“I tried three brokers before Market Securities. They either wanted account minimums I didn't have or charged fees that ate my returns. Here I started with $50 and the same research tools the pros use.”
Democratize institutional investing
For decades, the best tools — real-time data, smart order routing, hedge-fund risk analytics — were locked behind six-figure minimums. We tore down that wall. The institutional edge, made universal.

Ambition is better when it is shared.
Discover the principles behind the platform we are building.
The investing world has always been two-tiered. Hedge funds and family offices get real-time data, smart order routing, risk analytics, and tools that quietly compound returns. Everyone else gets 15-minute delayed quotes, payment for order flow, and an app that gamifies speculation.
We built Market Securities to end that. Same execution engine, same risk toolkit, same AI Copilot — wrapped in an interface your grandmother could use. No minimums. No conflicts. No dark patterns. The institutional edge, made universal.
What we stand for
Three documents, reviewed annually by leadership and our customer advisory board. No marketing copy — operational constraints.
Democratize institutional investing
For decades, the best investing tools — real-time market data, smart order routing, hedge-fund-grade risk analytics — were locked behind six-figure minimums and enterprise contracts. The top 1% quietly compounded returns using infrastructure the rest of us never knew existed.
We built Market Securities to end that. The same execution engine, the same risk toolkit, the same AI Copilot — wrapped in an interface your grandmother could use. No minimums. No conflicts of interest. No dark patterns. The institutional edge, made universal.
- Zero account minimums — start with $1
- Real-time data for every account tier
- No payment for order flow, ever
- Hedge-fund analytics in your pocket
Measuring what matters
We publish our mission's progress monthly. These aren't vanity metrics — each is tied to a 2030 goal. Hover any tile for context.
Six pillars of institutional access
Click any pillar to see how the old system worked — and how we rebuilt it for everyone.
Real-time data
Every quote, every chart, every signal — streaming at full tick rate. No paywalls, no 15-minute delays, no "upgrade for live data" popups. The market doesn't wait, so neither should you.
15-minute delayed quotes on free tier; $50/mo for real-time
Real-time tick data on every account, including $0 tier
Education is a basic right
The part of our mission that loses money on purpose. We don't care. A literate investor is a successful investor.
Market Securities Academy
240+ free courses from beginner to advanced, taught by CFA charterholders and ex-hedge-fund PMs. Available in 12 languages.
Scholarship Program
Full-ride scholarships for students from underrepresented backgrounds entering finance, CS, and economics programs.
Free Webinars
Weekly live webinars on markets, risk, and macroeconomics. Recordings free forever, no email gate.
School Partnerships
Financial literacy curriculum co-taught in 1,200+ high schools across 38 US states and 14 countries.
Community Grants
$5,000–$50,000 grants for nonprofits advancing financial literacy in underserved communities.
Open Research
All Market Securities market research and whitepapers published under Creative Commons. No paywalls, no email gates.
Our commitments to people and planet
A mission-driven company must be mission-driven in operations. We publish our ESG progress quarterly — no greenwashing.
Carbon neutral operations
100% carbon offset for all operations, including data centers, offices, and business travel. Verified by Climate Neutral.
Renewable data centers
Migrating all infrastructure to 100% renewable-powered data centers. Currently at 82% renewable, targeting 100% by 2026.
Diverse hiring target
Committed to 50% underrepresented groups in new hires by 2026. Currently at 48% across engineering, product, and leadership.
Community investment
$50M pledged to financial-literacy nonprofits and community grants over 5 years. $35.5M deployed to date.
Sustainable investing tools
Free ESG screening for every account. 8,400+ sustainability-rated instruments with full methodology disclosure.
Board diversity
Independent board with 50% women and 38% from underrepresented groups. Board diversity report published quarterly.
What most brokers hide, we publish
Click any report to see what's inside. We publish quarterly; everything below is current as of last quarter.
Fee structure disclosure
Every fee we charge — and every fee we don't — published in plain English. We display the all-in cost of every trade before you click.
Order routing stats
Conflict-of-interest policy
Data privacy
Public financials
No dark patterns
Real people. Real outcomes.
Six of the 2M+ investors whose lives have been changed by access to institutional-grade tools. Names shared with permission.
