Tastytrade Help Center (2024)

FAQs

How do I contact tastytrade support? ›

For any futures trading-related questions or if you need help in the overnight session (5:00 PM-7:00 AM CST), please email us at futures@tastytrade.com, and one of our representatives will get back to you shortly.

What happened to the financial network previously known as tastytrade? The financial network is still our separate but affiliated company. It was rebranded to tastylive in December 2022. You can now visit the network's website at tastylive.com.

("tastytrade”) is a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA, NFA, and SIPC. tastytrade was previously known as tastyworks, Inc. (“tastyworks”). tastytrade offers self-directed brokerage accounts to its customers.

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The Bottom Line: Is tastyworks legit? Yes. (Note: The company is now known as tastytrade.) Founded by former option floor traders in Chicago, tastytrade (formerly known as tastyworks) seeks to serve retail options traders by giving them an excellent platform with tons of educational resources.

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That said, tastytrade offers one of the best programs for fractional shares, popular with new and buy-and-hold investors. The pricing for options and cryptocurrency are quite favorable at tastytrade, though Ally Invest and E-Trade both offer attractive commissions without having to trade huge quantities, too.

Hear from entrepreneurship legend Tom Sosnoff, founder of tastytrade, an online retail trading platform.

tastytrade is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC"). Therefore, funds are available to meet customer claims up to $500,000, which includes a maximum of $250,000 for cash claims.

tastytrade is overseen by top-tier US regulators, which ensures strong investor protection, but the broker doesn't have a banking background.

Is tastytrade better than Robinhood? ›

Intro. Our comparison of tastytrade and Robinhood across several objective criteria shows that tastytrade comes out on top with an overall score of 4.6 vs 4.3 for Robinhood.

What positions are subject to dividend risk? If your portfolio contains any short call options, then there is a chance that you may be forced to sell 100 shares (per contract) of the underlying and pay the dividend on the payable date. As a result, your account will be short the stock and owe the upcoming dividend.

No minimum, but requires $2,000+ for margin privileges

However, if you wish to gain margin privileges, which allows you to buy stock or ETFs on margin, it will require a minimum account balance of $2,000 or more.

(“tastytrade”, “we”, “our”, or the “Firm”), previoulsy known as tastyworks, Inc., is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) as a broker-dealer.

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