TradeStation Securities, a self-clearing online brokerage for trading stocks, ETFs, options and futures, has announced its integration with Unusual Whales, an option flow platform and information service.
This collaboration makes TradeStation the first major U.S. multi-asset class broker-dealer integrated into the Unusual Whales platform, providing users with market access and trading within their suite of tools.
Unusual Whales was founded in 2020 and offers to retail traders tools intended to help support trading in the options and equities markets.
Specifically, Unusual Whales offers real-time data and tracking of completed options trades on U.S. exchanges and features data feeds built to help retail traders “follow the flow” of money into options trades.
“TradeStation strives to make the markets more accessible and transparent for retail traders through expanded integration capabilities of our API solution with new and innovative trading features,” said John Bartleman, President and Chief Executive Officer of TradeStation Securities’ parent company, TradeStation Group.
“By collaborating with Unusual Whales, we are expanding the tools available to support our goal of providing traders the ultimate trading experience,” he said.
TradeStation Securities is a subsidiary of TradeStation Group that offers self-clearing equities, options, futures, and futures options brokerage services as a licensed securities broker-dealer and futures commission merchant (FCM) and is a member of major equities and futures exchanges in the United States.