Firstrade
Zero-commission US broker with free options contracts
Score breakdown
What makes up this score
- No usable third-party ratings
- 2 answer engines measured
- cross-model consistency 1
- 15 web authority signals
- average citing-domain authority 47.1
- 100% of the category rubric covered
- No approved user reviews yet
Explanation
Why Firstrade ranks #18
Firstrade ranks #18 of 19 trading with a TOP SCORE of 29.
The category leader scores 75, a gap of 46 points.
That is 19 points below the category average of 47.
Its strongest component is Expert Assessment at 49; its weakest is AI Authority at 0.
No usable evidence was found for External Reputation, TOP10 User Score, so that weight was redistributed across the components that are evidenced.
Generated from the recorded evidence behind this score, not from editorial opinion. How scoring works.
Score history
How the score has moved
25 → 29 ↑3.6
External reputation
What third-party sources publish
No third-party ratings have been ingested for this platform yet.
AI visibility
How answer engines treat this platform
| Engine | Mention | Recommendation | Citation | Avg position | Queries | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude grounded | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | 20 | 30 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | 20 | 30 Aug 2026 |
Web authority
Citations and independent coverage
- TradingView (Turkey)30 Aug 2026
- SourceForge30 Aug 2026
- U.S. News & World Report – Money30 Aug 2026
- SmartAsset30 Aug 2026
- The Motley Fool30 Aug 2026
- StockBrokers.com30 Aug 2026
- BrokerChooser30 Aug 2026
- Liberated Stock Trader30 Aug 2026
- Jean Galea30 Aug 2026
- DayTrading.com30 Aug 2026
- OptionsTrading.org30 Aug 2026
- eBool30 Aug 2026
- Top Consumer Reviews30 Aug 2026
- AlternativeTo30 Aug 2026
- Better Business Bureau30 Aug 2026
TOP10 users
What our users report
No published reviews yet. Reviews are moderated before they appear and are never removed at a business's request.
Company information
The facts on file
- Description
- Firstrade is a US online brokerage offering stocks, ETFs, options, mutual funds and fixed income at $0 commission, including $0 options contract and exercise/assignment fees. Trades are cleared through Apex Clearing, so Firstrade operates as an introducing broker. It targets cost-sensitive, self-directed retail investors and high-volume options traders who trade during US market hours.
- Category
- Trading
- Headquarters
- Flushing, New York, United States
- Products
- Stock and ETF trading ($0 commission), Options trading ($0 commission, $0 contract fee, $0 exercise/assignment), Mutual funds (load, no-load and NTF with no transaction fee), Fixed income: Treasuries, municipal, agency bonds, zeros/strips, CDs, Margin accounts with tiered rates, IRAs with $0 annual, set-up, maintenance and termination fees, FDIC-insured cash sweep program, DRIP and periodic investment plans (free)
- Markets
- Retail investors, Self-directed traders, Options traders
- Countries
- United States
- Integrations
- Apex Clearing (clearing and settlement, ORF assessment), ACH bank transfers, ACAT account transfers, DTC security delivery, FDIC-insured bank sweep network
- Pricing
- $0 per trade (stocks, ETFs, options) — single public schedule · free tier: No subscription or platform fee; $0 commissions on stocks, ETFs, options (including $0 per-contract and $0 exercise/assignment fees) and all mutual fund categories; electronic statements, confirms, tax documents, real-time and streaming quotes, DRIP and ACH transfers all $0 pricing page ↗
- Regulatory
- Only partially verifiable from retrieved sources. Confirmed: Firstrade directs options applicants to the OCC Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options disclosure, passes through regulator-imposed SEC and ORF fees shown on confirmations as FEES/TRANS FEE/OPTION FEE, and operates an FDIC-insured sweep program under published terms. Trades clear through Apex Clearing, making Firstrade an introducing broker. FINRA membership, CRD number, SIPC coverage and BrokerCheck disciplinary history were NOT retrieved and must be confirmed against BrokerCheck before being asserted.
- Official website
- https://www.firstrade.com ↗
- Last verified
- 30 Aug 2026
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