Firstrade Securities is a commission-free online brokerage offering trading in stocks, ETFs, options, mutual funds, and fixed income securities with no account minimums and no inactivity fees. Founded to serve self-directed investors, Firstrade provides $0 commissions across all major asset classes including options (with $0 contract fees).
Firstrade does not publish an official public REST API. Programmatic account access is available through the Plaid financial data aggregation platform, which supports:
- Assets — Consolidated account balance summaries and asset reports (JSON and PDF)
- Balance — Current and available account balances
- Transactions — Up to 24 months of transaction history
- Investments — Retirement, brokerage, and crypto holdings
Developers integrate via Plaid's API using Plaid Link for customer consent-based authentication.
- Stocks (NYSE, AMEX, Nasdaq, OTC)
- ETFs (2,200+ available)
- Options (OptionsWizard analytics tool included)
- Mutual Funds (11,000+ available)
- Fixed Income (Treasury bonds, municipal bonds, CDs, agency bonds)
Individual, Joint (WROS and Tenants in Common), Custodial (UTMA/UGMA), Trust, Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, Rollover IRA, SEP IRA, SIMPLE IRA, Coverdell ESA, and margin accounts.
- $0 commissions on stocks, ETFs, options, and most mutual funds
- $0 options contract fees
- No account minimums
- No inactivity fees
- SEC transaction fee: $20.60 per million dollars on eligible sell transactions
- Options Regulatory Fee: $0.02375 per contract