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.
Integrated stock scanner
Built-in trading strategies. Real-time signals. ProScanner helps you find momentum, breakouts, and high-probability setups—no setup required.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Data reflects TradeZero metrics from 2025. Support document can be provided per request.
Choose the platform that fits how you trade
Level 2 market
data at no extra cost
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 with guardrails you control
Define your exits, manage risk, and stay in control as market conditions change.
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.
Stop-Limit orders, all sessions
Place Stop-Limit orders from 4:00 to 20:00 ET — covering pre-market, regular hours, and after-hours.
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.
Step 2: Analyse the chart
Open the symbol directly in your chart. Review price action, volume, and indicators before entering.
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.
Key features for options traders
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.