TradeZero: Built for active trading. Direct market access, real-time short locates, built-in scanner, and the order types to manage risk — 16 hours trading day, 4:00 AM to 8:00 PM ET.

Built for active
trading

Direct market access, real-time short locates,

built-in scanner, and the order types to manage risk.

16 hours trading day, 4:00 to 20:00 ET.

Investing involves risk. You may lose your initial investment.

Short Selling trading suite

Find short setups with real-time scanner filters, confirm hard-to-borrow stock availability, and secure stock borrow locates — all without leaving your trading environment.

Built-in trading strategies. Real-time signals. ProScanner helps you find momentum, breakouts, and high-probability setups—no setup required.

Integrated stock scanner

Built-in trading strategies. Real-time signals. ProScanner helps you find momentum, breakouts, and high-probability setups—no setup required.

Run short locates through API. Request quotes, reserve shares, manage inventory, sell back unused locates for credit, and review locate history with audit details.

An API for short sellers

Run short locates through API. Request quotes, reserve shares, manage inventory, sell back unused locates for credit, and review locate history with audit details.

Map your most-used actions to custom HotKeys, cancel orders, manage positions, or switch views instantly. You’re in control. You can even build multiple HotKey decks tailored to different trading strategies for maximum flexibility.

Create personalized HotKeys

Map your most-used actions to custom HotKeys, cancel orders, manage positions, or switch views instantly. You’re in control. You can even build multiple HotKey decks tailored to different trading strategies for maximum flexibility.

Experience professional-grade technical analysis with charts provided by TradingView, powered by TradeZero's real-time market data. Offering multiple time frames, a vast library of indicators and tools, and the ability to save and reload custom chart setups. Available on TZ1.

TradingView Charts Integration

Experience professional-grade technical analysis with charts provided by TradingView, powered by TradeZero's real-time market data. Offering multiple time frames, a vast library of indicators and tools, and the ability to save and reload custom chart setups. Available on TZ1.

TradeZero’s proprietary locator aggregates hard-to-borrow inventory from over 14 sources to deliver competitive pricing. Search any symbol, review the per-share fee, and reserve shares in seconds.

Hard-to-borrow locates

TradeZero’s proprietary locator aggregates hard-to-borrow inventory from over 14 sources to deliver competitive pricing. Search any symbol, review the per-share fee, and reserve shares in seconds.

Reapply no longer needed locates to the next TradeZero customer and potentially recoup a part of your fee. A practical cost management tool for sessions where your setups don't materialize.

Reapplied locate sell-backs

Reapply no longer needed locates to the next TradeZero customer and potentially recoup a part of your fee. A practical cost management tool for sessions where your setups don't materialize.

Short selling involves the risk of unlimited losses and is only suitable for experienced investors. Ensure you understand the risks before proceeding. Please carefully consider your investment experience, financial situation, and risk tolerance before initiating short positions. Fees for locates and related short selling transactions may impact your returns. Please review our Fee Schedule for more information.

Get money back to unused locates

15% of all locate sales on TradeZero are reapplied locate sell-backs.
71% of locate reapplied sell-backs occur within TradeZero broker-dealer entities.
100M+ shares located monthly — a liquid pool to sell back to.

Data reflects TradeZero metrics from 2025. Support document can be provided per request.

Choose the platform that fits how you trade

ZeroPro: Designed specifically for active traders, ZeroPro offers full customization and functionality. Get the features and flexibility you need to succeed in the fast-paced trading world.

ZeroPro

Designed specifically for active traders, ZeroPro offers full customization and functionality. Get the features and flexibility you need to succeed in the fast-paced trading world.

TZ1: Where power meets simplicity, with fast execution in mind. Build your trading experience with features designed for the active trader.

TZ1

Where power meets simplicity, with fast execution in mind. Build your trading experience with features designed for the active trader.

ZeroMobile: Powerful mobile trading app designed for the active trader on the move.

ZeroMobile

Powerful mobile trading app designed for the active trader on the move.

ZeroFree: A real-time streaming web platform for new to intermediate traders, combining flexibility with robust trading tools.

ZeroFree

A real-time streaming web platform for new to intermediate traders, combining flexibility with robust trading tools.

Non-professional clients* receive Level 2 data for listed securities at no additional cost on TZ1 — and free on ZeroPro after 100k shares per month.