“The risk analytics changed everything. I used to trade on gut feel. Now I know my Sharpe ratio, my VaR, my factor exposure — the same numbers hedge funds use to manage billions.”
“I'm a nurse working twelve-hour shifts. I don't have time to day-trade. Copy Trading lets me mirror a verified trader who matches my risk tolerance — and I've learned his strategy by following his moves.”
“After my divorce I had to rebuild my retirement from scratch. Market Securities Academy taught me what no advisor ever did — in plain English, for free. I now manage my own IRA with confidence.”
“I won a Market Securities Scholarship in 2022. It paid my final two years at Georgia Tech. Now I work as a junior quant in New York — and I invest my salary on the same platform that gave me a chance.”
“I run a small bakery. I never thought 'institutional-grade investing' was for people like me. The AI Copilot explains every trade in plain terms I actually understand.”
Real-time progress toward 2030
Eight measurable goals, each with a deadline. Updated monthly. If we miss one, we tell you why.
Reach 10M investors by 2030
Expand to 220 countries
Save investors $1B in fees
Award 10,000 scholarships
Publish 500 free courses
Deploy $50M in community grants
Achieve carbon-neutral operations
50% diverse hiring
Signed by leadership, binding on the company
Six pledges that predate our first line of code. Each is signed by an executive and reviewed annually by our board.
Investor-first, always
Every product decision starts with one question: does this serve the investor? If a feature would harm our customers — even if it would boost our revenue — we don't ship it. Period.
No payment for order flow
We will never accept payment for order flow. We will never sell your orders to a market maker. We will never trade against you. Your fill quality is our only incentive.
Radical fee transparency
Every fee we charge is published in plain English before you click. No hidden spreads, no FX markup, no surprise account fees. If we ever charge for something new, we'll notify you 90 days in advance.
Your data is yours
We never sell your data. We never share order flow with hedge funds. We never use your positions to inform our own trading. Your data is encrypted, audited, and yours to export or delete anytime.
Education over speculation
We will never gamify investing. No confetti animations, no streaks, no leaderboards that reward frequency over discipline. We teach risk management and long-term thinking, even when it costs us revenue.
Long-term alignment
We make money when you succeed — through low AUM fees on growing portfolios, not through churn or PFOF. Our incentives are aligned with yours, by design, in perpetuity.
Traditional Wall Street vs. Market Securities
Toggle the view to see exactly what changes when you switch from a legacy broker to Market Securities. Every row is verifiable.
Last year, in numbers
Highlights from our 2024 audited impact report. Full PDF available — no email gate, no signup.
Working with the best in financial literacy
Nonprofits and educational institutions we fund, partner with, and learn from. No pay-to-play listings.
Council for Economic Education
MIT Sloan Finance Lab
Junior Achievement Worldwide
London School of Economics
Operation HOPE
World Bank Financial Inclusion
Girls Who Invest
Khan Academy Personal Finance
Every product advances the mission
We don't build features to extract fees. Each product below exists to give you more institutional-grade capability — for less.
Copy Trading
Mirror verified expert traders automatically.
Live Trading
Institutional execution at your fingertips.
Signals
AI-powered trade signals with confidence scoring.
Savings & Retirements
Tax-advantaged IRAs with robo-advisor.
AI Copilot
Plain-English answers grounded in your portfolio.
Investment Plans
Managed portfolios that auto-rebalance.
Risk Analytics
Hedge-fund-grade toolkit, free for everyone.
In their own words
Five executives. One mission. These quotes are from our 2024 annual letter — read in full at /annual-letter.
“We didn't build Market Securities to be another broker. We built it to end the two-tier investing system — to give every person on earth the same tools the top 1% have always had.”
Questions about our mission
Honest answers to the questions we hear most. If yours isn't here, email contact@marketsecuritiesllc.com — we reply within 24 hours.
It means we offer the same tools hedge funds and family offices use — real-time tick data, smart order routing, hedge-fund-grade risk analytics, AI portfolio copilots — to every investor, regardless of account size. No six-figure minimums, no enterprise contracts, no paywalls. Start with $1, get the same toolkit as a $1B fund.
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