Striker Securities, Inc.

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Address:	141 W. Jackson BLVD, Suite 3602
	Chicago, IL 60604
Phone # for sales:	312 987 0043
Website:	striker.com
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E-mail address:	info2007@striker.com

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General Information TOP

Brokerage name: Striker Securities, Inc.

Minimum account size: $5000-$10000

Base commission rates: $9-$10

Brief explanation of margin rates, if applicable:

Striker, as an Independent Introducing Broker, has great flexibility, so we use exchange min. margins. We are based in the Chicago Board of Trade Building.

This brokerage has been in business for: 10-15 years

Primary type of broker: Futures

Brief description of services offered:

Stocks, Futures, Forex, Online, & System Trading Pioneers. Striker specializes in the auto-trading of professional 3rd party trading systems. Striker is the industry's only No-Conflict broker, with motto, "Customers-Interest-Must-Come-First". Striker shows only actual results, including commissions and fees. Striker publishes "The Striker Report" since 1999.

Account Information TOP

Types of trading accounts offered:

Full Service
On-Line Full Service
Premium Service
Phone (touch tone) Discount Broker
On-Line Discount Broker

Customers online account information is updated: Up to the minute

Types of trades offerered:

Stocks
Bonds
Options
Futures
Cash markets
Industry groups
Indices
Forex

Other trade types: Systems Trading

Types of quotes offered to customers:

Delayed Data
Real-Time
Nasdaq Level II

Execution methods offered:

Electronic direct access trading(SOES, SNET and the ISLD ECN)
Online Broker(trade desk)
Broker

Exchanges covered:

American Stock Exchange (AMEX)
Athens Stock Exchange
Australian Stock Exchange
CBOE-Chicago Board Options Exchange
CBOT-Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Stock Exchange
CME-Chicago Mercantile Exchange
CSCE-Coffee Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc.
Frankfurter Wertpapierborse (FWB)
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
KCBT-Kansas City Board of Trade
Korea Stock Exchange
LIFFE-London International Financial Futures Exchange
Luxembourg Stock Exchange
MATIF-France's Futures & Options Exchange
MEFF-Spain's Futures & Options Exchange
MidAm-Mid-America Commodity Exchange
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Montreal Stock Exchange
Nagoya Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
New Zealand Stock Exchange
NYCE-New York Cotton Exchange
NYMEX & COMEX-New York Mercantile Exchange
Osaka Securities Exchange
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
Taiwan Stock Exchange
Tokyo Stock Exchange

Setup or initial costs to set up an account: Depends on type of account

Features TOP

Types of services offered to customers:

Technical Analysis
Fundamental Analysis
Basic -charts & graphs
Advanced- charts & graphs (technical indicators, ability to change parameters, etc.)
Trading software- charts & graphs (create trading systems, scan and sort based on technical criteria)
Head line news
Unique proprietary stories and news coverage
Portfolio management
Allow naked option writing

Ways customers can access their trading account:

Internet
Telephone
Broker
Mail

Allow stop, limit, and stop limit orders? Yes

Charge extra for stop, limit, and stop limit orders: No

Offer 24 hour customer support: Yes

Offer tax planning advice: Yes

Additional Comments TOP

Special features included in the service are:

Latest online, forex technologies. Striker, headquartered in the Board of Trade Building, provides actual results for many of the industry's most popular 3rd party systems. Only Striker has unique no-conflict policies.

This broker's service is better than the competition in these areas:

Striker is a pioneer in systems trading, and managed accounts. Some of the longest actual results can be studied. We have studied over 100s of trading systems. Striker's unique no-conflict policies all us to keep to our motto: Customers-Interests-Must-Come-First.

Types of security precautions taken for customers:

Because Striker is both NASD, and NFA, we will ask for photo IDs. We adhere to the strongest private policy standards. We live to our motto, "Customers-Interest-Must-Come-First" and we make all NASD and NFA security precautions.

Communications during systems failures has been assured through:

Our location in the Board of Trade Building is a great asset, as this makes communication delay or downtime much less likely. We have a 'back up' failure plan on file with NFA, and NASD. Striker runs 3rd party trading systems on at least 2 computers, as an extra 'back up' procedure.

The major plans for upgrading the current level of trading service are as follows:

As an Independent firm, Striker has clearing relations with Open E-Cry, Man Financial, ADM Investor Services, Terra Nova, LaSalle St. Securities, and RJ'O Forex. We use many clearing firms to select the best upgrades to our clients concerning order routing, technology, and research.

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