brokerages founded chicago il 2000 headquarters chicago il usa key people joe vietri ceo barry metzger cco number of employees 423 december 2009 parent charles schwab corporation website www.optionsxpress.com optionsxpress holdings inc. is a retail online brokerage firm headquartered in chicago illinois that provides brokerage services for options stocks futures mutual funds and fixed income investments in the united states and internationally . its browser based technology provides trading tools enabling investors to identify analyze and execute a range of investment strategies . 1 virtual trade optionsxpress virtual trading platform gives customers the ability to test trading strategies and ideas under real market conditions without putting real money on the line . 2 the charles schwab corporation and optionsxpress holdings inc. announced on march 21 2011 that schwab will acquire optionsxpress . 3 contents 1 history 2 industry awards and rankings 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit 2000 optionsxpress founded by ned bennett david kalt and jim gray 4 march 2003 the company creates brokersxpress to serve registered representatives financial planners and registered investment advisors 5 2004 inception of optionsxpress international which expanded the company s offerings internationally 6 2004 optionsxpress services are extended to australia 6 2005 optionsxpress goes public with an ipo 7 2005 the company begins offering its services in canada 6 2006 the company expands its offerings to singapore 6 2006 the company launches optionsxpress europe 6 january 2007 optionsxpress acquires xpresstrade which increased optionsxpress offerings to include over 300 futures products worldwide 8 october 2007 david fisher becomes ceo previously served as cfo 9 july 2008 acquisition of paragon futures open e cry 10 may 2009 acquisition lanai partners llc optionetics inc. this acquisition widened the breadth of optionsxpress educational offerings which now include workshops classes live and online newsletters dvds and strategy support 11 july 2009 launch of ox mobile allowing ox customers to monitor their accounts from their mobile phones 12 may 2010 optionsxpress launches xtend a downloadable and customizable platform that offers real time streaming quotes charts and news on users desktops 13 march 21 2011 charles schwab corporation schw.n announced a buyout of optionsxpress holdings inc oxps.o in a 1 billion deal valuing optionsxpress at 17.91 share . 14 june 10 2013 u.s. sec fines optionsxpress individuals 4.8 mln for naked short sales 15 industry awards and rankings edit optionsxpress has received numerous top rankings by personal finance publications including the top star ranking in the annual barron s magazine online broker review for five years in a row . 16 top rankings have also been awarded to optionsxpress by forbes 17 and kiplinger s. 18 see also edit comparison of online brokerages references edit profile at yahoo finance . 1 sec . filed 2010 03 01 . 2 press release 3 finra . retrieved 2010 12 10 . 4 brokersxpress.com . retrieved 2010 10 10 . a b c d e 5 sec . filed 2009 03 02 . 6 moneycentral.hoovers.com . retrieved 2010 12 10 . 7 reuters.com . dated 2007 01 24 . 8 forbes.com . retrieved 2010 12 10 . 9 secwatch.com . filed 2008 08 11 . 10 insideview.com . retrieved 2010 12 10 . 11 highbeam.com . dated 2009 07 12 . 12 thestreet.com . dated 2010 05 03 . charles schwab buys optionsxpress for 1b . associated press . march 21 2011 . u.s. sec fines optionsxpress individuals 4.8 mln for naked short sales reuters different strokes for ... features barron s online dow jones webreprint service march 6 2006 . optionsxpress website reviews best of the web forbes.com 2007 . the best online broker a relatively new player sweeps our rankings by steven goldberg and jessica anderson trading kiplinger.com july 2006 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title optionsxpress & oldid 743336964 categories financial services companies of the united statesonline companiescompanies based in chicagoonline brokeragesfinancial derivative trading companiescompanies formerly listed on nasdaqcompanies established in 20002000 establishments in illinoishidden categories use mdy dates from april 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 05 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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