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Clear Street

Institutional liquidity provider · United States

About the company

Legal company nameClear Street LLC · Clear Street Derivatives LLC · Clear Street UK Limited · Clear Street Canada Inc.
Year founded2018
Headquarters / registered countryNew York, United States
Websitewww.clearstreet.io
Last checked09.11.2026

According to its official website, Clear Street is a prime brokerage and clearing firm founded in New York in 2018 that aims to replace the legacy infrastructure of capital markets with a single cloud-native, cross-asset ledger. Per the site's history, the firm began operating a clearing broker-dealer in 2018, served its first prime brokerage client in 2019, acquired the professional trading platform CenterPoint Securities in 2020 and the futures clearing platform REACT in 2023, began market-maker and futures clearing and launched in the United Kingdom after FCA approval in 2024, and in 2026 expanded into Asia-Pacific with Boom Securities and launched digital asset trading; it says it has raised 1.8 billion USD in capital and has about 3,800 clients and more than 800 employees. Products and services are offered by Clear Street LLC, a broker-dealer member of FINRA and SIPC and a CFTC-registered futures commission merchant (FCM) and NFA member; Clear Street Derivatives LLC is an SEC-registered security-based swap dealer, Clear Street UK Limited is authorised by the FCA and is a Category 1 member of the London Metal Exchange, and the group also includes Clear Street Canada Inc. Services cover clearing and custody, cash and synthetic financing, securities lending, execution with DMA and smart routing, outsourced trading, equity research and investment banking across US equities, options, futures, fixed income, foreign exchange, swaps, commodities, Treasury and MBS repo and digital assets. Clients are hedge funds, family offices, ETF issuers, broker-dealers and professional traders; the Clear Street Studio platform is available on web, desktop, iOS and Android and through API/FIX connectivity. This information is the company's own statement.

Account Details

ACCOUNT TYPESInstitutional clients · Hedge funds · Family offices · ETF issuers · Broker-dealers · Professional and active individual traders
MIN. DEPOSITNot stated
PLATFORMSClear Street Studio (web, desktop, iOS and Android) · API and FIX connectivity · Research portal
PRODUCTSClearing and custody · Financing and securities lending · Execution (DMA, smart routing) · US equities, options, futures, fixed income, FX, swaps, repo, digital assets · Investment banking

Licences and regulation

CFTC (United States)

Licence no.NFA ID 0525317
Licence holderCLEAR STREET LLC
ScopeNFA BASIC: NFA member (approved); registrations: FCM. CFTC FCM list (30 Sep 2026): FCM BD; DSRO CME; retail forex obligation none. The legal entity named on the site.
StatusVerified

SEC (United States)

Licence no.SEC 8-69972 · CRD 288933
Licence holderCLEAR STREET LLC
ScopeFINRA BrokerCheck: SEC-registered broker-dealer, FINRA member, Approved; FINRA approval 18 Apr 2018, New York, NY; registered in 53 states; disclosures: 2 regulatory event, 1 arbitration. Also known as CenterPoint Securities, Clear Street Futures; owned by Clear Street Holdings LLC.
StatusVerified
USER REPORTS

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Sources and verification history

Official company sourcesclearstreet.io — homepage and footer, About (history), Services, Clearing, Traders, Regulatory Disclosures (Clear Street FCM, Clear Street Derivatives)
Regulator recordsNFA BASIC — CLEAR STREET LLC, NFA ID 0525317 (nfa.futures.org, 9 Nov 2026) · CFTC FCM financial data list (30 Sep 2026) · FINRA BrokerCheck — CLEAR STREET LLC, CRD 288933 (9 Nov 2026)
Company registerVerified source to be added
User feedback sourcesTrustpilot · Şikayetvar · WikiFX · FastBull
Last verified09.11.2026
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Frequently asked questions

Is Clear Street trustworthy?

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Which licences does Clear Street hold?

Licences verified in official registers: CFTC (United States) – NFA ID 0525317; SEC (United States) – SEC 8-69972 · CRD 288933.

Are there complaints about Clear Street?

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How is the information about Clear Street verified and when was it last checked?

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