The LSE Directory / Charting platforms
DAS Inc, doing business as DAS Trader, develops a family of direct-access electronic trading products built around its flagship desktop application, DAS Trader Pro. The platform gives active traders Level 1 and Level 2 market data, time and sales, customizable hotkey order entry, short-locate tools, and multi-account management, with orders routed directly or via smart routing across more than 100 market makers and exchange destinations. Alongside the desktop product, DAS offers DAS Active Web (a browser-based HTML5 platform), iOS and Android mobile apps with real-time Level 2 data, a FIX/API for algorithmic and programmatic access, an order and risk management system (DAS RMAc) for pre-trade risk control, and DAS Trader MTS for institutional order management. DAS specializes in serving high-frequency, high-volume active and professional traders rather than casual retail investors, and it sells largely through a network of broker-dealer partners rather than directly to the public. As of 2026, brokers offering DAS Trader Pro to their clients include Charles Schwab, Interactive Brokers, Cobra Trading, SpeedTrader, CenterPoint Securities, Lightspeed, ChoiceTrade, Guardian Trading, and Mondeum Capital, with monthly subscription pricing generally cited in the $100 to $200 range depending on the data package, often discounted or waived by brokers based on trading volume. The company also operates as a certified service bureau and market data vendor to US markets including Nasdaq, NYSE, CBOE, IEX, BATS, DirectEdge, and OTC/Pinksheets, a status that differentiates it from platforms that only resell third-party data feeds. The underlying trading technology dates to 2003 and has been hosted in Nasdaq's NY11 colocation facility since 2004; the operating company was co-founded by Karen Barker-Gentile, who previously co-founded the online broker-dealer SpeedTrader in 1999, and Jun Liu, a former FlexTrade Systems programmer, with the corporate entity incorporated in Nevada in 2007. Barker-Gentile remains CEO and President and has been recognized publicly as one of the few women CEOs in the direct-access trading technology space; the company has been named to the Inc. 5000 list and has rung the closing bell at both the NYSE and Nasdaq. Headquarters is listed at 2215-B Renaissance Dr., Las Vegas, Nevada. In February 2026, DAS Trader announced an expansion of its overnight trading access, letting DAS Trader Pro users trade US equities between 8:00 PM and 4:00 AM Eastern time through OTC Markets Group's OTC MOON ATS, extending its existing pre- and post-market coverage into a fuller 24/5 window across the more than 8,000 securities listed on OTC Markets.
