Jan 22, 2013, 1:00pm

tradeMONSTER customers now have the ability to choose from over 140 criteria for quotes, volatilities, statistics and fundamentals to create real-time custom scans to find personalized trade ideas. The unique custom scanning tool, which is free of charge like all tools on the tradeMONSTER platform, makes it easy for traders to run real-time scans for all listed U.S. market equities and equity options to discover opportunities in the market at any time.

Custom Scans is a further enhancement to the powerful liveACTION tool, which offers over 100 preset market scans already. All the scans offered in liveACTION search a database of streaming quotes and market data including equity and option volume, volatilities, fundamentals and other statistics to produce up to the second results.

“With the addition of Custom Scans, tradeMONSTER customers can create more personalized trade ideas to better fit their investment objectives,” said Jim Swartwout, President tradeMONSTER. “The ability to run scans based off detailed criteria like optionable securities in the Money Center Banks where Earnings Per Share is greater than 90% of the S&P 500 companies and Implied Volatility is up 10% from the open, is invaluable to active traders.”

Customers can name Custom Scans, add descriptions, sort, add additional filters, customize results and save up to 50 scans to mine the market for trade ideas. Watch a video on how Custom Scans can help benefit your trading or learn more by visiting www.trademonster.com.

About tradeMONSTER

Rated "Best for Options Traders", tradeMONSTER, at www.trademonster.com, is setting a new standard of excellence and innovation in the online brokerage industry. tradeMONSTER is the first online broker to deploy a streaming desktop-like trading experience in a web-browser. tradeMONSTER features a dynamic and customizable interface, integrated investor education, transparent commissions and an extremely knowledgeable and dedicated customer service team. tradeMONSTER's technology team prides itself on constant customer driven innovation and currently has 3 patents granted and 7 patents pending for one-of-kind investment tools embedded on the tradeMONSTER platform.

All securities and investments are offered through tradeMONSTER. Member FINRA/SIPC/NRA.

About optionMONSTER

Co-founded in 2006 by Jon (‘DRJ’) Najarian and Pete Najarian, a pair of professional traders, financial executives, and CNBC contributors, the optionMONSTER Group of companies provides information and tools intended to narrow the gap between self-directed and institutional investing.

optionMONSTER's unique perspective marries high-tech analysis of the day's market activity to the pro trader's insights and makes it accessible to everyone. At www.optionMONSTER.com, the Chicago-based company delivers news and analysis, educational resources, and subscription services in the fields of options, equity, and exchange traded funds, helping investors evaluate trading opportunities and make disciplined decisions about their portfolio.

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