NEWS ARCHIVE
Lightspeed in the News
2/19/2009
Lightspeed CEO, Stephen Ehrlich talks about the benefits of trading with Lightspeed. - Talking points include proprietary features within the Lightspeed Trader platform as well as the following business cornerstones;Stability – A stable trading platform that can be relied upon day in and day out.Speed – The delivery of accurate an... more.
12/19/2008
Lightspeed Mulls Expansion into FIX, Options & Futures for its Algo Business - Lightspeed Trading, which provides trading technology and brokerage services to active individual traders, small to mid-sized hedge funds and institutions, and proprietary trading groups, is considering the addition of a FIX converter to its algorithm... more.
2/18/2009
Lightspeed Launches Social Networking Community for Active Traders -
NEW YORK, February 18, 2009 – Lightspeed Financial, LLC, a leading provider of direct market access trading technology, risk management solutions, and brokerage services for professional retail active traders and institutional investors, today, th... more.
11/21/2008
YOUR ACCOUNT IS SAFE WITH LIGHTSPEED. - Lightspeed does not engage in any proprietary trading. Lightspeed has no direct exposure to the markets.All funds in customer accounts are segregated by our clearing firms and are protected by SIPC. Please visit www.SIPC.com f... more.
10/10/2008
Rake in the Green During Volatile Markets - By Stephen Ehrlich October 2008 SFO (Stock, Futures And Options Magazine) A host of factors including the collapse of the credit markets, widespread real estate deval... more.
9/22/2008
Lightspeed Trading: Financial Stability and Safety - Dear Lightspeed Customers, With the markets in turmoil I thought it was important to reassure you about Lightspeed Trading's financial stability and therefore safety of your business and account with us. Some important things to ... more.
9/22/2008
Lightspeed Financial Golf Classic - LIGHTSPEED FINANCIAL GOLF CLASSIC Benefiting the Lupus Foundation of America, Connecticut Chapter Inc. Print BrochureOAK HILLS GOLF COURSEOak Hills Golf Course is one of the finest municipal golf courses in the state of Connecticut. It is an 18-hole golf ... more.
9/14/2008
The New Breed of Hyperactive Traders - By Ivy Schmerken Sep 14, 2008 at 05:16 PM ET Advanced Trading Last week, I visited Lightspeed Trading , a ... more.
8/3/2008
Lightspeed in the News - Online Brokers’ Definitions of Active Traders Vary... more.
5/8/2008
Lightspeed Financial Reports Monthly Activity for April 2008 - Lightspeed Financial Reports Monthly Activity for April 2008-- DARTs Increase 462% YOY, Volumes Rise 359% -- NEW YORK, May 8, 2008 - Lightspeed Financial, LLC, a leading provider of direct access brokerage, trading and advanced order routing services for ... more.
4/10/2008
Lightspeed Financial Reports Trading Activity for Q1 2008 - Lightspeed Financial Reports Trading Activity for Q1 2008-- DARTs Increase 752% YOY, Volumes Inflate 673% -- NEW YORK, April 10, 2008 - Lightspeed Financial, LLC, a leading provider of direct market access brokerage services, professional trading technolo... more.
3/10/2008
Lightspeed Financial Reports Monthly Activity for February 2008 - Lightspeed Financial Reports Monthly Activity for February 2008 -- DARTs Increase 635% YOY, Volumes Surge 560% -- NEW YORK, March 10, 2008 - Lightspeed Financial, LLC, a leading provider of direct access brokerage, trading and advanced order ro... more.
2/19/2008
Lightspeed Financial Reports Monthly Activity for January 2008 - NEW YORK, Feb 19, 2008 -- Lightspeed Financial, LLC reported the following business metrics and daily trading results for the month of January. The data includes both black box and manual trades executed through its broker-dealers, Lightspeed Professional... more.
1/15/2008
Lightspeed Financial Acquires Integrity Trading - -- Company Furthers Position as Active Trading Industry Consolidator of Choice -- NEW YORK, January 15, 2008 – Lightspeed Financial, LLC, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Integrity Trading Inc., a Direct Market Access brok... more.
1/9/2008
Lightspeed Professional Trading Reports Impressive Firm-Wide Growth for 2007 - -- DARTs Increase 140%, Trading Volumes Surge 110%, New Accounts Up 120% -- -- Firm to Launch Fully-Integrated Options Trading Platform, Teams Up with OIC to Offer Options Education -- NEW YORK, Jan 09, 2008 – Lightspeed Professional Trading, LLC,... more.
10/10/2007
Lightspeed "Goes Live" with Portfolio Margining Service - -- Retail Customers Have Greater Ability to Manage Risk and Leverage Capital -- NEW YORK, October 10, 2007 – Lightspeed Holdings announced today that its first retail automated trading client began utilizing portfolio margining to potentially inc... more.
8/30/2007
Stephen Ehrlich, CEO, explains why a merger between ETrade and TD Ameritrade would be a winner. - Stephen Ehrlich, CEO of Lightspeed Holdings, speaks with Gregg Greenberg on TheStreet.com TV, explaining why a merger between ETrade and TD Ameritrade would be a winner.Watch the video (2 minutes 57 seconds)... more.
2/21/2007
Schonfeld Group and Lightspeed Holdings Sign Definitive Agreement on Retail Trading Operations Merger - NEW YORK, Feb 21, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Leading trading and technology firms, Schonfeld Group Holdings, LLC and Lightspeed Holdings, LLC, today announced the two companies have signed a definitive agreement to merge their respective retail trading op... more.
10/5/2006
Lightspeed and Schonfeld to Merge Retail Operations - Schonfeld Group and Lightspeed Holdings to Merge Retail Trading Operations -- Combined Company to be Clear Leader/Active Consolidator of Professional Trader Business; Deal Roughly Doubles Individual Company Volumes -- -- Merged Business to Offer Advanc... more.
7/13/2006
Lightspeed Holdings Closes Acquisition of E*TRADE Professional Trading and ETP Technologies - NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2006--Lightspeed Holdings, LLC, a leading independent provider of brokerage services for institutional and professional traders, today announced it has completed the acquisition of E*TRADE Professional Trading, LLC a... more.
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