tastytrade
Derivatives-first US brokerage with cheap per-contract futures and options pricing
Score breakdown
What makes up this score
External Reputation66
- 1 independent review sources
- 615 third-party reviews counted
AI Authority26
- 4 answer engines measured
- cross-model consistency 0.85
Web Authority57
- 20 web authority signals
- average citing-domain authority 44.5
Expert Assessment68
- 100% of the category rubric covered
TOP10 User Score—
- No approved user reviews yet
Explanation
Why tastytrade ranks #1
tastytrade ranks #1 of 8 futures brokers with a TOP SCORE of 53.
That is 7 points above the category average of 46.
Its strongest component is Expert Assessment at 68; its weakest is AI Authority at 26.
No usable evidence was found for 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
54 → 53 ↓0.5
External reputation
What third-party sources publish
| Source | Published | Normalised | Reviews | Last checked | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot ↗ | 3.2/5 | 64 | 615 | 31 Aug 2026 | permitted crawl |
AI visibility
How answer engines treat this platform
| Engine | Mention | Recommendation | Citation | Avg position | Queries | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude sonnet 5 parametric | 10% | 5% | 0% | 3.5 | 20 | 1 Oct 2026 |
| claude sonnet 5 grounded | 15% | 15% | 5% | 2.0 | 20 | 1 Oct 2026 |
| claude sonnet 5 grounded | 15% | 5% | 0% | 4.7 | 20 | 2 Sept 2026 |
| claude sonnet 5 parametric | 7% | 7% | 0% | 1.0 | 15 | 2 Sept 2026 |
| claude parametric | 25% | 5% | 0% | 6.8 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude grounded | 25% | 20% | 20% | 2.6 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 25% | 5% | 0% | 5.6 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude grounded | 20% | 20% | 15% | 1.8 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude grounded | 15% | 10% | 0% | 4.7 | 20 | 30 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 10% | 10% | 0% | 5.5 | 20 | 30 Aug 2026 |
Web authority
Citations and independent coverage
- The Motley Fool30 Aug 2026
- Benzinga30 Aug 2026
- NerdWallet30 Aug 2026
- SourceForge30 Aug 2026
- Barchart30 Aug 2026
- Business Wire30 Aug 2026
- Techjockey30 Aug 2026
- InvestMatch30 Aug 2026
- Slashdot30 Aug 2026
- TradingBrokers.com30 Aug 2026
- Trading Tools Hub30 Aug 2026
- BrokerChooser30 Aug 2026
- StockBrokers.com30 Aug 2026
- Pure Power Picks30 Aug 2026
- Forex Tester30 Aug 2026
- Trustpilot30 Aug 2026
- Better Business Bureau30 Aug 2026
- Finder30 Aug 2026
- Google Play30 Aug 2026
- FINRA BrokerCheck30 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
- tastytrade is a US self-directed brokerage built around derivatives, covering futures, futures options, equities/ETFs, equity and index options, crypto, forex and event contracts in one account. Pricing is per-contract with no subscription tiers ($1.00 standard futures, $0.75 micros, each way), and the desktop platform bundles SPAN scenario analysis, an order ladder and cross-portfolio P&L tooling. It targets active retail derivatives traders — particularly micro-futures and futures-options traders running small-to-mid accounts.
- Category
- Futures Brokers
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois, United States (1330 W Fulton St., Suite 600)
- Products
- Futures trading, Options on futures, Equities and ETFs (including fractional shares), Equity and broad-based index options, Cryptocurrency (via Zero Hash), Event/prediction contracts, Treasury bills, notes and bonds, IRA accounts
- Markets
- Retail self-directed traders, Active derivatives traders, Small-to-mid account sizes
- Countries
- United States
- Integrations
- tastytrade API, Zero Hash Liquidity Services LLC (crypto execution), Zero Hash LLC (crypto custody), Apex (check issuance/clearing involvement referenced in fee schedule)
- Pricing
- $0.75 per micro futures contract to open and $0.75 to close, plus $0.30/contract clearing fee + exchange fees + NFA fee · free tier: None — no plans or subscriptions; stocks and ETFs trade at $0.00 commission (clearing fee $0.0008/share + regulatory fee) and event contracts at $0.00 commission pricing page ↗
- Regulatory
- Fee schedule evidences FINRA TAF charges ($0.000195/share on stock sales, $0.00329/contract on option sales), an SEC fee of $20.60 per $1,000,000 in sales and an NFA fee of $0.01 per futures contract, consistent with a FINRA-member broker-dealer engaged in futures activity. Crypto is not tastytrade's own: execution by Zero Hash Liquidity Services LLC (MSB #31000181510564), custody by Zero Hash LLC (NMLS #169937). A $30 stop-payment fee on 'Apex Issued Checks' indicates Apex clearing involvement. NOT VERIFIED this session: SIPC coverage, CFTC/NFA member ID, FCM status, BrokerCheck or NFA BASIC disciplinary history, and ownership.
- Official website
- https://www.tastytrade.com/ ↗
- Last verified
- 31 Aug 2026
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Head to head
Category context
- This platform53
- Category leader53
- Category average46
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