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Innovation is in our DNA

From Berlin's first fintech to Europe's largest retail exchange

With a clever idea, pioneering spirit, and a highly motivated team, we founded the ECN Tradegate in 2000 as Berlin's first fintech company.

Initially operating as an off-exchange trading platform, it convinced investors with fast, automatic executions without brokerage fees or other charges.

Strong across the entire value chain

Tradegate AG successfully operates throughout the entire securities trading value chain.

Market Making

Liquidity is guaranteed

Tradegate AG ensures high liquidity at all times on the Tradegate Exchange.

Tradegate.Direct

Smart trading with our app

With our app, investors trade directly on Tradegate Exchange, the largest and most liquid retail exchange in Europe.

Berliner Effektenbank

At the highest level – and highly personal

Berliner Effektenbank combines traditional private banking with top-tier expertise in the world’s financial markets.

Mini Futures

Real prices, fair spreads

Since 2021, we have been issuing Mini Futures on liquid stocks listed on the Tradegate Exchange.

Reliability and Performance

Our systems are among the best in the world

With our native IT systems, we ensure that we can guarantee the highest price quality in our market making activities on Tradegate Exchange. Our systems are housed in multiple data centers.

„Tradegate AG's mission is to make securities trading accessible, more efficient, and permanently cost-effective for private investors. We have been achieving this for over 25 years – and we have many more ideas to come."”

Holger Timm CEO and Founder
A Success Story

We have been shaping the future of securities trading for over 25 years.

1986

Predecessor firm is incorporated as Berliner Freiverkehr (Aktien) GmbH as a market specialist on the regional exchanges of Frankfurt and Berlin.

2000

Launch of the ECN TRADEGATE®; gradual extension of trading hours to align with the US market. This eventually becomes the German industry standard.

2006

The company rebrands as Tradegate AG Wertpapierhandelsbank. Our shares begin trading on several German stock exchanges.

2007

The German federal regulator BaFin awards Tradegate AG a full banking licence effective 1st of January 2008. Control of trading platform TRADEGATE® is transferred to an independent entity in order to be recognised as an MTF under MiFID.

2009

The operator of TRADEGATE® is granted a licence to establish a full stock exchange by Berlin state authorities. Deutsche Börse AG acquires a strategic stake in Trade- gate AG as well as the operating company of the newly formed Tradegate Exchange. Bonds and ETPs are first listed on the trading venue.

2010

Trading commences officially on Tradegate Exchange, marking the first establishment of a new exchange in Germany for over 150 years.

2011

The market share of Tradegate Exchange among retail transactions exceeds the combined market share of all established German regional exchanges, including Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

2018

The European regulator ESMA formally recognises Tradegate Exchange as the most relevant market in terms of liquidity (MRMTL) for international large caps including Amazon, Apple and Tesla.

2021

Tradegate AG marks a new record as a market specialist on Tradegate Exchange: a new record daily turnover of 4.22 billion Euros is achieved with over 915,000 individual transactions. Tradegate AG first issues proprietary equity derivatives on liquid stocks, which are listed on Tradegate Exchange.

2024

Introducing tradegate.direct, a world first: Tradegate AG empowers private investors to trade directly on Europe’s most liquid retail exchange, Tradegate Exchange.

2025

Further extension of trading hours to 07:30 - 22:00 CET.

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