We’ve updated our iOS app to bring you the fastest, most efficient trading experience from Firstrade yet! Version 3.3 is available in the Apple app store now with an Android version coming soon.

This upgrade introduces innovations that greatly improve trading workflows and adds some of the most popular features of our desktop trading platform, optimized for a smaller screen.

New features include more charts, a redesign of the account management module, and advanced tools for options traders with more sophisticated investing strategies.

Do you want to earn more money from your investment account? If you do, here’s an opportunity for you to earn added income from Firstrade’s Securities Lending Income Program, which allows eligible customers to lend certain fully-paid stocks to Firstrade’s clearing firm, Apex. In return, you can increase income from your portfolio through the securities-based lending market.

We just launched a major update to our complex options order workflow that will improve your trading experience.
 
Placing and editing complex options orders on your browser is now easier and more convenient. 

OK, they may be boring but they’re a great long-term investment. Of course, we’re talking about mutual funds. We make it easy to invest in mutual funds—we’re the only online broker that has zero commission for all our mutual funds transactions! And, we support more than 4,000 no transaction fee funds, more than 10,000 no-load funds and 4,000 load funds.

In our last blog, we discussed custodial accounts, which can be an effective way for families to save for their children’s education. Here’s another idea to consider—a Coverdell Education Savings Account (CESAs), formerly known as an Education IRA.