Attain Capital Management

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Address:	One East Wacker, Suite 3000
	Chicago, IL 60601
Phone # for sales:	800 311 1145
Additional Phone #:	312 604 0926
Fax:	312 604 0927
Website:	www.AttainCapital.com
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E-mail address:	invest@attaincapital.com

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General Information TOP

Brokerage name: Attain Capital Management

Minimum account size: > $10000

Base commission rates: $20-$30

Brief explanation of margin rates, if applicable:

N/A

This brokerage has been in business for: 5-10 years

Primary type of broker: Trading System Monitoring

Brief description of services offered:

Attain Capital specializes in the creation and management of trading system and CTA portfolios. Our portfolios combine professional Commodity trading Advisor programs and trading systems which trade different markets,time frames, strategies, money management techniques, risk tolerances, and more. The goal of these unique solutions is a customized trading plan to reduce risk as much as possible.

Account Information TOP

Types of trading accounts offered:

Full Service
On-Line Full Service
Premium Service
Phone (touch tone) Discount Broker
On-Line Discount Broker

Customers online account information is updated: Up to the minute

Types of trades offerered:

Stocks
Bonds
Mutual Funds
Options
Futures
Cash markets
Industry groups
Indices
Forex

Other trade types: Managed Futures funds

Types of quotes offered to customers:

Delayed Data
Real-Time
Nasdaq Level II

Execution methods offered:

Electronic direct access trading(SOES, SNET and the ISLD ECN)
Online Broker(trade desk)
Broker

Exchanges covered:

CBOE-Chicago Board Options Exchange
CBOT-Chicago Board of Trade
CME-Chicago Mercantile Exchange
CSCE-Coffee Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc.
KCBT-Kansas City Board of Trade
LIFFE-London International Financial Futures Exchange
MATIF-France's Futures & Options Exchange
MEFF-Spain's Futures & Options Exchange
NASDAQ
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
NYCE-New York Cotton Exchange
NYMEX & COMEX-New York Mercantile Exchange

Setup or initial costs to set up an account: 0

Features TOP

Types of services offered to customers:

Technical Analysis
Fundamental Analysis
Basic -charts & graphs
Advanced- charts & graphs (technical indicators, ability to change parameters, etc.)
Trading software- charts & graphs (create trading systems, scan and sort based on technical criteria)
Head line news
Unique proprietary stories and news coverage
Portfolio management
Wireless (quotes, alerts, execution, etc.)
Allow naked option writing

Ways customers can access their trading account:

Internet
Telephone
Broker
Mail

Allow stop, limit, and stop limit orders? Yes

Charge extra for stop, limit, and stop limit orders: No

Offer 24 hour customer support: Yes

Offer tax planning advice: Yes

Additional Comments TOP

Special features included in the service are:

Attain Capital Management specializes in the creation and management of multiple trading system portfolios. The goal of lower risk and higher returns may be achieved by combining several lowly correlated trading systems in to one portfolio. Our proactive approach to system monitoring involves adaptive contract sizing and money management techniques geared toward scaling into or out of contracts based on marked to market equity levels.

This broker's service is better than the competition in these areas:

Portfolio construction, correlation matrices, personalized performace reports, money management, probability studies, face to face meetings, managed account services, Risk analysis, streak and drawdown exit strategies

Types of security precautions taken for customers:

Dual redundancy for all systems to insure system signals are not missed due to power failures, bad data, etc.

Communications during systems failures has been assured through:

alternate, independent phone lines; direct access to brokers via mobile phones,

The major plans for upgrading the current level of trading service are as follows:

N/A

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