Level 2 market

data at no extra cost

Non-professional clients receive

Level 2 data for listed securities at

no additional cost on TZ1 — and free

on ZeroPro after 100k shares per month.

Low fees & greater flexibility

Trade limit and market orders commission-free on NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ stocks above $1 — from 7:00 to 20:00 ET.

No commission limit orders

Trade limit and market orders commission-free on NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ stocks above $1 — from 7:00 to 20:00 ET.

Trade options with low fees at just $0.59 USD per contract.

Get low fees on options

Trade options with low fees at just $0.59 USD per contract.

Your money, in and out whenever you want — on your terms.

$0 deposit and withdrawal fee

Your money, in and out whenever you want — on your terms.

Maintain a $25,000 balance to unlock trading discounts and a registered representative.

Enjoy our Platinum access

Maintain a $25,000 balance to unlock trading discounts and a registered representative.

Trade with guardrails you control

Define your exits, manage risk, and stay in control as market conditions change.

Trailing stops that follow your position, to help you manage your risk. Stop-loss orders that trigger automatically if price reverses. Conditional orders that set your limit and stop simultaneously on entry.

Manage long positions precisely with built-in risk tools

Trailing stops that follow your position, to help you manage your risk. Stop-loss orders that trigger automatically if price reverses. Conditional orders that set your limit and stop simultaneously on entry.

Place Stop-Limit orders from 4:00 AM to 8:00 PM ET — covering pre-market, regular hours, and after-hours.

Stop-Limit orders, all sessions

Place Stop-Limit orders from 4:00 to 20:00 ET — covering pre-market, regular hours, and after-hours.

TradeZero API

The same APIs that power
our platforms. Available to you.

TradeZero Developer is an execution-first

API for your TradeZero account. Trade

equities and options, pull account and

positions, and run short locates through

code. Available at no extra cost.

From scan to execution. All in one platform.

Filter the market in real time. ProScanner surfaces names that match your criteria as conditions change.

Step 1: Find the Setup

Filter the market in real time. ProScanner surfaces names that match your criteria as conditions change.

Open the symbol directly in your chart. Review price action, volume, and indicators before entering.

Step 2: Analyse the chart

Open the symbol directly in your chart. Review price action, volume, and indicators before entering.

Market or limit orders — Zero commission on stocks above $1.

Step 3: Execute the trade

Control your price. Zero commission on limit orders for stocks above $1.

Protect your capital using fixed dollar stops or percentage trailing stops.

Step 4: Manage the position

Protect your capital using fixed dollar stops or percentage trailing stops.

Paper Trading

Test your intraday trading strategies risk-free

Open a paper trading account in less than 1 minute. Get 30 days of paper trading with real-time NASDAQ Basic data. Practice scanning, entering, and managing long positions before going live. Risk-free and Stress-free.

TradeZero Paper Trading

Key features for options traders

Whether on web, desktop or mobile, enjoy a real-time dynamically updating options chain, inclusive of all strikes and expirations.

Dynamic Options Chains

Whether on web, desktop or mobile, enjoy a real-time dynamically updating options chain, inclusive of all strikes and expirations.

Track how a contract responds to time, volatility, and price with real-time data on delta, gamma, theta, vega, and rho.

Option Greeks

Track how a contract responds to time, volatility, and price with real-time data on delta, gamma, theta, vega, and rho.

Chart your options strategies with intraday and historical data. View strikes, position overlays, and volatility metrics directly in ZeroFree to support your analysis and trade planning.

Strategy Overview Charts

Chart your options strategies with intraday and historical data. View strikes, position overlays, and volatility metrics directly in ZeroFree to support your analysis and trade planning.

TradeZero offers you access to trade same-day expiring options, commonly referred to as “0DTE options”. Your 0DTE positions may be opened up to 3:00 PM ET. After 3:00 PM ET, you may only close existing positions.

Same-Day Expiring Options (0DTE)

TradeZero offers you access to trade same-day expiring options, commonly referred to as “0DTE options”. Your 0DTE positions may be opened up to 2:00 PM ET. After 2:00 PM ET, you may only close existing positions.

TradeZero Active Trading

The broker that’s built
for trading the full session.

Zero commission orders. Direct market access.

16-hour access. Real-time locates.

Built-in scanner. API trading.

Investing involves risk. You may lose more than your initial investment.