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 AM to 8:00 PM ET.

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

Our real-time scanner is powered with advanced technical filters designed for active trading and momentum strategies. Fully integrated at no extra cost.

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.

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 AM to 8:00 PM ET.

Commission-free orders

Trade limit and market orders commission-free on NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ stocks above $1 — from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM ET.

This summer, trade single and multi-leg options strategies at just $0.21 per contract — half the standard rate. Until September 4.

Get 50% off options fees

This summer, trade single and multi-leg options strategies at just $0.21 per contract — half the standard rate. Until September 4.

Every eligible locate you execute is automatically discounted by 15%. Until September 4.

Get 15% off locate fees

Every eligible locate you execute is automatically discounted by 15%. Until September 4.

More flexibility when executing short selling strategies on lower-priced securities, now available to all TradeZero America clients.

Short stocks from $0.25

Every eligible locate you execute is automatically discounted by 15%. Until September 4.

Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading options, investors should carefully read the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (or ODD) and ensure their account is approved for options trading. Please review the detailed options disclosure here.

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 AM to 8:00 PM 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

Market or limit orders — Zero commission on 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 free 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 3:00 PM ET. After 3:00 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.

Select routes. 16-hour access. Real-time locates.

Built-in scanner. API trading.

TradeZero America, Inc., a United States broker-dealer, is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC); TradeZero, Inc., a Bahamian broker-dealer, is registered with the Securities Commission of The Bahamas; TradeZero Canada Securities ULC, a Canadian broker-dealer, is a member firm of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF); and TradeZero Europe B.V., a Dutch broker dealer, authorized and regulated by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). Collectively, these entities are referred to as the "TradeZero Broker-Dealers", and are subsidiaries of TradeZero Holding Corp.

TradeZero Broker-Dealers offer self-directed electronic securities trading services. They do not provide financial or trading advice, nor do they make investment recommendations. This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security or financial instrument mentioned.

There are risks associated with online securities trading, including equities and options. Margin trading increases your level of market risk and is not suitable for all investors. You may lose more than your initial investment. Click here to see the Margin Risk Disclosure.


Short selling is extremely risky and can potentially lead to unlimited losses. Active trading and day trading involve substantial risk and are not suitable for all investors. Investors may lose more than their initial investment. Click here see the Day Trading Risk Disclosure.

Options trading is not suitable for all investors as it can involve risk that may expose investors to significant losses. Please read the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options, also known as the Options Disclosure Document (ODD) before deciding to engage in options trading. Please also see the Options Trading Disclosure.

You must be approved to trade multi-leg options strategies. You may lose all of your principal. Executing multi-leg options orders may result in increased transaction fees compared to single-leg options orders. Multi-leg options strategies may exhibit risks such as illiquidity and increased sensitivity to market unpredictability.

Any trading symbols displayed are for illustrative purposes only and do not constitute a recommendation by TradeZero to buy, sell, or hold any such investment.

Please see here for additional disclosures.

If you have specific questions regarding TradeZero’s brokerage services, please contact the TradeZero Broker-Dealer servicing your jurisdiction.