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optionsXpress Holdings Inc.
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Company typePublic (NasdaqOXPS)
IndustryBrokerages
FoundedChicago, IL (2000)
HeadquartersChicago, IL, USA
Number of employees265 (2008)
Websitewww.optionsxpress.com

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. is a retail, online brokerage firm, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, that provides brokerage services for options, stock, futures, mutual funds, and fixed-income investments in the United States and internationally. Its browser-based technology provides trading tools, enabling retail and professional investors to identify, analyze, and execute a range of investment strategies.

Founded in 2000, optionsXpress has received numerous top rankings by personal finance publications, including the top-star ranking in the annual Barron's Magazine online broker review for five years in a row. Top rankings have also been awarded to optionsXpress by Forbes and Kiplinger's.

In 2008, OptionsXpress acquired Open E-Cry, an online futures brokerage, in a cash and stock deal valued at $18M.

References

  1. Profile at Yahoo! Finance.
  2. Different strokes for . . ., Features, Barron's Online, Dow Jones WebReprint Service (March 6, 2006).
  3. OptionsXpress, Website Reviews, Best of the Web, Forbes.com (2007).
  4. The Best Online Broker: a relatively new player sweeps our rankings, by Steven Goldberg and Jessica Anderson, Trading, Kiplinger.com (July 2006).
  5. "OptionsXpress buys Open E Cry for $18M". Crain's Chicago Business. 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2009-02-23.

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