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Place Trade offers Powerful Trading Technology

Place Trade clients receive the benefits of powerful trading technology and low, transparent trading costs along with multiple trading platforms. Trade your way with market maker-designed Place Trader Workstation (TWS) or the clean and simple interface can use our HTML-based WebTrader or with the easiest application available through the client portal called QuickTrade. Traders on-the-go can use one of our mobile solutions, including mobileTWS for iPhone^TM, TWS for Blackberry® and MobileTrader, for Android and other smartphones, tablets and more.

Multiple Trading Platforms to help fit all of your investment needs

We offer multiple trading platforms that provide the ideal environment for all types of traders:

· Traders who prefer a clean and simple interface can use our HTML-based WebTrader, which makes it easy to view market data, submit orders, and monitor your account and executions.

· Traders who require more sophisticated trading tools can use our market maker-designed Place Trader Workstation (TWS), which optimizes your trading speed and efficiency with an easy-to-use spreadsheet interface, support for more than 60 order types, task-specific trading tools for all trading styles, and real-time account balance and activity monitoring.

· Traders on-the-go can use one of our mobile solutions, including mobileTWS for iPhone^TM, TWS for Blackberry® and MobileTrader.

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Powerful Trading Tools

Trader Workstation gives you access to a variety of powerful trading tools that support more than 50 order types and multiple algos to accommodate the needs of all traders and all strategies, including:

· Accumulate/Distribute Algo– Minimize market impact for large orders by slicing the order into increments and buying or selling over time at pre-defined, randomized time intervals.

· TWS ScaleTrader– Execute large volume orders while minimizing the effects of increasingly deteriorating prices.

· OptionTrader– View data and manage options orders from a single customizable screen.

· Multiple Algos including IB Algos, CSFB Algos, Jefferies Algos ...and many more!

Create your own customized trading application using our proprietary API. Our API is available in multiple programming languages

Alternative Access via Place Trade with IB API and FIX CTCI

We provide alternatives for clients who prefer to access the Place Trade trading system using their own front end. Use our Place Trade Application Programming Interface (API) or our for FIX CTCI connections:

· Create your own customized trading application using our proprietary API. Our API is available in multiple programming languages and does not require additional technical overhead such as a dedicated FIX server.

· We also support an industry-standard FIX CTCI solution for clients who can support a FIX Computer-to-Computer Interface (CTCI) infrastructure.

· For more information about our system please call 919.719.7200.

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Place Trade’s algorithmic SmartRouting searches for the best firm stock, option, and combination prices available at the time of your order, and seeks to immediately execute your order electronically.

Place Trade SmartRouting continuously evaluates even the fastest-changing market conditions and will route or re-route all or parts of your order instantly to achieve optimal execution and maximize your rebate.

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*Our clearing firm, IB Group includes Interactive Brokers Group member of (NYSE, FINRA, SIPC) and predecessor companies. Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. For more information, read the “Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options” before investing in options. For a copy call 203 618-5800 or click here. There is no guarantee of execution. Orders will be routed to US options exchanges.

Any trading symbols displayed are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to portray a recommendation.

All investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal and there can be no assurance that any investment strategy will be successful.

Get an idea of some of the investment offerings at Place Trade by checking out the links below:

International Trading

Cash & Wealth Management

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Individual Retirement Plans & Rollovers

Small Business & Enterprise - Qualified Plans

Find out how Place Trade can help you get the most out of your college planning by visiting some of the links below:

Coverdell ESA

529 College Savings Plans

UGMA/UTMA Accounts

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All investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal, and there can be no assurance that any investment strategy will be successful.

Please Note: Brokerage products are NOT FDIC insured or bank guarantee and may lose value.

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Please note that while Place Trade strives to offers extremely low overall trading costs including deep discount commissions and some of the lowest margin rates available we would like to remind investors that there will be trading costs associated with investing, trading and holding a brokerage account. Brokerage commissions and exchange fees along with potential other account fees, fund expenses and service fees may apply. Expenses related to your investment account may vary depending on the type of investments that you choose to hold, type of account, level of activity, account balance, tax withholding or other possible factors. Please consider your overall trading costs prior to investing.

The information on this website is for discussion and information purposes only. Nothing contained herein should be considered as an offer to buy or sell any security, securities product or service, nor should be considered as investment, legal or tax advice. Place Trade Financial is a registered broker dealer (Member FINRA/SIPC) however it is not registered in all states or jurisdictions. Place Trade does not solicit securities, products or services in any jurisdiction where it is not authorized to do so. Please contact Place Trade Financial at 1-800-50-PLACE (1-800-507-5223) or 1-919-719-7200 for further information. Systems response and access times may vary due to market conditions, system performance as well as other factors. All accounts accepted at the discretion of Place Trade Financial.

Place Trade Financial, Inc. does not provide investment advice to online trading clients/accounts, online institutional accounts or any other individual or account that is not specifically set up as a full service client and on a full service commission and fee schedule. Place Trade Financial, Inc. will only provide investment advice to full service clients that are specifically set up for full service trading and advice. (Full Service clients work with experienced financial consultants and pay full service commissions and fees which are different than online trading commissions and fees.) To take advantage of both our Online Trading and Full Service flexible client benefits please call 1-919-719-7200 today! Documentation for any claims and/or statistical information will be provided upon request. Any trading symbols displayed are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to portray recommendations.

The risk of loss in trading stocks, bonds, mutual funds, options, and other securities can be substantial. Options are not suitable for all investors. For more information please read the "Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options" guide prior to trading options along with the relevant risk disclosure statements on our website.

Trading on margin is only for sophisticated investors with high risk tolerance. You may lose more than your initial investment. (The amount you may lose may be greater than the amount that you started with or more simply put; you can lose more than the amount that you actually put into an investment when trading on margin.) Please follow these links for additional information regarding trading on margin and margin loan rates.

IMPORTANT: The projections or other information generated by any investment analysis tools regarding the likelihood of various investment outcomes are hypothetical in nature, do not reflect actual investment results and are not guarantees of future results.

Place Trade does not offer futures or forex trading at this time.

Place Trade Financial, Inc. does not provide tax advice to online trading clients/accounts, online institutional clients/accounts or any other individual or account at any time. Please speak with your own personal tax advisor, CPA or tax attorney prior to making tax related decisions.

Please Note: Any symbols displayed are for illustrative purposes only and do not portray a recommendation. Apple, the Apple logo, iPod, iPod touch, and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.

This website includes links to other third party sites. Any links to third party sites, including any site that does not specifically include PlaceTrade.com in both the url/domain name title, frame source code and ICANN's WHOIS database, are not owned or controlled by Place Trade Financial, Inc. Place Trade cannot be responsible for the content, policies, procedures, media, source code, systems, security, certificates, instrumentalities, patents, trademarks, copyrights, original art, algorithms, configuration or any other function, form or facet of websites that it does not own or control including any other sites that may be referred or linked either to or from such sites, whether specifically stated, used or implied in any way. For information regarding other websites, please contact those websites or companies directly.

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