Are TradeStation’s institutional solutions customizable by client type?+
Yes. TradeStation works with each client to configure platform access, API connectivity, order routing, risk controls, pricing, and support levels based on the client’s specific trading strategies, asset class requirements, and operational workflows. The dedicated Concierge team collaborates during onboarding to build tailored solutions for different firms.
Does TradeStation offer solutions for firms entering new asset classes?+
TradeStation provides turn-key brokerage services designed to help firms expand into or establish new asset class capabilities, including equities, options, futures, and futures options. Dedicated onboarding support and platform configuration assistance are available. Asset availability and account requirements may vary.
How does TradeStation support multi-account portfolio management for institutional clients?+
TradeStation offers tools to help institutional clients manage trading and order execution across multiple accounts from one interface, including the TS Allocation Tool for managing multiple accounts and portfolios, block trade allocation options for distributing executions at an average price, FIX and REST API connectivity for integrating external OMS/EMS and portfolio management systems, enhanced reporting with allocation breakdowns and post-trade detail across accounts, and dedicated trade desk support for larger or more complex orders. These capabilities can support RIAs managing client portfolios and family offices overseeing diversified holdings. Feature availability may vary by account type and configuration.
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